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The Sirens' Song
There is nothing for trade unionists to celebrate from Labor�s loss in the Cunningham by-election.
Interview: The Wet One
NSW Opposition industrial relations spokesman Michael Gallacher stakes out his relationship with the union movement.
Bad Boss: Like A Bastard
Virgin Mobile is sexy and funky, right? Well, only if those terms have become synonyms for dictatorial or downright mean.
Unions: Demolition Derby
Tony Abbott likens industrial relations to warfare and, like a good general should, he is about to shift his point of attack � from building sites to car plants, reports Jim Marr.
Corporate: The Bush Doctrine
For the powerful, consumerism equals freedom, and is all the freedom we need, writes James Goodman
Politics: American Jihad
Let�s get real. The origins of modern Islamic terrorist groups are in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Langley, Virginia not Baghdad, argues Noel Hester.
Health: Secret Country
Oral history recordings are an inadequate tool in trying to find out what happened to Aboriginal stockmen and their communities on cattle stations in Northern Australia, writes Neale Towart
Review: Walking On Water
On the 20th anniversary of the first AIDS-related death, Tara de Boehmler witnesses the aftermath of losing a loved one to the illness in Walking On Water.
Culture: TCF
Novelist Anthony Macris captures life on the shop floor in this extract from his upcoming novel, Capital Volume II
Poetry: The UQ Stonewall
The University of Queensland has sought to join the ranks of union-busting companies like Rio Tinto in trying to sack the president of the local union - and made the mistake of thinking they were dealing with an array of acquiescent academics.
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Negligent Bosses Labelled �Serial Killers�
Ambulance Officers Win $6 Million Back-Pay
Strike Pay to Bali Appeal
Boral Bosses Bag Bulk Bucks
Bid to Block New ACCC Chief
Cuts Equals Profits for ANZ
First Takers for 36-Hour Week
IT Outsourcing Agencies Called To Account
Pay to Work Spreads to Hornsby
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Work a Suicide Factor
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Boxes of Books for Good Causes
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The Soapbox
I Walk The Line
American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has weighed into the Hilton Hotel dispute with this special message to the workforce. Postcard
Mekong Daze
Union Aid Abroad's Phil Hazelton fires off a missive from Laos where he is spending a year working with the community. Month In Review
Bush Whackers
It was a month where the world teetered on the brink of peace, no thanks to the leader of the free world, writes Jim Marr The Locker Room
The Laws Of Gravity
Phil Doyle goes looking for the fine line that separates sport from an exercise in time-wasting Bosswatch
Snouts in the Trough
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Songs of Solidarity
There has been a proud history of pro-worker tunes dating back to the early days of the 20th century, which will be continued in a new CD, writes Dan Buhagiar.
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Ambulance Officers Win $6 Million Back-Pay
Ambulance officers have won a $6 million windfall from the Victorian Government after the Federal Court found the Government's Ambulance Services were liable for outstanding annual leave loading over the past six years.
The Victorian branch of the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU) launched the class action in the Federal Court in April against the Metropolitan Ambulance Service and Rural Ambulance Victoria for unpaid leave loading since 1996.
The claim is worth approximately $6 million to about 1800 current and former union members in the LHMU's ambulance division.
Ambulance Division Secretary Rod Morris says the decision as a tremendous victory for ambulance officers who have been denied a rightful entitlement for the last six years.
Since 1996, the Union's award and certified agreements for ambulance officers in Victoria require 17.5% leave loading to be paid on all annual leave. Ambulance employees receive up to 8 weeks annual leave based on shift and rostering arrangements.
The Union argued that the Ambulance Services have not been paying the full amount of annual leave due under the Award and certified agreements.
The Ambulances Services argued on behalf of the government that ambulance officers were not entitled to the extra leave loading.
The Court found today that ambulance officers are entitled to annual leave loading of 17.5% on eight weeks annual leave per year.
Victorian Ambulance officers are likely to receive between $2000 and $4000 each as a result of the decision. The Court is yet to make a decision about interest payments on top of the lump sums.
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