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Issue No. 334 | 24 November 2006 |
It�s Who The Economy Works For, Stupid
Interview: Common Ground Industrial: A Low Act Unions: The Number of the Least Politics: The Smoking Gun Economics: Microcredit, Compulsory Superannuation and Inequality Environment: Low Voltage History: The Art of Social Justice Review: Work�s Unhealthy Appetite Culture: A Forgotten Poet
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Labor Council of NSW |
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The eight, who protested outside the Turella premises of Thompson's Roller Shutters for four weeks, have won a collective agreement with a four percent pay rise and a boost to redundancy entitlements. Before they went on strike, an AMWU delegate was sacked after protracted negotiations for a collective agreement; then Thompson's offered non-unionists a higher pay rise on AWAs than they were prepared to offer those on the collective agreement. But the unionists came out on top. Their nine colleagues who accepted AWAs were given a no-frills 3.2 percent pay rise. The result is a victory for the protesting workers who'd feared losing the security of their entitlements under an AWA, said AMWU official Geoff Wallace. "The workers at Thompson's have shown enormous courage. They will return to work with dignity," said Wallace. "They have not been forced to sign AWAs and they have secured a collective agreement that will protect their entitlements, wages and conditions." The workers, who'd never been on strike before, were nervous they'd be victimised on their return to work. But the employer has assured the union that there would be no ramifications in the workplace for the protesting workers, Wallace said.
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