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Issue No. 281 | 16 September 2005 |
Marked Territory
Interview: Polar Eclipse Industrial: Wrong Turn Unions: Star Support Workplace: Checked Out Economics: Sold Out Politics: Green Banned History: Potted History International: Curtain Call Review: Little Fish Poetry: Slug A Worker
Flexibility - Bush Rates Slashed Families Win Refuge in Tamworth Catholics Nail Andrews' Heresy
The Soapbox The Locker Room Parliament Postcard
Killer Culture Who Cares? Do the Bus Stop A Touch of Honesty Boss Made Me Sick
Labor Council of NSW |
News IR Changes a Beach
The Tourism Research Australia research finds spending on tourism is declining across domestic travel - because it is just too difficult to organise.
And it says changes to the labour market including an increase in casualisation and longer working hours were one of the factors driving domestic travel down. "For people working long hours or combining work and study, finding time to travel is an increasing problem," the report said. "The increased casualisation of the labour market is likely to continue. This being the case, the difficulties people are having in organising and taking travel could be expected to worsen." Instead, it finds working families who travel are more likely to stay with families and friends, which is cheaper and more flexible - but generates less economic activity. Unions NSW secretary John Robertson says the report highlights the flow-on effect of changes to industrial relations laws "The tourism industry, particularly in areas like the NSW North Coast, will be a big loser under these changes because people will be working longer hours with less job security. "Add to that plans to pressure workers into trading down annual leave from four weeks to two weeks and you have a real problem for the tourism industry." Unions NSW will highlight the impact of changes to industrial relations on the tourism industry as the bright orange Rights at work bus travels through northern NSW this week. "This is a great chance to talk directly to regional communities about the impact of these laws on their families and their local economies," Robertson says. Public meetings will be held at: o Port Macquarie - Town Green - 11:00am, Sunday o Macksville - Macksville Swimming Pool (Opposite Caltex) - 1:00pm, Monday o Coffs Harbour - Ex Services Club - 7:00pm, Monday o Grafton - Town Green (Prince Street) - 9:30am Tuesday, o Lismore - Workers Club - 7:00pm Tuesday o Armidale - Armidale Mall - Beardy Street - 1:00pm, Wednesday Tamworth - Southgate Inn (Kent Street), Wednesday - 7:00pm o Newcastle - Panthers Club - 12:00pm, Thursday
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