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Issue No. 283 | 30 September 2005 |
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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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Brazilians Score at Rocky The 98 South Americans have been welcomed into the North Queensland community and labelled a �success story� by local trade unionists. [full story] PM Discounts Fair Go Lawyers say the Prime Minister's plan to offer $4000 towards legal fees in suitable cases will help only a handful of people due to the expense and difficulty of the type of actions that will be available once the government introduces its IR changes. [full story] Centrelink Crashes Internet The CPSU issued a series of emails and posters calling on Whalan to drop his Pontious Pilate stance to stalled negotiations. Whalan responded with an improved offer then pulled all electronic contact with the union, making it impossible for members to comment or vote on his revised position. [full story] On Yer Bikes The RTBU members are appealing for other workers to join them on a four-day bike ride to Canberra where they will petition parliament to reject John Howard's plan to sideline collective bargaining, strip entitlements and green-light unfair dismissals. [full story] Road Toll Off The Rails The decision, which the company blames on a collapse in the state's rail infrastructure, will see 2,000 extra road container movements every week. [full story] Part-Timers in Bank Heist Five of the Bank's six non-executive directors, tasked with attending 11 meetings a year, will trouser between $50,000 and $60,000, for their efforts, up from $30,000 to 40,000 previously. [full story]
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A team of skilled Brazilian meatworkers has destroyed the myth that guest workers undermine local wages and conditions.
John Howard has unveiled a plan to make Australians pay over $30,000 to challenge unlawful sackings.
Centrelink has blocked staff from web or email contact with their union in response to calls for boss, Jeff Whalan, to help solve an escalating enterprise bargaining stand-off.
Sydney bus drivers, fresh from raising $62,000 for kids with cancer, will lead a campaign to pedal all over federal government's workplace changes.
Rail workers have warned a Pacific National plan to close its Tasmanian freight operations will cost lives.
Corporate part-timers at the Reserve Bank pocketed pay hikes of up to 60 percent, just days after their organisation held enterprise agreement staff to four percent movements.
