Issue No 60 | 30 June 2000 | |
NewsShaw Walks, Costa Considers Future
NSW Industrial Relations Minister Jeff Shaw's shock resignation has left the NSW Labor Council secretary considering his future after premier Bob Carr said he was entitled to a front bench position.
Shaw's decision to call it quits and leave the NSW Upper House creates a quandary for Costa, who is in the middle of negotiations over a potentially lucrative computer deal in which the ALP and Labor Council each have a third equity. The seat was earmarked for Costa as part of a deal that saved Shaw after he failed to gain preselection from his own Left faction. Costa says he needs to weigh up the decision over the weekend. "I need to decide if the time is right. There are important projects at Labor Council that I am involved in; at the same time there is an obvious need to increase trade union representation inside the party. Great Industrial Relations Minister Costa says she will be remembered as one of the State's great Industrial Relations Ministers. He says Shaw would be remembered for his 1996 reform package which turned back the tide on labour market deregulation across the nation. And he says he's confident new IR minister John Della Bosca will successfully negotiate industrial laws which are currently before Parliament. See next week's Workers Online for an exit interview with Jeff Shaw
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Interview: Turning Tides ACTU President Sharan Burrow reflects on the disappearance of the middle class and what the union movement can do about it Unions: Fear and Loathing in Wollongong For four days this week, too much unionism was barely enough. We bring you the highs and lows from behind the scenes and inside the bars of this week�s ACTU Congress. Politics: The Group Hug Opposition leader Kim Beazley came, saw and conga-ed. Here's what he said to the ACTU Congress. History: Unions and Family Trees Trade union records may not be the first port of call for a beginning family historian, but down the track a little, these records could bring to life an ancestor who previously was just a name printed on the page. International: Fiji Bans Lifted Fiji employers are expected to start reinstating all their workers over the next week, now that Australian union bans have been lifted at the request of the local union leadership. Review: Room to Manoeuvre Full employment with a highly skilled well-paid workforce is a realistic goal for Australia, despite the supposed constraints of globalisation. Satire: Satan Subpoenaed To Cricket Inquiry The King Commission of Inquiry into cricket match-fixing yesterday heard evidence from Satan that he never influenced Hansie Cronje to accept bribes.
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