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Issue No. 167 | 21 February 2003 |
Scales of Injustice
Interview: Agenda 2003 Peace: The Colour Purple Industrial: Long, Hot Summer Solidarity: Workers Against War Security: Howard And The Hoodlums International: Industrial Warfare History: Unions and the Vietnam War Review: Eight Miles to Mowtown Poetry: Return To Sender Satire: CIA Recruits New Intake of Future Enemies
Cole Commission: The Rort Goes On Abbott Brushes Ripped Off Aussies Overworked Seaman�s Painful Hangover Australia Snubs International Body Murdoch Hacks Dropping Like Flies Qantas Takes Big Stick to Cabin Crew Sheltered Workshop in Orange Squeeze Carr Govt Commits $13m To Safety
The Soapbox Postcard The Locker Room Politics
Who Let The Troops Out? Wagga Wagga Calling Ode to Johnny
Labor Council of NSW |
News Australia Snubs International Body
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions secretary-general Guy Ryder told Workers Online the Australian Government had failed to nominate for any positions or committees at the ILO for the past four years. The ILO has representatives from government, employers and unions, with positions tenured for three years. Representatives play a leading role in developing ILO Conventions to define core global labour standards, developing programs to maximise employment opportunities and dealing with social and health issues in the workplace. Ryder says while Australia remains a member nations of the ILO, it seems to be down-grading itself as a multilateral player. "The Australian has absented itself from the ILO's governing body when in a very deliberate step it chose not to present its candidacy - it wanted to take a back seat in the running of the organization," Ryder. "It's a sad sign of the Australian Government's regard for the international system and its willingness to be a player in the international system - and it clearly does not want its domestic labour policies to be subject to the guidance of the international community. "Australia's absence from the ILO's governing body is bad for Australia and it's bad for the ILO", Ryder says. While the Howard Government has never stated its reasons for withdrawing from the forum, the move followed findings from the ILO that sections of the Workplace Relations Act breached ILO Conventions.
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