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Issue No. 149 | 23 August 2002 |
Our Historical Mission
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Susan's Soccer Outrage
Labor Council of NSW |
News Calls To End Woodlawn Logjam
The Labor Council this week called on the Carr Government to approve a development in the area which would see the 158 miners paid their entitlements in full. Under the plan, the mine would be converted into a waste facility with the new owners, Collex, paying the miners the outstanding entitlements Collex has already paid 25 per cent of the entitlements with another 25 per cent to be paid on approval of the project and the balance once the site is operational. The NSW Labor Council was briefed on the proposal this week by members of the Goulburn District Trades and Labor Council. They say approval of the Collex proposal - which would convert solid waste into a renewable energy source - was the miners' only hope to see their entitlements. Goulburn Labor Council president Maurie O'Connor said the plight of the Woodlawn miners had become a community cause and a committee called the 'Woodlawn Entitlements Group had been established.
"Every day the entitlements are unpaid the workers are worse off - they are not receiving interest and many have not been able to find alternative work," O'Connor says. They say approval of the Collex proposal - which would convert solid waste into a renewable energy source - was the miners' only hope to see their entitlements. Despite a positive Environmental Impact Statement, the proposal has been held up since April awaiting final approval from Planning Minister Andrew Refshuage. "Labor Council is calling on the Carr Government to make a decision one way or the other," Labor Council secretary John Robertson says. "The Woodlawn miners should not be left in limbo any longer."
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