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Things Go Better With a $100 a Day Extra

By Andrew Casey

Coca-Cola has agreed to a Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union demand to pay a bonus of up to $100 a day to its workforce at the Homebush Sydney Olympics site.

"The company knows that life for its workforce is not going to be normal from before the Olympics actually starts, and even for a while after the Olympics and Para-Olympics razzamatazz is over, " Tim Ferrari, the LHMU's Assistant National Secretary said.

" For all the effort of our members Coca Cola will be assured of pulling in a lot more money - so they agreed to pay our members a special bonus which could put a few thousand dollars extra into the bank accounts of workers.

" All sides agree it is compensation for the extra work, being away from home and family, as well as the expense of living in Sydney through the Olympics period."

To service the huge thirst which will be created by the Olympics Coca Cola talked to the union about bringing in some of their workforce from interstate. So the union negotiated a special accommodation and transport package for this period.

About 160 workers will receive the benefit on top of their normal pay, overtime and superannuation entitlements, under an agreement ratified by the Industrial Relations Commission.

The workers - including forklift drivers, production workers, maintenance technicians and distributors - would receive $100 a day, after tax, if they came from interstate, and $30 a day extra for Sydney locals.

" The union thinks it is a reasonable arrangement for people working at the Olympics," the LHMU's Tim Ferrari said.

"There are people being brought in on some quite unsatisfactory arrangements where people are being given very little understanding of what's being expected of them or what they will actually earn."

The arrangement, which covers workers in Sydney between August 1 and November 10, also includes accommodation in two- to three-star hotel apartments.

Public transport will be free for the workers under SOCOG sponsorship arrangements, while cars will be provided to employees who require them to fulfil their roles.

Meanwhile...

Workers starting work at the Olympics starting before the 26 August are to receive a weekly rail pass valid from the 12 to 25 August.

Previously accreditation passes covering rail and shuttle buses were only to be available from 26 August.

Chris Christodoulou, Labor Council's Deputy Assistant Secretary (Organising) says this is good news for Olympic workers.

'It shows the effectiveness of Unions 2000,' he says.

'In particular, it ensures workers from regional areas won't be disadvantaged.'


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Features
*  Interview: Shifting Sands
Michael Crosby Joint Director of the ACTU Organising Centre talks to Workers Online about the changing nature of union power, 'use it or lose it' coverage and how the ALP will have to deal with a transformed union movement.
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*  Unions: Mission Possible
From Cambodia to Kyrghyzstan, from Malawi to Mozambique, this is one nurse who accepts certain missions where life is on the edge, and she loves it.
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*  Economics: A Progressive Alternative
Andrew Scott outlines a policy approach for an ALP Government that aims to deliver social as well as economic progress.
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*  International: Unions Back International Seafarer Deal
Shipping union representatives from 56 countries have decided to back a pioneering international collective bargaining agreement with ship employers.
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*  Politics: Apolitical Myth
Over the last ten years one story about public interest in politics has found resonance, especially in the US. It suggests that people are no longer interested in political issues. Researchers from the Demos Foundation put this claim under the microscope.
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*  Satire: Elaine Nile retires citing victory in "War on Masturbation"
There were emotional displays and many tributes paid today as Elaine Nile, Christian Democrat MP of 12 years standing, announced her retirement from the Parliament.
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*  Review: Pure Shit
The 1970s Aussie drug classic, Pure Shit - a 70s Australian style Trainspotting - is being dusted off for a one-off showing at the Chauvel.
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