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  Issue No 45 Official Organ of LaborNet 10 March 2000  

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Revealed: Secret State Transit Corporatisation Plans


A Cabinet Minute has been prepared advocating the corporatisation of the State Transit Authority, in an apparent payback for a decision to purchase a private bus line.

The Australian Services Union and the Rail, Tram and Bus Union have asked the Labor Council to hold urgent talks with the premier over the move, which they say will lead to falling service levels for Sydney commuters.

Workers Online understands that the Treasury proposal was presented to Transport Minister Carl Scully within days of him announcing the purchase of the North and Western Bus Company for $20 million late last year.

Rail Tram and Bus Union divisional secretary Pat Ryan says the unions will oppose the corporatisation "violently".

"The only difference between corporatisation and privatisaiton is a 'C' and a 'P'," Ryan says. "If they corporatise, it gets taken away from the Ministry and given to bankers whose only priority is to turn a profit. "The provision of basic transport should be considered a service rather a business," she said.

The ASU services division's Gary Sergeant said the corporatisation would remove the Minister from industrial negotiations, killing the opportunity for political resolution of disputes between union and management. "We should spear this stupid idea," he said.


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In this issue
Features
*  Interview: Working Women
Nareen Young talks about how services are being delivered to our most vulnerable workers - and what unions need to do to make them their own.
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*  Unions: Into the New Frontier
IT professionals are part of the new workforce that unions need to win over - and while they are often contractors, they're workers too.
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*  History: Handling The Ladies
1943 - women were filling the gap in the workforce left by the diggers abroad and Australian managers needed some advice on how to deal with these strange creatures.
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*  Technology: Building The Hypermacho Man
In a stinging critque of the �Wired� culture, Melanie Stewart Miller argues digital cultural is creating a new super-Man.
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*  International: The Long March Home
Trade union women round the world used International Women�s Day to launch the World March of Women Against Poverty and Violence.
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*  Satire: Kerosene Dilution Racket
The nursing home industry has been rocked by a new scandal with the revelation that some unscrupulous proprietors have been diluting their patients� kerosene baths with illicit liquids.
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*  Review: Power and the Back Bar
In an upcoming book, Julia Gillard argues the ALP retains a male culture that is fast losing step with contemporary society.
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News
»  Services Threatened Over Olympic Bonus
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»  Games Edict: Dance for Free
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»  Revealed: Secret State Transit Corporatisation Plans
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»  Women Demand Better Pay from Faye
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»  Telstra, Banks Whack Rural Australia
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»  Casuals Inquiry Still On Union Agenda
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»  Shaw, Sams Pay Tribute to John Whelan
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»  Teachers� Website Mysteriously Blocked
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»  Cash Bonus for Bilingual Workers
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»  Women Demand Better Pay from Faye
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»  Shareholders Push Global Action
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»  Fair Wear Conquers Schools
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»  TWU Calls on Workers to Steer Clear of Woolworths
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»  Push to Strike Out Parrish Directors
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Columns
»  The Soapbox
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»  Sport
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»  Trades Hall
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»  Tool Shed
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Letters to the editor
»  TV Show Seeks Bankrupt Worker
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»  Crosby Spot On
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»  Confused About Workplace Rights
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»  Global Campaign Against Yahoo!
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»  Teachers Row
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