
Issue No 96		18 May 2001

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Vodafone Promotes It’s Own

It wasn't enough to sack them on the spot: Vodofone this week added to the insult by inserting promotional material for their phones to the termination letters that 400 staff received.

The workers were sacked after being directed to attend a meeting where they were told that due to a downturn in the mobile telephony market, they were to be retrenched.

They were then told they had one hour to vacate the premises and security guards were deployed to ensure that no staff lingered after the time had elapsed.

The two unions involved the Community and Public Sector Union and the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union have both condemned the sackings.

"This is a disgraceful episode on the part of the largest mobile telephone carrier in the world and deserves the condemnation of the labour movement," CEPU branch secretary Ian McCarthy says.

"The actions also highlight the need for the labour movement to press for the repeal of the AWA provisions in the Workplace relations Act in an incoming Labor Government."

Stop press

Late this afternoon the CPSU achieved an interim order against Vodafone barring them from making any more staff redundant before the matter is properly determined before the AIRC.

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Issue 96 contents

Interview: The Enabler
On the eve of the release of his latest book, Beazley’s brain on the back-bench, Mark Latham, talks about putting the social back into socialism.

Unions: Flogged To Death
One third of Australian workers now work in conditions that would be deemed illegal in Europe. While in our workplaces so much is being done by so few with so little the Howard Government leans on its shovel reports Noel Hester.

Corporate: Nike's Six Broken Promises
A new international report on the labour practices at Nike have placed their stated commitment to ethical employment under the microscope.

International: Jagath at the Solidarity Cafe
When the brave workers at the Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta marched on May Day, a Sydney unionist was by their side.

Education: The Battle for Free Thought
The recent sacking of Dr Ted Steele at the University of Wollongong has focused attention on the need for vigilant defence of employment rights and academic freedom.

History: Federation and Labour
The labour movement’s role in the 1897 Federal Convention and the subsequent referenda process has been largely forgotten.

Satire: Addict Stops Using Smack After Talk With Parents
A 21-year-old heroin addict has agreed to give up his habit after his parents told him that using drugs was wrong.

Review: Rouge or Red?
Mark Hebblewhite argues that the new Baz Luhrmann blockbuster isn't without its class analysis.

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» Refugee Riots Sparked By Strike Action

» Vodafone Promotes It’s Own

» Champion Workers Left With Nothing

» Bid for Reasonable Hours to AIRC

» Political Economy Courses at Sydney University

» Activist Notebook

» The Soapbox

» The Locker Room

» Trades Hall

» Tool Shed

» New Editorial Guidelines

» Letter to Canberra

» A Fowler Smell

» Who Saved May Day?

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