Issue No 92 | 20 April 2001 | |
NewsCosta 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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Interview: Beyond the Accord Simon Crean cut his teeth in the trade union movement, now he's gearing up to run the economy. 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. 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. 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. 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. History: Sweatshops in America Since the dawning of the Industrial Revolution, many generations of Americans have toiled in sweatshops. 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. Review: Working Classes: Global Realities The Socialist Register 2001 looks at class realities and the lives of workers in the new century. 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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