Issue No 80 | 01 December 2000 | |
NewsALP Council Faces Workers' Wrath
The ALP-dominated Liverpool Council is facing angry protests next week after the decision to award a waste contract to a firm described by unions as anti-worker with a substandard health and safety record.
The Transport Workers Union says the contract was awarded despite evidence that the company had an appalling OH&S record, was playing well below TWU rates and actively discriminated against union members. After being assured that an appropriate company would receive the contract, the company has refused to engage three active TWU members since taking over the Liverpool council job. The TWU has been scathing of the behaviour of Liverpool mayor - and former state ALP minister - George Paciullo - for his failure to act on the unions' concerns. TWU official Shane O'Brien told Labor Council delegates that the attitude of ALP councilors, and Mayor Paciullo in particular, was a sign that they had lost touch with their core constituents. "We founded this party and its about time we said to our Labor politicians: it's your job to work for the interests of our membership," O'Brien said.
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