Issue No 24 | 30 July 1999 | |
Letters to the EditorCash in Transit
Dear Sir/Madam, Just a quick note to let you know and more importantly any of your readers who work in the cash in transit industry. I currently work for Armaguard in Brisbane and we were on strike last week and again this week over the issue of a pay rise and the company's plans to reduce our crews from three to two. We have been negotiating with the company via Hughie Williams and the TWU for some time now and seem to be getting nowhere. just wondering if any of my interstate collegues feel the same way about two man crews, and that is that they are far to dangerous, and that someones life isn't worth a ten percent pay increase. We have not had a pay rise for almost three years and all the company wants to do is take away all of our award conditions and bring in two man crews. I along with a few other members of my yard marched with the TWU during the MUA dispute earlier in the year as a show of support, and after seeing all the blokes there, the feeling of "never give up" has stayed with me and inspired me to feel you can achieve something if you are willing to fight for it. Just in a final note i have put a alias in the your name box for fear of recrimination from the company should they read this, however the email is mine. Thankyou for your time regards.......
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