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Costa To Join Della’s List


Labor Council secretary Michael Costa last night added his name to Della's List and vowed to continue his fight for fair workers compensation ahead of his move to the NSW Upper House in August.

 
 

Costa formally announced his resignation from his position at Labor Council to take effect from August 30. He will move to the NSW Legislative Council to fill the vacancy left by ALP stalwart Johnno Johnson.

His departure come after 13 sometimes turbulent years at the Labor Council. He rose to notoreity first as a Wollongong activist, then as a rank and file official with the then AFULE rail union.

Costa survived Presidential inquiries and a stint as General Manager at 2KY to become an activist secretary.

He earned the eternal ire of Friends of Currowong, the hatred of the Daily Telegraph, the respect of the Carr Government and the joyful bemusement of his trade union colleagues.

"Former secretaries have told me that this is the best job I could ever had," Costa told delegates, "and they're right.This is a fantastic job and I have loved every minute of it,"

Costa has vowed to continue fighting the workers compensation campaign and has been asked to be placed on the List of MPs supporting amendments to protect injured workers "provisionally".

Nominations have opened for the secretary's position, with assistant secretary John Robertson likely to be the only candidate.

His candidature was endorsed unanimously by the Right caucus before Costa resigned, seconded by the TWU state secretary Tony Sheldon.

Mark Lennon will be the officers' endorsed candidate for assistant secretary.


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In this issue
Features
*  Interview: Beyond the Accord
Simon Crean cut his teeth in the trade union movement, now he's gearing up to run the economy.
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*  Politics: In Defence of Della’s List
The proposition that trade unions should ask members of the ALP for a commitment that they uphold Party policy should hardly be controversial.
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*  Corporate: The Real Rorters
The unspoken sore of the WorkCover Scheme is non-compliance by employers. None more so that in the construction industry, as this CFMEU paper details.
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*  Legal: In the Real World
Lawyer Ross Goodridge exposes the defficincies in the new medical assessment guidelines for workers compensation by looking at real case studies.
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*  International: The Docklands and Global Labour
Ma Wei Pin and Jasper Goss recount how the struggle of a group of Indonesian hotel workers effected a lucrative Melbourne contract.
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*  History: Sweatshops in America
Since the dawning of the Industrial Revolution, many generations of Americans have toiled in sweatshops.
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*  Unions: Losers Never Start
At the end of her six week vigil, Grenadier delegate Michelle Booth gave her heartfelt thanks to the trade union movement.
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*  Review: Working Classes: Global Realities
The Socialist Register 2001 looks at class realities and the lives of workers in the new century.
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*  Satire: Democrats Change Leader
The Democrats have a new leader after belatedly discovering that Meg Lees had become the second Democrats leader in a row to defect to another party.
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News
»  Costa To Join Della’s List
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»  Compo Campaign Gathers Steam
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»  Della’s List: Dissident MPs Targeted
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»  Day of Mourning to be Compo Focus
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»  Small Steps in Negotiations – But Hard Yards Still to Come
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»  Important First Step for E-Mail Privacy
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»  Outraged Cleaners Continue AXA Axings Protests
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»  Grenadier Picket Ends – But Legacy Lives On
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»  Entitlement Dramas in Health and Printing
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»  Nurses Still Waiting on Olympics Bonus
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»  IRC Delays Hit Eight Month Barrier
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»  Claims of Dirty Tricks Conspiracy at Mobil
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»  Sydney Water Workers On Strike
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»  MUA Rides Anti-pollution Wave
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»  Governments Urged On Child Slavery
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»  Time To Act on Pay Discrimination
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»  Construction Union Supports Folk Festival
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»  Activists Notebook
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Columns
»  The Soapbox
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»  The Locker Room
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»  Trades Hall
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»  Tool Shed
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Letters to the editor
»  Workers Comp: The People Speak
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»  Dellas List: Rhiannon-V-McDonald
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»  Crosby Responds to Douls
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»  English Teacher Ripped Off
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»  Protocol of Cabinet Solidarity??
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»  Tom Collins Goes Off
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»  Vote One: Tony Abbott
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