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10 November 2000 |
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NewsMeals on Wheels Turns MeanBy Andrew Casey
Launceston Country Club Casino's plans to restructure their kitchens are a recipe for disaster, leading to job losses, department closures and contracting out of other jobs.
" If they win the result is a meals on wheels service at the Country Club Casino," Darren Mathewson, Tasmanian LHMU Branch Secretary, said. " If the kitchen is out-sourced food will be delivered to the Country Club door, and then re-heated for visitors. " Is that really the quality we want to project for Tasmanian hospitality?, " Darren Mathewson asked. The Mulawa Group - the company which owns the Tasmanian Casinos, numerous hotels and network gaming - wants a win in the kitchens of the Country Club Casino as a first stage in a plan to outsource jobs in other departments, then Wrest Point and other hotels they operate. The Mulawa Group is a Sydney-based company which last year had revnues reaching $212 million - a rise of 14.5%. LHMU members and supporters are being asked to send protest e-mails to Greg Farrell, the Managing Director of the Mulawa Group. Tell the company that the restructure of the kitchens is not good for Tasmanian tourism's growing world-wide reputation; not good for the reputation of the Launceston Country Club Casino - and it is a disaster when it comes to the jobs of union members. Use the Web to give the Managing Director, Greg Farrell, some of your advice, and tell him about union solidarity. E-mail Greg Farrell: [email protected] And don't forget to tell the Hotel and Casino workers of Tasmania that they are not alone. Please send messages of solidarity, and copies of any e-mail messages you sent to the company, to the LHMU Tasmanian branch secretary . E-mail Darren Mathewson: [email protected] Management at the Country Club Casino have outlined plans to close the main kitchen and contract out pastry, cold larder, soups and sauces - they want it to start next week." The equivalent of ten full-time staff will be made redundant by this plan. "If management gets away with contracting-out in Launceston we will see similar cutbacks at the Wrest Point Casino in Hobart . Mulawa Group try to use the same management model at all their sites, so if Launceston is allowed to get away with it we can expect it to happen elsewhere. " Our members don't want to cop these changes. It's time we got together to work out what to do. The management at Launceston Country Club Casino offered us no wage rises when we went into enterprise bargaining - now they want to cut our jobs."
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