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Issue No. 214 | 26 March 2004 |
The Security Shift
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
Terrorism: Workers In Front Line �Racist Throwback� on Rail Project Bosses Touched Up With Wet Lettuce Andrews Throws Last Dice at CFMEU
The Soapbox Sport Politics Postcard
But Will He Get the Trains To Run On Time? Uniting For Peace Cyberstalking
Labor Council of NSW |
News Green Light for Council Code
The breakthrough will provide fresh impetus to the push to have the NSW Government and all local councils thinking about worker's rights when they make purchasing and tendering decisions. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has written to the NSW Labor Council conceding the way the Memorandum of Understanding is being implemented does not breach the Trade Practices Act. The Labor Council signed agreements a number of NSW councils including Holroyd, Cessnock and Marrickville undertaking that council contractors meet award provisions and allow workers to join their relevant union. The Labor Council also has a similar agreement with the state government. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) had been investigating whether or not the agreement with Holroyd Council constituted anti-competitive conduct. "This is a significant development,' says NSW Labor Council secretary John Robertson. "This shows that the MOUs are not anti-competitive and are consistent with the Trade Practices Act." The State Government had shied away from fully acting on its agreement with the NSW Labor Council to be pro-worker in its purchasing policies. The government had defended itself by saying that the agreement could contravene the Trade Practices Act. "This is obviously not the case," says Robertson. "We will be raising this with the state government to ensure they adhere to the agreement by reviewing their code to reflect the approved Holroyd agreement."
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