
Issue No 91		06 April 2001

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Armoured Car Drivers To Consider Stop Work

By Scott Connolly

Earlier this week over 200 TWU members and activists held a "Sit In" at WorkCover's Head Office in Kent Street.

They gathered in protest over proposed changes to workers compensation laws and the continued failure of WorkCover to act to protect the health and safety of Transport Workers and their families.

In particular, the workers' identified the recent failures' of Workcover to investigate unsafe work practices in the armoured car industry and a spate of accidents in the long distance trucking industry.

Responding to the continued failure of Workcover to act, even in spite of Monday's demonstration, TWU members and their families from the Armoured Car Industry will consider industrial action at a mass meeting in Sydney this Sunday.

Sunday's meeting will focus on an ongoing dispute with Chubb Security Services where a reduction in manning levels, training, security arrangements and the use of unarmoured vehicles is putting the lives of drivers and innocent members at risk.

"Since the attempt to shift to unsafe work practices there has already been 6 additional armed robberies of unarmoured cash transit vehicles," TWU State Secretary Tony Sheldon told Workers Online.

Sunday's meeting is being held in the Trades Hall auditorium off the corner of Goulburn and Sussex streets' Sydney and commences at 10.00am.

Drivers and their families attending the meeting will also be invited to join a further demonstration of TWU members in front of Workcovers' Head Office at 400 Kent Street on Monday the 9th of April.

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Issue 91 contents

Interview: Costa on Compo
Labor Council�s secretary gives his take on the Big Stink over Della�s workers compensation package.

Politics: Della's List
All Labor members of Parliament were this week asked to indicate whether they would support injured workers. More than half said 'yes'. Here they are.

Unions: Picketing Joy
Rowan Cahill chronicled the definitive dispute of 2000 for Workers Online. He looks back on the battle and the lessons to be drawn from the workers at Joy.

History: Vale Tony Mulvihill
The environment, migrant workers and the hairy nosed wombat have reason to be thankful for the active citizenship of Tony Mulvihill.

Economics: Stopping the Rot
A national campaign is underway to persuade politicians from both the major parties that they need to be addressing the issue of poverty within Australia.

International: East Timor � Beyond the Headlines
It�s now more than 18 months since the violence and bloodshed following the popular consultation on the future of East Timor was front page news in Australia.

Technology: Online Breathing Space
The global collapse of faith in new technology has given journalists a chance to prepare themselves for the real revolution, writes David Higgins

Satire: Howard Cuts Beer Price to Get Voters Drunk
Prime Minister John Howard has agreed to cut the excise on beer, in the hope cheaper drinks will help get the country drunk enough to vote for him.

Review: The Battle for 96.9Fm is Over
What would you get if you crossed 2DAY FM, 2MMM, JJJ and MIX 106.5 FM? A fairly commercial radio station that wouldn�t know the difference between throwing up, stuffing up, growing up or breaking up.

» Compo Wars: Week Two to the Workers!

» Doctors Don�t Want to be Judges

» Cops Eye Ball Compo Changes

» Armoured Car Drivers To Consider Stop Work

» IT Workers � We Need You!

» Banks Workers Show They�re No Bunnies

» English Teachers Ripped Off

» Beazley Gives Boost To Bakery Workers

» Employment, Environment Vital to US-Australia Trade Deal

» Extra $1.37 Billion Needed for Unis

» Campaigning Workshop Establishes Local Campaign Initiative

» Activist Notebook