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Issue No. 355 | 01 December 2006 |
Seven Year Itch
Interview: Flying High Unions: TUF on Toll Industrial: Forward to the Past Economics: Debt and the Economy Obituary: The Charlatanry of Milton Friedman Environment: Low Voltage Legal: The Fair Deal Review: A Little History
Global Campaign for Jailed Iranian Union Leader Bully Tactics Can�t Dull Protests Which Bank Slashes Work Rights? Sunday�s The Day For Future Rallies Case Dismissed: No Justice in WorkChoices China (S)trains Procurement Policy Historic Case Restores Security Final Hurdle for Medibank Sell-Off
The Soapbox Parliament Health
Boss With a Heart
Labor Council of NSW |
News Car Companies Do The Dirty
The Australian Workers' Union says management of the major car companies should bow their heads in shame for double-crossing more than 180 Ajax workers. The car companies informed a meeting today - which involved AWU officials and administrator Price Waterhouse Coopers - that they were walking away from the deal reached in August to keep Ajax running until March, providing the administrator with time to prepare the business for sale. "Despite the cloud hanging over their heads, our members at Ajax have kept working their hearts out, and have kept supplying quality products on-time to these car companies," AWU Victorian Secretary Cesar Melhem says "It is truly sickening for these companies to turn around and treat our members and their families so callously. "If the car companies weren't prepared to keep their side of the deal, the very least they could have done was to give us some warning that they were going to renege. "Instead, we now have to deliver some truly terrible news to our members. "A month out from Christmas, these hard-working Australians are facing the real prospect of losing their jobs and the full entitlements they have accrued over many years of loyal service."
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