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Interview: Head On Unions: Do You Have a Moment? Industrial: Vital Signs Economics: Taxing Times Environment: It Ain�t Necessarily So History: Melbourne�s Hours Immigration: Opening the Floodgates Review: Pollie Fiction Poetry: The Cabal
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Abattoir Boss Slaughters Andrews A letter written to 29 workers on Thursday withdrawing their terminations directly refutes claims made by federal workplace relations minister Kevin Andrews 24 hours earlier that he had solved the dispute. [full story] More Slaughter in South Australia Around 20 union members were locked out after they refused to sign take-it or leave-it AWAs that stripped holidays, including Australia Day, and undercut EBA rates. [full story] Pickets Won't Face Cannon The Police Association Executive passed a motion last week endorsing the use of the water cannon for incidents of public disorder but not in cases that involve a union protest. [full story] Teens Win Thousands Stephen Pemberton and Brett Conlon took to the streets with leaflets exposing the actions of JAL Landscape and Construction which employed them on as apprentice carpenters. [full story] Praise the Laws Employers who are members of anti-union religions can unilaterally bar union officials from their workplaces through the �Brethren clause� in WorkChoices regulations. [full story] Where The Bloody Hell Is Our Contract? The Equity Division of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance has chalked up another victory in attempts to undermine union contracts for actors working on television ads. [full story]
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The owner of the meat works at the centre of the first national WorkChoice showdown has conceded he backed down because of union negotiations, not the Howard Government�s new inspectors.
Queensland-based meat operation, Teys Bros, used WorkChoices to cut earnings at a South Australian shed by up to $400 a week, and punt two union delegates. 
NSW Police Service water cannons won�t be aimed at striking workers, thanks to a Unions NSW -Police Association agreement.
Two Sutherland teenagers are divvying up $13,500 after Sydneysiders backed their campaign to shame the boss who paid them $3.30 an hour.
John Howard has blessed religion as the latest union-busting tool for bosses.
Another tourism promotional campaign has entered into the world of controversy after a major advertising company attempted to use non-union contracts.
