Issue No 19 | 25 June 1999 | |
Piers WatchPiers Takes a Break
It had to happen. Piers didn't come out with anything to offend us this week. What's going on?
It gets worse; Piers is set to take two weeks holiday leaving us wondering how we will satisfy our readers constant demand for a weekly analysis of his Pier-dantry. No matter. Workers Online regards each setback as an opportunity and see Piers break as a chance for further self-promotion. The following letter was fired off to Piers' boss, Col Allan, this morning ... Dear Mr Allan, I was fortunate this week to receive a call from your columnist Piers Akerman. I do not intend to reveal the content of this private conversation, as Mr Akerman is prone to do. However, he did inform me that he was about to take two weeks leave. We at Labor Council are concerned that his absence will leave a gaping whole in your newspaper's coverage, depriving your readers of important insights into the conduct of public affairs. Accordingly, we are prepared to offer the resources of the union movement to help fill this gap. As you would be aware that we employ a former Daily Telegraph journalist, Peter Lewis, who is experienced in your paper's unique style of journalism. While Peter is currently editor of our online newspaper, Workers Online (which incidentially, you continually fail to mention when attacking me and the labour movement), we would be prepared to offer you his services, at no cost to you, to fill Piers' column. Peter can offer the following columns at short notice: - It Works! How Meditation Changed Piers' Political Views - Shock! Native Title is Fair - Revealed! Homosexuals Are Human Beings - Outrage! Unions Actually Care for Their Members This is a serious offer. Your newspaper is losing credibility with working people for its bias against unions. Giving us a fair run for this period would help restore some credibility. In addition, you would be aware that Workers Online has offered a reward for information leading to criminal charged being laid against Mr Akerman. Not that they expect to receive any. Workers Online has informed me that it will suspend its offer for the duration of Mr Akerman's holidays. It is our strong belief that all workers are entitled to enjoy the benefits of paid leave, which trade unions have secured and continue to fight for, in a private and relaxed manner. Yours Sincerely MICHAEL COSTA Secretary We are waiting by the phone ....
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Interview: Moore for the Battlers NCOSS director Garry Moore gives the community sector's response to this week's State Budget Unions: AWU's Bush Blitz "This is AWU Country". That's the slogan for the Australian Workers Union as it launches its campaign to address the specific needs of workers throughout regional and rural Australia. Indigenous: Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide A United Nations committee slams Australia on indigenous native title rights. International: Unions Post-War Stand The world labour group demands KFOR track war-crimes authors and says social dimension central to Balkan reconstruction. History: How Swede It Was Swedish seafarers play an important role in South Australia's maritime history. Review: If He Had Only Listened To Me ... If Michael Thompson had listened to me the current debate raging in the nation�s opinion pages about his book may not have been as hysterical.
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