
Issue No 30		10 September 1999

News

Woodlawn Workers Edge Towards Justice

There are "good prospects" that sacked Woodlawn miners will receive the $6.5 million they are owed in unpaid entitlements, following union negotiations with the mine's receivers.

Transport Workers Union state secretary Tony Sheldon and Australian Workers Union official Colin Bosworth met with the mine's receivers, Price Waterhouse Coopers, this week.

One hundred and fifty workers were thrown out of work 18 months ago owed $6.5 million in unpaid entitlements.

But when officials met receivers this week, they indicated that they would be prepared to underwrite the debt - and that some of the money could be in the workers' hands within two months.

Shame File for Entitlements

Sheldon has called on the Labor Council to establish a Shame File to name employers that refuse to meet their legal obligations to pay workers their entitlements.

Unions would invite workers to ring in the names of bosses who have failed to pay entitlements - particularly where they have later set up new business operations.

This would be housed on Labor Net and publicised through Workers Online, becoming a reference point for employees wanting to make sure their boss was clean.

To maximise the benefits of the Shame File, Sheldon wants Labor Council to establish an organising protocol to help activate unions around the issue of worker entitlements.

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Issue 30 contents

Interview: The Seeds of Genocide
Brian Daluz, from the Council for the National Resistance of Timor, believes Timorese are being herded into concentration camps.

Unions: The Mice That Roared
Hotel housekeeper Belinda Nicholls stole the show at the Second Wave rally with her story of the triumph of a group of newly-unionised workers.

International: The Hand of God?
John Passant asks whether Turkeyï¿½s Earthquake was a natural disaster or a criminal act.

Republic: The Republic Debate: Should It Go Into Extra Time?
In the battle of political - sporting analogies, a skeptic states his case.

Legal: Call Waiting
The Federal Court has put a dampener on outsourcing within a corporate structure.

Satire: Ticketing Chaos!
Sydney Olympics to be held in Beijing

Review: The Thirteenth Floor
A new film challenges the boundaries between reality and ï¿½virtualï¿½ reality and explores some of the moral issues that these technologies will introduce.

Labour Review: What's New at the Information Centre
Read the latest issue of Labour Review, a resource for union officials and students.

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» 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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