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  Issue No 32 Official Organ of LaborNet 24 September 1999  

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Legal

Freeloader Push on Track


I wish to express my support for the NSW unions proposal to lobby for the amendments of both State and Federal Industrial laws for the payment of a fee by non unionists who gain pay rises from the efforts of Trade Unions.

There is nothing more objectional from the stand point of rank and file union members who pay union fees and take strike action for improved conditions under Enterprise Agreements then have free loading non unionist share in the spoils.

Unions should be able to charge a fee in these circumstances or be able to register Enterprise Agreements which are only applicable to there members and restrict the flow on to parties not registered.eg non unionist.

All types of organisation promote the user pay principles. Banks use these terms to justifie ever increasing bank fees politicians rant about mutual obligations for the unemployed Council Rates are not optional,Work places are not only commercial ventures they are also a community of people and as in the wider community no one likes bludgers.I think this campaign should be promoted to its fullest.

Mark Pearce


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In this issue
Features
*  Interview: His Daily Fix
Graham Richardson talks of his transition from national politics to talkback radio and his ongoing jobs as a fixer.
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*  Politics: Requiem to the Third Way
The swing to Labor in Victoria shows clearly that once again Australian voters have rejected economic rationalism. The result, and the reasons for it, should worry John Howard.
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*  International: A Common Struggle for Freedom
It may not get the headlines, but Western Sahara has some chilling similarities with East Timor.
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*  Unions: Woolscour Workers say No to Peter Reith
Workers at Canobolas Wooltopping - a woolscour plant near Orange, in central west New South Wales, have just sent a message to Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith: thanks, but no thanks.
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*  Legal: Outlawed Acts of Consicence
The recent boycotts in support of East Timorese indepndence highlights the extremism of Reith's second wave.
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*  History: Was Manning Clark A True Believer
A Canberra history conference shines the spotlight on Australia's most famous historian.
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*  Review: Paranoid Echoes
The calls to examine the Australian�Soviet documents in the Moscow Literary archives have grown in volume over the past year.
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*  Labour Review: What's New at the Information Centre
The latest issue of Labour Review - a resource for officals and students.
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*  Satire: Kennett Boosts Chances: Two More Independents Dead
Caretaker Premier Jeff Kennett today admitted that voters perceived him as arrogant and out of touch, but insisted that they were wrong.
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News
»  Public Servants Seek Leave For Timor
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»  Goodbye Green Bans - Dumped by the Wave
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»  Government Rules Nobble Public Sector
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»  ACTU Pushes On With Privatised Portal
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»  Powerful New Years Eve Deal for TransGrid
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»  Banks Grill Staff on New Fees
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»  Off the Rails - Workers Gagged
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»  Staff Frustration Boils Over at Sydney Water
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»  Kennett Nose-Dive: Botsman Picks It
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»  Academics Fail Non-Union Deal
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»  Nike in Indonesia: Military Employed to Intimidate Workers
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»  The Laugh�s On Barry
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Columns
»  Guest Report
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»  Sport
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»  Trades Hall
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»  Piers Watch
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Letters to the editor
»  Freeloader Push on Track
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»  It's Worse in Detroit
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»  Working Class Aesthetics
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»  WorkCover Inspectors: Shaw Replies
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