Issue No 30 | 10 September 1999 | |
Letters to the EditorThe Other Young Speaker
Why hasn't WO published the speech made by Belinda Nichols (I think that was her name) at the 24/8/99 rally? If you've published a speech made by a SDA delegate shouldn't you balance that with one made by a LHMU member. I was quite upset that the 'youf' were being represented by someone from the SDA (not that I mind Claire, we were on the same polling booth for the Federal election). Quite seriously, I don't feel I'm represented by a union which has done relatively little over the past 20 years to end youth wages. I was intensely proud of my fellow LHMU member when she described the organisation of her workforce to the crowd- I felt "That's the future of unionism- not the cheap fridges, low wages and textbook loans which come with working in retail." Please publish it soon. Luke Whitington ED Reply: Luke, there is no conspiracy! We have been running one of the speeches each week. Before the SDA member, we ran the speech by MEAA member Di Smith. See this week's Unions section for the LHMU's contribution.
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