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27 August 1999 |
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NewsEntitlements Focus Shifts Back to Woodlawn
The Australian Workers Union and the Transport Workers Union are planning to turn up the heat on the issue, calling for a meeting of the mine's receivers and other affected parties to achieve a workable solution to achieve justice for the workers. TWU state secretary Tony Sheldon says, with the Federal Government forced to act on unpaid entitlements, it is time for unions to force the issue and maintain its position as the key advocates for reform. Sheldon says he wants to investigate repayment for the Woodlawn miners, who were sacked in March 1998 when their mine went into receivership, as well as options for rehabilitating and reopening the mine. Next in Line Meanwhile, workers owed $200,000 from the latest company collapse will protest outside a creditors meeting in Sydney this week. The Transport Workers Union members, employees of failed Central Coast trucking company J-Dem are owed wages, redundancy pay, holiday pay and long service leave. One of the workers, Spencer Morrison, told this week's Second Wave Rally of how the employer had liquidated the business after returning from an overseas trip. "I'm in my sixities, I have a mortgage and no-one is going to employ me," he said. STOP PRESS The Howard Government released its Discussion Paper on Workers Entitlements this afternoon.
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   Interview: Talking TurkeyA full transcript of an important interview with the Minister for Workplace Relations, the Hon Peter Reith. Politics: What Reith told the ILOWorkers Online has recevied a transcript of roving statesman Peter Reith's talk to the ILO in Geneva. This one's not satire. Unions: What the Workers SaidActor Di Smith was one of nine ordinary workers who addressed this week's rally. Here's what she had to say. International: Cancelling the DebtSign this Jubilee 2000 email petition now and tell the world's most powerful leaders to cancel the unpayable debts of the world's poorest countries by the year 2000. Environment: Greens, CFMEU call for Action on Ceiling DustResidents and workers, associated with houses damaged in the freak hail storm that hit Sydney earlier this year, may have been exposed to harmful levels of toxic materials found in the ceiling dust of the damaged buildings History: Eveleigh Railway Workshops celebration Former workers and their families from the historic Eveleigh Railway Workshops in inner-Sydney are holding a picnic reunion and folk music festival on the site this Sunday. Republic: Does the Republic Need a President?It seems inevitable that Australia will eventually become a republic but do we need a president? Satire: Liberals May Need to Sell of More of Telstra'We're running low in key marginals,� says Alston Review: A Kind of ViolenceExtracts from Yosi Berger's new book, telling the real stories behind workpalce safety.
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