
Issue No 81		08 December 2000

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TWU Calls For Mayor to be Charged

By Mary Yaager

The Transport Workers Union has charged the Liverpool Mayor George Paciullo under the Labor Party Rules after his treatment of Liverpool Council Workers who have been given the axe before Xmas.

Angry Waste Workers and their families held a protest outside the Liverpool Council this week over the failure of the Labor Councillors to consider the workers and their families in a recent decision to award its waste contract to a shonky company.

Wayne Forno, TWU Sydney Sub-Branch Secretary said "It is a disgrace that the Mayor, George Paciullo and other Labor Councillors awarded the contract to another company despite giving assurances to the TWU that these workers would not lose their jobs."

Wayne Forno went on to say "The purpose of today's demonstration is to heap shame on the Liverpool Councillors.

Since February this year when the TWU first learnt a new contract was being put to tender,they have been trying to get a commitment from the Mayor and the Council that the jobs and entitlements of the current contractors would be protected.

The TWU condemns the Mayor and Councilors for their failure to consider the interest of these hard working Australians and their families.

Angie ,a wife of one of the workers at the protest said "I can't believe the attitude of the Mayor or the other Councilors and I will never vote for them again. .This has had a devastating effect on our family with Brandon losing his job right on Xmas . Brandon has really put his guts into this job but has now totally lost his self esteem " she went on to say

Wayne Forno said "this fight won' t stop here we plan to mount a major campaign against the current Liverpool Councillors."

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Issue 81 contents

Interview: Back to Work
After a stretch of unemployment following the 1996 election, former Keating Minister Robert Tickner is now helping others find work.

Media: Reality Check
Aiden White, head of the international journalists' union, argues that online journalism presents a new set of challenges for organising.

Economics: In the Same Boat
In an unprecedented move, a coalition of industry, community and trade union groups have joined forces to address long-trerm unemployment.

International: Nepalese Hotel Workers Ask for Support
Hotel workers in the small Himalayan nation of Nepal have finally decided to vent their anger and call a general strike for Monday - over a 21 year old dispute.

Unions: Speaking in Tongues
Labor Council's Mark Morey outlines the successful campaign by local government workers for a community language allowance.

History: Fighting Words
The anti-conscription campaign of 1914-18 tore the ALP apart; but this was not the first time the labour movement took a militantly anti-war stance.

Politics: A New Socialism
In an extract from his new book, political economist Frank Stilwell argues the need for a new radicalism to counter the Third Way

Satire: Roy Slaven on the Rampage
John Doyle's history of the ABC stretches back to a 1958 evening in Lithgow on which he was "scared shitless" by Blackboard on Mr Squiggle.

Review: Mauled in the Bear Pit
Vengeance may be sweet but it is always made better when you are able to write a book about yourself that also provides the opportunity to dump a bucket load on those who undertook your removal.

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