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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
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AWA Threat - Soy You Later Sachie Murata told the Industrial Magistrate's Court she didn't even know she had been employed under an AWA until informed by her solicitor, 18 months after the document was rubber stamped by the Office of the Employment Advocate. [full story] 'Drama Queen' Court Out ... Again Brock Miller, a partner with Quinlan Miller and Treston, made the allegation after the Taskforce pulled three coercion prosecutions, halfway through hearings, in the Federal Court at Brisbane. [full story] Work Law Refugee Turns On Howard She was just one of the many voices from regional New South Wales who spoke up at forums held as part of the Your Rights At Work tour across the north of the state last week. [full story] Police Force Choice Warehouse supervisors at Express Data management in Botany were dismissed after objecting to what has been labeled �industrial blackmail� and taking industrial action. [full story] Low Blow in �d Wars The gambit, part of an increasingly nasty battle being waged on the Pacific National work force, only failed when it was explained to the judge that it was impossible to organise advertisements in the time period given. [full story] Free Lunches to Cost Wal-Mart Their $66 million claim is one of dozens facing the corporate union-buster. [full story]
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A Japanese woman was threatened with deportation if she didn't sign an AWA that stripped her of a dozen safety-net conditions, a Sydney court has heard.
Nigel Hadgkiss� Building Industry Taskforce is running a political agenda on behalf of the federal government, according to a senior Brisbane lawyer.
A Coffs Harbour teacher who moved Down Under to escape Reaganomics in the US will become an Australian citizen so she can vote against John Howard's workplace laws.
A Sydney IT firm, offering supervisors the choice of signing AWAs or being stripped of their positions, called police when workers objected.
Union-busting lawyers Freehills have flagged a new industrial tactic by seeking orders for a unions to spend half a million dollars in advertising to call off strike action.
More than 100,000 US employees are involved in a class action that alleges retail giant, Wal-Mart, denied them meal breaks for years on end.
