Issue No 92 | 20 April 2001 | |
NewsIRC Delays Hit Eight Month Barrier
Unions have called for an increase in the number of judges and commissioners appointed to the NSW Industrial Relations Commission in the face of lengthy delays in having matters listed. The NSW Teachers Federation says they have been told a major case, involving an award for its members, will not be able to be heard until November. Teachers fed general secretary John Hennessy says the Federation lodged an application for a NSW Adult Migrant English Service Crown Employees Award on April 2. But, he says, on requesting a hearing date, the Federation was told the first available dates were a week in November. Hennessy says similar delays have occurred in the last three years in other cases pursued by the Teachers. The Labor Council has agreed to take the issue up with the NSW Government.
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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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