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Issue No. 308 | 26 May 2006 |
If the Answer is Nuclear �.
Interview: Out of the Bedroom Industrial: Cloak and Dagger Unions: Lockout! Legal: The Fantasy of Choice Politics: Labor Pains Economics: Economics and the Public Purpose Corporate: House of Horrors History: Clash Of Cultures International: Childs Play Culture: Folk You Mate! Review: Last Holeproof Hero
Lets Get Physical, Building Bosses Sparkie Vote Will Go To the Wire Nine Vanish in Melbourne Triangle Labor Roots In Graft Allegations
The Soapbox The Locker Room Parliament
Noll On Riders on the Strom No Gerry Can Insight Fires Up
Labor Council of NSW |
Letters to the Editor Insight Fires Up
The new work laws are an attack on the long standing Australian principle of the "fair go". I watched the show called "You're Fired" on SBS. It was clear that this fight isn't just a legal battle. It's about how we go about our daily lives. No wonder unions are being attacked the hardest. All of us union members have a story about ourselves or a workmate needing a helping hand or a second chance. Whether it's a Mum who needs to negotiate a part-time work agreement or a young worker who needs to get together with everyone on site and push for permanent jobs or an older workmate who needs help with a compo claim - we all want a fair go. Paul Monro who used to hear matters at the industrial Commission spoke on the show about how industrial issues are just as much about fairness as they are about the law. In my workplace we are trying to get the boss to recognise that casuals are just as entitled to some paid maternity leave as the permanents are. It's about being fair. We haven't sorted it all out yet. But without most of us being in the union and having a union agreement we wouldn't even have a chance. The Your Rights at Work campaign is about fairness. The next big day of action is June 28th. We should all get active that week and stand up and defend our right to a fair go. If you missed the "You're Fired" show you can find it at - http://news.sbs.com.au/insight Cindy O'Connor, Tas
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