
Issue No 72		06 October 2000

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Carr Lauds Union Movement For Golden Olympics

NSW Premier Bob Carr paid tribute at Labor Council last night to the workers, unions and volunteers who made the Olympic Games a resounding success.

Carr said staging a successful Olympics wasn't going to happen without the union movement delivering projects on time and budget.

'The games were cooperative, enthusiastic and successful. It banished forever the old shibboleths about Australia's slack workforce, inflexible unions, low productivity and she'll be right mentality,' he said.

'We upgraded our skills and showed the rest of the world what we could do. We did things the right and proper way.'

He pointed out that only one person lost their life compared to the dozens that were killed building the Barcelona and Atlanta facilities with non-union labour.

The Premier made special mention of the police role in the Games

'1.5 million people converged on the CBD last Saturday night. There were only two arrests because the police dealt with it so responsibly.'

Another highlight was to spend two hours last Friday at Central and Redfern with public transport workers who delivered a fantastic transport performance he said.

'The bottom line was no athlete missed an event, spectators got to events on time and home safely. It was a great advertisement for Australia.'

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Issue 72 contents

Interview: Taking It To The Union Busters
ACTU Assistant Secretary Richard Marles talks to Workers Online about turning back the anti-union sentiment growing in the business community, responsible unionism and the sense of fun to be found at the ACTU.

International: The White Knights
The International Labour Organisation has become the great hope for those fighting to give globalisation a human face. Australian Bob Kyloh is one of those working with trade unions within the ILO to make it happen.

Politics: Industrial Democracy for Australia
Glenn Patmore argues we need new forms of employee representation in the workplace to broaden employee participation.

Unions: Behind The Scenes
In a small office at Homebush Bay, as the world focused on all that was positive about our games, Unions 2000 and SOCOG officials worked tirelessly to ensure that no worker was ripped off. Chris Christoudoulou reports.

Satire: Parade of Icons �Could Have Included Even More Ex-Aussies� Say Critics
The selection of Greg Norman, Paul Hogan and Elle Macpherson to represent Australia in the �Parade of Icons� during the Closing Ceremony of the Sydney Games last night has prompted a storm of complaints from other famous former Australians.

Review: Elliott Smiths Figure 8
Smith is basically the secret love child of the fab four and it�s so blatantly obvious. That�s not a bad thing because one thing Lennon and McCartney were reknown for was there ability to pen catchy tunes.

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