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Don�t Worry, Be Organised Secretary John Robertson says unions have 10 clear months to organise resistance to the legislative assault expected from a strengthened Coalition Government. [full story] Senate Faces Family Fight Far from being a rubber stamp for the Howard Government, a quick look at the party�s website shows that, if it sticks to its election platform, it will have significant differences with the Coalition�s expected all-out attack on trade unions. [full story] Cheques Cashed In Seconds Workers Online has received internal bank documentation threatening cheque processors with the sack if they don�t further increase productivity. [full story] "Undemocractic" Taskforce Court Out Workplace Relations Minister, Kevin Andrews, said the Coalition would not resile from regulations that would compel people to give evidence or produce documents to Nigel Hadgkiss� Building Industry Taskforce, under threat of imprisonment. [full story] Power to People: On Hold Last Tuesday, infrastructure specialists remaining from the privatisation of Pacific Power, were given six hours to pack their belongings and vacate offices. By Wednesday afternoon, dozens of northern Sydney homes had lost power as the system failed to handle 38 degree temperatures. [full story] Bomb in Santa�s Sack Over 50 of Margaret Takis� workmates at Sydney�s International Terminal have already signed a petition expressing outrage at the treatment of the 57-year-old, who is only a few years off retirement. [full story]
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NSW Labor Council is hosing down fears of the end of the workplace as we know it.
Family First and the Howard Government could be on a collision course over industrial relations if the fledging party ends up holding the balance of power in the Senate.
Cheques that take five days to clear are being processed in 3.7 seconds while banks are pushing unrealistic targets on staff so they have longer to gamble your money on the markets. 
The Coalition Government intends bolstering the powers of an anti-union agency whose methods have been characterised as "undemocratic" and "authoritarian" by a Federal Court judge.
NSW punted 42 highly-skilled electricity workers less than 24 hours before the state was plunged into the summer�s first power crisis.
Qantas has a tasty Christmas present in store for one of its longest servicing employees, injured at Sydney Airport � the sack.
