Issue No 97 | 25 May 2001 | |
NewsCity Councils Recognise Birth – Now for the Bush
A campaign to secure public sector rights to paid maternity leave has been agreed to be city councils, but country shires face demonstrations next week after resisting the proposition. The Municipal Employees Union says it has secured agreement from the Local Government Association - which represents city councils - to deliver 12 weeks paid maternity leave. While this falls short of the public sector standard of 15 weeks, the MEU's Paul Reid says it is an important first step in achieving parity with other public servants. But the NSW Shires Association - dominated as it is by the National party - is refusing to come to the party and bring in similar provisions for country councils. The MEU will rally outside the Shires Association Annual Conference next Tuesday at the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney. Birth No excuse for Long Service Leave Meanwhile, the NSW Teachers Federation has raised concerns with provisions of the Long Service Leave Act and its impact on casual teachers. Under the Act, service for Long Service Leave is not recognized is a worker takes a break of more than two months. While there are a range of exceptions in the Act - including illness and injury, leave granted by the employer and slackness of trade - there is no exception for child birth. Teachers Fed general secretary John Hennessy has called on the Act to be amended to recognize childbirth.
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Interview: The Big Bribe ACTU president Sharan Burrow emerges from the Federal Budget lock-up to ask where is the Howard Government’s vision for the future? Compo: Where To Now? As the dust settles in the WorkCover war, we look at what's been achieved and what still needs to be resolved. Unions: The Real Big Brother Have you ever got the feeling someone is watching you? If you work in one of the 4000 Call Centres in Australia then you’re probably right. International: The Not-So Shakey Isles NZ Council of Trade Union secretary Paul Goulter looks at life for the workers under a Labour Government. Corporate: BHP: The Bit Australian The BHP Billiton merger was an act of corporate tyranny. And, as Zoe Reynolds report, humanity does not figure on a corporate balance sheet. History: A Proud Tradition of Mediocrity Budgets always generate hype and a media circus, especially in the lead up to elections. This one is no exception and the Coalition consistency in panic and lack of ideas is reassuring in its lack of ideas. Review: Ideologically Sound Mark Hebblewhite trawls through the CD rack to dispel the notion that there's no politics left in pop. Satire: HIH Recovers Own Losses The collapsed insurance company HIH has lodged a claim with another insurer to be reimbursed for its $4 billion loss.
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