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05 May 2000 |
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NewsCommunity Workers Vote to Strike
A long running campaign by Social and Community workers for an improvement to their atrocious award is set to escalate with an industry-wide strike on 23 June.
ASU members in the sector are angered by the State Government's refusal to commit funding for a new SACS Award. They believe the government position is causing significant hardship and uncertainty for the sector. In the lead up to the June strike SACS workers will implement work bans and a work to rule for four weeks. This will include a ban on unpaid overtime, a ban on data collection for State Government funding bodies and a ban on taking referrals from State Government agencies. A central rally will be held in Sydney on the 23 June and regional activities are also being planned for this day. The theme of the events will be the promotion of the range of services provided by the non-government community services sector - and that Quality Service Deserves Quality Pay. In Sydney the plan will be to cover the front of Parliament House with a display demonstrating the importance of non-government community services. ASU Secretary Alison Peters said workers in the sector are sick of employers and the Government passing the buck to each other over the funding of the award. 'To survive in Community Services you need to be patient and stoic. But our members have made it clear their deep well of goodwill is running dry. They want action from employers and the Government and a better SACS Award.' SACS Award Hearing opens to raucous rally The hearing on the ASU's application for a new SACS Award began last week before the Full Bench of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission. ASU members rallied outside the Commission beforehand carrying banners adorned with the SACS Award Campaigns mascot, fictional community worker, Ms Faye Lo'Pay. A transcript of the ASU's opening address in the award proceedings will be available on the ASU website (www.asuservices.labor.net.au) from next week. The hearings are to continue in late June.
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   Interview: War Stories from the Shakey IslesAfter being flat-earthed, New Zealand unions are making a comeback under a new progressive government. Darien Fenton is at the forefront of the resurgence. Unions: Laying It On the LineA complex international legal web underpins a long-running South Coast picket. International: Alive and KickingThose representing right wing political forces and strategists for multi-national corporations would be disappointed by the success of the recently concluded Congress of the WFTU in Delhi. Economics: Fair Trade not Free TradeThe successful MAI and Seattle campaigns have sparked a new debate about the role of the World Trade Organization. History: The Manchester MovementManchester, in Asa Briggs memorable phrase, was the shock city of the early nineteenth century, a small and obscure market town that in a matter of a few years had become a huge city. Satire: Passing the BuckGovernment report tells bosses how to lie and pass the buck: Reith blames Kemp Review: A Book to Set the Left RightThe Australian Finacial Review's Stephen Long gives his verdict on 'Tales from the new Shop Floor'.
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