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10 November 2000 |
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NewsLabor Council backs Souths Rally
The union movement will be out in force on Sunday to support South Sydney's battle to be reinstated in the National Rugby League competition.
NSW Labor Council secretary Michael Costa last night encouraged all union affiliates to attend the street rally. "The Labor Council supports South Sydney supporters, not because they are Souths supporters but because of the principle underpinning their claim," Costa said. "That is, to return rugby league back to the people who have traditionally supported it, and that is the working class." More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the Rabbitohs' rally to protest against the NRL's failure to reinstate the club in the competition. Souths have called for all fans, regardless of club loyalties, to join the rally which will start at noon at Redfern Oval and culminate at Sydney Town Hall. Costa said the rally was in response to another example of corporate bullies beating on the working class. "This is a case of very large corporate entities taking over a game that traditionally has been supported by working class people and, to be brutally frank, stuffing that game up," he said. "We want to see it returned to the rightful owners and run in a manner that people can again feel that it is their sport." Up to 40,000 people flooded the streets in a sea of red and green during a rally on October 10 last year, five days before the foundation club was axed from the NRL. South Sydney failed last week in its Federal Court bid for readmission to the NRL. Appeal Support Souths On-LineGo Petition is currently hosting a petition that demands the reinstatement of the South Sydney Rabbitohs to the national competition. Every signature helps to donate money to Greenpeace and builds pressure on the News Ltd controlled NRL. You can Sign the Petition by going to: http://gopetition.com/info.php?petid=75
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