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01 December 2000 |
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NewsIt's Official: Union Leaders More Trusted than Bosses!
Trade union leaders are considered substantially more trustworthy than CEOs, economists and politicians, according to an online poll run this week.
The poll, conducted by the Sydney Morning Herald website is still running and shows union leaders blitzing the field. As of Friday afternoon the standings were: -Politicians: 174 - Economists: 168 - Chief executives: 78 - Union leaders: 282 And there's no point voting Queensland-style, the poll only takes one vote per email address. Labor Council secretary Michael Costa says the results confirm private polling undertaken by the Council over several years. "While you could argue the competition was not too strong, the outcome does show that the public holds elected trade union officials in high regard," Costa says. "All our polling shows that despite the negative images of union officials pushed by the conservative politicians and sections of the media, trade unions till enjoy a high public approval rating," Costa says. "On repeated occasions we have found that more than 50 per cent of workers say they would join a trade union if they felt free to do so. "Given these findings, backed by the recent SMH online poll, I would call on the Howard Government to immediately look into ways to make it easier for people to join trade unions."
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   Interview: Chewing the Fat with DellaIn a rare extended interview, NSW 's new industrial relations minister State John Della Bosca outlines his vision for the new workplace. Unions: Organising - There Is No ChoiceLHMU national secretary Jeff Lawrence responds to Brisbane Institutue director Peter Botsman's attack on organising. Corporate: The Riddles of Democracy at TelstraShareholder activist Stephen Mayne explains how the big guys ran roughshod when he and trade union activists attempted to stand for the Telstra board. Education: Training for ChangeLabor Council's Michael Gadiel outlines a traiing agenda for the 21st century. History: A Stack of HypocritsBallot rigging, sanctioned by the courts, sponsored by the government were a Liberal Party and Bob Menzies speciality - and they introduced legislation to legalise it. International: African Unions Go To War Against AIDS The war on AIDS is now the number one priority of the ICFTU's African Regional Organization (AFRO), which has launched an ambitious five-year action plan in nine of the most severely afflicted African nations. Satire: Teenage Hackers Behind Shock Cabinet Reshuffle Seasoned front-benchers and political greenhorns alike were joined in stunned surprise today, as a sudden Cabinet reshuffle radically altered the shape of the Federal Government. Review: Manufacturing DissentA new production explores Australian's approach to refugees and their experiences coming to a strange land.
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