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Issue No. 250 | 21 December 2004 |
Beyond The Law
Interview: The King of Comedy Unions: Ten Simple Rules Politics: Rampant Indivdualism International: Global Struggle Economics: Cashing in the Year History: Grass Roots Review: Cultural Realities Poetry: Y-U-C-K
Security Crisis at Sydney Airport
Predictions The Soapbox The Locker Room Parliament
Temporary Arrangements The Price Of Tea In China Goodthink Cry For Me, Argentina Ho Bloody Ho Amen Right Is Wrong Business As Usual All In The Family Swing Left Wishful Thinking
Labor Council of NSW |
News Security Crisis at Sydney Airport
The LHMU warns nearly one-in-five airport security workers are about to lose their jobs because the sub-contractor, providing guards to Sydney Airports' main security contractor, SNP Security, has gone into liquidation. LHMU spokesman Mark Boyd says qualified airport security personnel will be extremely hard to find at this time of year. " Our union has campaigned for a long time against the security arrangements entered into by the major Sydney Airport security contractor SNP," Boyd says. " We've been concerned for some time about the pyramid contracting of these important airport security jobs to an outfit who have been labelled in the media as ' Franks Boys'.
The LHMU says many of the airport security guards working at Sydney Airport, though dressed in SNP uniforms, were actually employed, in a pyramid arrangement, by All Events Security under the direction of owner Moffid Farid Sada. " All Events Security has now gone into liquidation. Very few of All Events guards have the same protection and working conditions as our members," Boyd says. " Our union members have raised the issue of this company's credentials and our problems with pyramid sub-contracting with SNP, the security contractor, with SACL, the airport authority and with Qantas but all of them have taken a hands-off attitude. The LHMU Airport Security Union has suggested the potential crisis can be resolved if SNP Security directly employs any of the guards who are properly qualified, and about to lose their jobs.
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