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Issue No. 213 | 19 March 2004 |
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Interview: Baby Bust Safety: Dust To Dust Bad Boss: Shaming in Print National Focus: Work's Cripplin' Us International: Bulk Bullies History: The Battle for Kelly's Bush Economics: Aid, Trade And Oil Review: The Art Of Work Poetry: Sew His Lips Together
Smith�s Charity Begins At Work "Anarchy" Warning from Builders Sugar: Sweet Taste of Survival State Water, Forests Face Sell-Off Pirates and Ports for Classroom
The Soapbox Sport Politics Postcard
Militancy Tom On Drink Howard Screws Vets
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News Pig-Out at Restaurant
The CFMEU is demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars from the owner of King St eatery, Safari, to make good on money owed to sub-contractors when his development company, Donmastry, hit the wall. Restauranteur, James Nazmi, has been unavailable to the CFMEU since Donmastry went belly-up last December, threatening the survival of several contractors working on a restaurant he was building in down-town George St. The bricklayer, gyprocker and scaffolder from that site are owed $200,000 between them. CFMEU secretary, Andrew Ferguson, said his members were "sick and tired of shonky operators" who wrote off significant debts while continuing to operate other businesses. Activists mounted a two and a half hour protest outside Safari Restaurant, last Thursday, which won enthusiastic support from onlookers and passing motorists. That action, however, provoked threats of legal action in the event of Nazmi's restaurant again being targeted. Management said Nazmi had gone to ground in Indonesia. "We know the law and we will respect it," Ferguson said. "This bloke can keep running but we won't allow him to hide. He has threatened the survival of a number of honest contractors who employ our members, and all their families." Ferguson is encouraging residents and supporters to join Friday night's protest which will be self-catered, courtesy of a spit roasted pig. The CFMEU says Nazmi has been associated with a string of failed companies, including DH Exports and Imports, Dewdore, Donmastry, Fairway Design International, Paul Nazmi and Purete.
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