
Issue No 30		10 September 1999

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SOCOG Called to Cancel Indonesian Contracts

Textile workers have called on Games Organisers to immediately cancel the contracts of Indonesian producers supplying uniforms for the 2000 Olympics.

It's part of a broader call from the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union on all State and federal Government instrumentalities having products made in Indonesia to cease production immediately.

TCFU industrial officer Igor Nossar told Labor Council that Australian instrumentalities had to take a lead in placing commercial pressure on Indonesia to end the violence in East Timor.

Nossar says there is a clear "moral choice" to be made - whether to carry on business as usual or make a stand against Indonesia.

Labor Council secretary Michael Costa says the call to suspend production is not linked to the ongoing campaign to pressure SOCOG to ensure that Games uniforms made offshore comply with basic labour standards.

Unions are concerned that they have not received adequate information about the arrangements for production of Games uniforms in Fiji, Malaysia and Indonesia.

The Labor Council has asked SOCOG to call a meeting of the implementation committee overseeing the Licensed Goods Code of Conduct.

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» TWU Questions Timor Action

» SOCOG Called to Cancel Indonesian Contracts

» Union Busters To Go Cyber

» Not-So Aussie Post for Sydney 2000

» Horror Tales - the Nights of the Living Dead

» Asbestos Sufferer Bequests $30,000 To Union

» Woodlawn Workers Edge Towards Justice

» Telstra Shareholders Asked to Block Union-Busters

» Reith Letter to be Revealed in Conspiracy Case

» Shock: Tele Thumbs Up For New Years Eve Holiday

» Tales From the Picket Line

» Guest Report

» Sport

» Trades Hall

» Piers Watch

» League's Working Class Takeover

» Proverb for the Cyber Age

» Postcard from the Emu

» Mind Your Language

» The Other Young Speaker

» Timor: A Call to Action

» A Letter to Downer

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