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Tools for Timor Plea


Workers are being asked to donate tools and building equipment to the Australian Navy to assist in the rebuilding of East Timor.

Senior navy officers have been in discussions with the CFMEU and Labor Council after the crew of thew HMAS Newcastle decided to throw themselves into the reconstruction effort.

They are planning to transport a quantity of building, plumbing and electrical equipment when they sale on the HMAS Newcastle from Garden Island on December 10.

Labor Council's is coordinating union support for this mission, while Phil Davey from the CFMEU is working closely with the Navy. Anyone willing to donate the following supplies can contact Phil on 0414 867188.

TIMOR SUPPLIES Note: All dimensions in Millimetres

Building Supplies

Metal supplies (all steel only req'd if generator available) Wood supplies

25 x 74 box section tubing - 45 x 90 Radiata pine

25 x 25 box section tubing - 100 x 100 Posts, softwood/hardwood

50 x 50 box section tubing - 50 x 175 softwood/hardwood

Polycarbonate sheeting (roofing) - Marine Ply, 1800 x 1200 x 12 (walls)

Alsnite sheeting (roofing) - Marine Ply, 2400 x 1200 x 19 (flooring)

Tech screws, various - fibro sheeting, 2400 x 1200 x 4.5

Stirrups for uprights - 25 x 100 softwood/hardwood

25 x25 angle, mild - 50 x 200 softwood/hardwood

50 x 50 angle, mild - Wood Glue

Reinforced iron (Reo for concrete) - No More Nails

Saddles for Reo (10-20 bags) - Silastic, No more Gaps, Caulking

Reo lockwire (plus tools) - Caulking Gun

100 x 75 Angle iron, mild - Doors, external/internal

Nails, various 25, 50, 75, 100mm x 10kg ea - Roof support brackets/Cyclone straps

Clouts - Black steel fencing pickets, 2 metre

Gang nails - Hardiboard

Galvanised Roofing Nails 50 x 2.5mm x 20kg - 60mm x 25 mm hardwood for bracing/boxing cement

Door hinges, various & screws - Coach screws

guttering

Plain fencing wire, various gauges

HAND TOOLS REQUIRED

Shovels (regular & long-handled for post holes) Misc Equipment

Spades, picks, mattock - PVC piping, 100, 50, 25

Wood saws, hand - PVC Joiners, Tees, Elbows,caps

Buckets, plastic - PVC glue, PVC valves & taps

Post hole digger - PVC Threaded fittings

Hand boring jig (for digging wells) - Paint, assorted (Mainly exterior, water-based)

Generator (diesel preferred) to power welder - Heat shrink, all sizes

Hand pumps for water from wells/bores - Cable clips, all sizes

Welding equipment - Cable tie gun

Circular saw - PVC reducing joints, 100mm - 50mm

Drop saw

Drills, electric/cordless & hand Copper Pipe

Drill sets, high speed wood/metal/masonry - 10mm x 50m

Straight edges - 20mm x 50m

Squares - Copper pipe compatible taps

String lines - 10mm elbows/10mm saddles

Spirit levels - 20mm elbows/20mm saddles

Tech gun (for tech screws) and driver - Joiners, assorted

4" grinder

Gloves Cement

Safety Gloves/Glasses - Premix cement

Hand files & Handles - Cement 50kg bags x 40 (1 pallet) with angle metal (foundations)

Claw hammers

Hacksaws - Lead Lights

Axes, rakes, picks - Chain Saw

Chisels, wood & metal - Mallets

Nuts & Bolts, 5mm and 10mm - String level

Rope, various - Camel Backs

Acro props - Tape measures

Corrugated iron - Wire Cutters

Seizing wire - Sheet metal cutters

Pliers - Screwdrivers

Tinsnips - Sawhorses

Spanners - Masonry Drill (Hilti)

Sockets - 9" Masonry Discs to fit grinder x 40

Earmuffs - Crow bars

Garden hose (plus fittings) - Plasticiser

Portable Generator (240v) - 50m industrial black plastic

Wheel barrows - 50m 'Spaghetti' for masonry

Extension cords - Teflon tape

Oxy/acetylene Unit - Pipe benders/cutters

Dyna Bolts, 100mm x 10mm & 200mm x 12mm - Self-tapping screws, timber/metal various sizes

Cement Mixer - Sledge hammers

Cement Trails and Corners

Paint Brushes/Rollers

Thinners/Turpentine

Fuel Caddies/Jerry Cans

TIMOR COMMUNICATIONS/TV REQUIRMENTS

Phones:

4/6/8 core (solid)standard telephone cable (+600M)

4 core FLAT cable (+200M)

20 x standard telephones

Coaxial cable 75 Ohm

Ribbon cable 300 Ohm

Coaxial Cable RG 59/50 Ohm

Connectors:

6 way RG 12 modular connectors

4 way RG 11 modular connectors

12 way terminal blocks, large quantity req'd

Silicon crimp lugs, for solid core cable

"F" type, "Male"

"F" Type "Female"

75 Ohm "Male"

75 Ohm "Female"

BNC "Male" solder type

BNC "Female" solder type

Crimp termination, assorted

RCA, Male & Female

Tools

RG 11/12 crimping tool

Rechargeable soldering iron

Mini gas torch and gas

Coax crimp tools/Coax strippers


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In this issue
Features
*  Interview: A Bob Each Way
ALP tactician Bob McMullan is responsible for charting Labor industry policy into the next millennium. He tells us where he�s heading.
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*  Unions: Organiser of the Year
Just ten days to go before entries close for our $2000 air ticket. Here�s another nomination.
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*  History: Labour Daze
A report from the 6th National Biennial Conference of the Australian Society For The Study Of Labour and Community.
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*  Politics: Tomorrow�s Questions
While the turn of the century sees Sydney play host to the Olympic games, the International Youth Parliament 2000 will bring world focus to contemporary issues facing young people.
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*  Health: Red Ribbons
December 1, World AIDS Day has a special place in the history of the AIDS pandemic.
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*  International: Organised Chaos
Persistent rumours are floating around Jakarta that the former boss of the official pro-Soeharto Indonesian trade union movement is about to be charged with corruption.
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*  Economics: Seattle Numbers Grow for WTO Protest
News of the agreement to smooth China�s entry to the World Trade Organisation has created its own "China Syndrome" for organisers of the Seattle WTO event.
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*  Satire: Too Many Media Players!
The Productivity Commission has issued a report calling for the abolition of existing cross-media ownership laws.
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*  Review: Leviathan
John Birmingham has lifted the lid on Sydney�s shady past - and found trade unions to be at the centre of the sordid tales.
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*  Deface a Face: Reith Loses His Shine
With his Second Wave looking more like a splash in the bath-tub, Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith still reigns as the union movement�s favourite bogeyman.
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News
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»  Democrats Poised to Say No
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»  Olympic Job Cut Fears
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»  Inspectors to Act on Ships of Shame
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»  Grave Concerns About Body Bags
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»  Former Trades Hall Boss Into Teachers Fray
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»  Tools for Timor Plea
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»  Rio Tinto Sacks 84 for Christmas Eve
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»  Hotel Workers in Unprecedented Action
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»  Tug Action Hits Sydney Harbour
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»  Free National Parks Access as Bans Kick In
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»  Parkers Issue Ticket To Loitering Government
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»  Stop Forced Repatriation of Burmese Migrant Workers
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»  Will the Real Casual Workers Please Stand Up?
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»  STOP PRESS: Labor Wins NZ Election
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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
»  Invitation to Visit Indonesia for May Day 2000
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»  Online Sales
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»  Republican Soapbox
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»  'Union Bosses' Hurt the Workers
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»  For Whom Belanger Tolls
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»  The Teachers' Debate
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»  POSITION VACANT: Electorate Office Manager
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