
Issue No 9		16 April 1999

News

But Thumbs Down to Small Business Labor...

A key trade union has ridiculed the Premier's call to transform Labor into a Party that has broader appeal to small business.

Public Transport Union state secretary Nick Lewocki told last night's Labor Council meeting that the ALP had been formed as a trade union political party and should remain so.

"How many small businesspeople stood on polling booths or letter-boxed for the ALP in the state election campaign?" Lewocki asked.

"How many small businesses pay a percentage of their profits to the ALP? Not many."

Lewocki called on Labor Council to send a clear message to the MPs at Macquarie street: "It's our Party and if they don't want to to be part of it, they should leave."

Labor Council secretary Michael Costa told the meeting the Premier had assured him that trade unions would remain at the core of the ALP.

But he renewed his call for the Premier to publicly acknowledge the role the trade union movement played in his re-election.

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Issue 9 contents

Interview: Ms Plibersek Goes To Canberra
The new MP for Sydney talks about her new job, new ideas and why she wonďż˝t be writing a book about them.

Unions: More Jobs, Better Pay?
Peter Reith shears the Pastoral Industry Award, making a mockery of his election rhetoric.

History: Work and Community
This is the story of a little corrugated iron factory. In a lane. In Rozelle.

Review: Tailing Out
When BHP left Newcastle steelworks, it also left a rich working culture. A ground-breaking project is now honouring what has been lost.

International: ILO Warns Danger Evolving With Technology
The ILO estimates over 1 million work-related fatalities each year -- and the danger spots are changing.

Labour Review: What's New at the Information Centre
View the latest issue of Labour Review, Labor Council's fortnightly IR newsletter for unions.

» Public Speaks: We Are Not Monsters!

» Qantas to Dump Aussie Accents

» Carrďż˝s Faction Call Music to Costaďż˝s Ears

» But Thumbs Down to Small Business Labor...

» Blow for Reith's Anti-Unionism

» Un-Reconstructed Unionists on Study Tour

» Unionists to Celebrate May Day

» Tanner to Bragg with Billy