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Interview: Cowboys and Indians Industrial: Seven Deadly Sins Unions: The IT Factor Politics: Bargain Basement Environment: An Inconvenient Hoax Corporate: Two Sides International: Unfair Dismissals History: A Stitch in Time Review: The Wind that Shakes the Barley
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OWS Blesses Tassie Plunder United Petroleum, owned by Victorians Avil Silver and Eddie Hirsch, used WorkChoices to drastically undercut award minimums without giving workers at 13 gas stations any say. [full story] Feds Knew About Wage Slashing While many observers believed Employer Greenfields �Agreements� could only apply to brand new operations, Stewart says Canberra knew they could be used to disadvantage existing staff. [full story] Data Farmers' Bitter Harvest As the backlash against off-shoring of jobs to India gathers steam, a report by Britain's Channel 4 'Dispatches' program exposes major security breaches in centres Australian banks are targeting as cheap labour bases. [full story] Umpire Delivers to Posties The Australian Industrial Relations Commission has overturned a ruling that prevented Australia Post workers participating in the June 28 national protest. [full story] It's a Goal - Compass Out-Pointed They rolled a wage-cutting, condition-stripping contract lobbed up by international fast food conglomerate, Compass, by an overwhelming 50-13 scoreline. [full story] Childcare Giant Goes Union The agreement, to be voted on next month, covers over 10,000 childcare workers at ABC Learning Centres around Australia. [full story]
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John Howard's Office of Workplace Services is endorsing an oil company's move to strip up to $200 a week off Tasmanian employees.
When it introduced WorkChoices, the federal government knew its laws could be used to slash the wages and conditions of existing staff, says Flinders University Law Professor, Andrew Stewart.
The personal details of thousands of western bank customers are being farmed and harvested from Indian offshore processing centres.
Organisers of the November 30 national day of action have been buoyed by an AIRC ruling that unions can promote the action without facing massive fines.
While another Dragons season was slowly disintegrating at the SFS, 63 catering staff were kicking a goal for hundreds of workmates.
Australia's biggest private childcare chain has negotiated a collective agreement for its workers in a move the union says will standardise conditions and help professionalise an industry dogged by poor pay and conditions. 
