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Issue No. 198 | 03 October 2003 |
The Monk Off Our Back
Interview: No Ifs, No Butts Unions: National Focus Industrial: Fools Gold Bad Boss: Bones of Contention History: The Gong Show Politics: The Hawke Legacy International: Sick Nation Economics: Closed Minds Review: Mixing Pop and Politics Poetry: One Size Fits All
Picketers Get Blue Ribbon Result Unis Walk Over Federal Bullying IRC Shoots Rooster that Quacked Ugly Australian Riles Timorese Medicare Gets Abbott For Birthday Business Council Opposes Salary Vote Rail Workers Call For Self Defence ACT Leads On Industrial Manslaughter Thumbs-Up for Awards Binding Subbies Entitlements Crash into Hangar State Govt Told To Clean Up Contracts Would-be Presidents Face Union Probe
Postcard The Soapbox Media The Locker Room Culture Politics Postcard
Which Boss?
Labor Council of NSW |
News Would-be Presidents Face Union Probe
The candidates contesting the ALP National President elections have received a questionnaire from one of Australia's biggest unions, the 130,000 member LHMU. " We've asked them to outline their plans to improve and strengthen the relationship between the industrial and political wings of the labour movement," Jeff Lawrence, the LHMU National Secretary, says. " We are keen to tell our union activists, who have a vote in the Labor Party ballot as rank-and-filers, what the union values and attitudes are of each candidate. The ballot for the election has already opened and closes on November 1 The new President will chair the next National Conference of the ALP in January. The answers to the six-part questionnaire will be published on the union website in a few weeks. The Questions 1. Do you currently belong to a union? If so which one 2. Can you provide one or more examples of your history of activism within the union movement - or support for working people in their day-to-day workplace struggles? 3. Please outline your views about what should be the role of the union movement in a modern Australian Labor Party? 4. What do you think your contribution could be, as ALP President, to helping the union movement grow in this country? 5. What do you think your contribution could be, as ALP President, to finding new and innovative ways for union members to participate in local ALP activity and the broader ALP processes? 6. The union movement at the last ACTU Congress adopted five common priority objectives for the next three years (outlined below). As ALP President what proposals could you put forward to help unions to implement this agenda? - The right for employees to collectively bargain and to be represented by a union; - Improved rights and portability of entitlements for casual and labour hire workers, including the right to permanent employment for long term casuals, and a code to regulate contracting and labour hire; - Improved minimum wages through the national and state wage cases; - Win better work and family rights, including paid maternity leave; - Improved right of entry and empowering union delegates with specific rights at work and through education and training
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