
Issue No 6		26 March 1999

News

Bracks Gets Pallas Envoy

ACTU assistant secretary Tim Pallas will be working with Victorian Opposition leader Steve Bracks until after the State election.

Pallas told Workers Online he had taken leave without pay until the election, expected any time after June this year, to fill the position of Chief-of-Staff to the new Labor leader.

He says his move is indicative of the entire Labor movement rallying around efforts to reclaim government in Victoria.

"The reason the ACTU allowed me to go was that the election of a Labor Government in Victoria is one of the most effective things that the trade union movement can do right now."

The move occurs against the backdrop of trade union antagonism towards former leader John Brumby, which culminated in a walk-out by some union officials during the ALP State Conference last month.

Pallas says he was enjoying the new challenge. "It's an entirely different environment," he says. "It's very much political, greater emphasis on the day to day thrust of politics with a range of issues that are of critical importance for unions."

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Issue 6 contents

Interview: Jeff Shaw - Keeping the Peace in NSW
We talk to the Carr Government's best minister about his plans and aspirations for a second term.

Unions: Labor's IR Promises
Read the full ALP Industrial Relations policy. Only on Workers Online!

History: A History of Struggle on the Wharves
As the first anniversary of the Reith-Corrigan assault on the waterfront approaches, we remember that it was only the latest in a long line of attacks on the union.

Review: Rats in the Ranks
This Australian political masterpiece about the battle for power in an inner-city council is well worth going back to.

Campaign Diary: It's Time For a Real Labor Government
A returned Carr Government must use its increased majority to promote a genuine Labor agenda rather than just clinging to power for another four years.

» '96 Revisited - Ditched Laws May Get Second Run

» Opposition IR - A Dog�s Breakfast

» Union Plan To Give Mobile Workers Security

» Mergers Wave To Hit Insurance Industry

» AAP Pushes To Create Virtual Reporters

» Wharfies Help Out Aboriginal Kids

» ACTU Asks Workers: How�s Life?

» Bracks Gets Pallas Envoy

» South Coast Labor Council Battle Heads for Court