Democrats pass new IR laws, Coalition advisers new appointments to AIRC
Whilst not implementing the legislation coming out of the Cole Royal Commission into the building industry, the Democrats have supported a number of anti-union laws in the Senate last week, including giving the Building Industry Taskforce coercive powers.
The Democrats announced last week they would not support the Howard Government's anti-worker Building Industry Legislation, which came as a relief to many construction workers. They have, however, done a deal with the government which saw a number of regressive amendments to the Workplace Relations Act go through the Senate late on Friday night.
These include giving the Building Industry Taskforce, a police style watchdog set up for the building industry alone, the right to force people to provide information, produce documents and answer questions relevant to a Taskforce investigation. Anyone refusing to cooperate with the Taskforce faces fines or up to six months jail.
It is curious that the taskforce has been given these new powers given the recent allegations that they have misused the ones they already had. Only two weeks ago, in the Senate committee hearings examining the Cole legislation, allegations surfaced that the taskforce officers had offered an apprentice a bribe in exchange for information and, in a separate incident, had secretly taped witnesses.
In response to the last allegation, Nigel Hadgekiss, the head of the Taskforce, said he did not believe it was an offence to secretly tape conversations in Western Australia. ALP Senator Peter Cook has referred the issue to WA police.
Other amendments passed by the Senate with Democrat support include the tripling of penalties under the Workplace Relations Act. Penalties will rise from the current maximum of $10,000 for unions and $2,000 for individuals to $30,000 and $6,000. Officials will be disqualified from holding office in a union if they are convicted of a criminal offence and receive a suspended sentence and the law now protects employees of unions who blow the whistle on their organisation.
In other sound decisions made by the Howard government this week, as a reward for their good work in the field of industrial relations, the head of the Office of Employment Advocate, Jonathan Hamberger, and DEWR deputy secretary John Llloyd have been appointed to the so-called independent umpire, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. The OEA is the chief agency responsible for promoting individual contracts known as AWAs at the expense of collective bargaining and prior to heading it, Hamberger was an adviser to former IR minister Peter Reith. Similarly, John Lloyd has played a pivotal role in the Cole Royal Commission as well as previously helping dismantle Victoria's state industrial relations system as head of Jeff Kennett's employee relations department.
A scan of the current sitting members of the 'independent umpire' reveals that only two out of seventeen have a union background and only one is a woman.
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Unions & asbestos groups secure James Hardie compo agreement
2004 - Dec - 21The ACTU, Unions NSW and asbestos groups have today signed a Heads of Agreement with former asbestos products manufacturer James Hardie for what is believed to be the largest personal injury settlement in Australia's history....read more
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UNIONIST FACES DEATH IN AUSTRALIA -- urgent action needed
2004 - Dec - 20Daryoush Hoshmand Najad is a union activist from Iran who fled to Australia in October 2000 and since then has been incarcerated in Port Hedland and Baxter detention centres. Daryoush is one of 27 Iranian detainees currently on hunger strike in Baxter....read more
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Unions support gay and lesbian pride march
2004 - Dec - 15All unionists are invited to participate in the 2005 Pride March under the banner "Queers Need Unions Need Queers". The contigent aims to highlight issues for gay and lesbian people in the workplace and how joining a union provides them with protection against discrimination....read more
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Our People, Our Future
2004 - Dec - 13Representatives of 50 community, unions, faith and research organisations met on December 10 to discuss their visions for Victoria and appraise the Bracks Governments' performance over the last 5 years in a range of social and economic areas....read more
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Trades Hall welcomes health and safety bill
2004 - Dec - 08Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary, Leigh Hubbard today welcomed the debate on the Occupational Health & Safety Bill in the State Parliament. The Bill is expected to pass the Lower House tonight and the Upper House next week....read more
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Wilson Tuckey a disgrace
2004 - Dec - 08Asbestos disease sufferers say Wilson Tuckey's comments defending James Hardie are a disgrace....read more
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Govt move to deny pay rise for 1.6 million workers an abuse of power
2004 - Dec - 02The Howard Government's move to delay the national minimum wage case until after the May Federal Budget would deny 1.6 million low paid workers a pay rise and is an abuse of its power says the ACTU....read more
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Pride or Prejudice: organising meeting for Victorian queer community forum
2004 - Dec - 01An invitation to help organise an open forum of queer/LGBTI communities,our friends and allies...read more
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Asbestos Awareness Week 2004: A time to remember and remain vigilant
2004 - Nov - 22Today marks the beginning of National Asbestos Awareness Week and Victorian workers and asbestos victims will be marking the week with a number of events....read more
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HIA should stop the scare-mongering and get on with saving lives
2004 - Nov - 22Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary, Leigh Hubbard, called on the Housing Industry Association of Victoria to stop using workers' health and safety to score political points and get on with reducing deaths and injuries in the construction industry....read more
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Trades Hall calls for James Hardie to finally share the wealth
2004 - Nov - 22Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary, Leigh Hubbard, today welcomed the announcement by James Hardie of its half-year profit of $US 61.1 million dollars (approx. $AUS88 million), which indicates there's more than enough money to pay out their asbestos victims' compensation claims....read more
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Trades Hall calls on OPP to appeal scandalous Amcor sentence
2004 - Nov - 16Victorian Trades Hall Council has written to the Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions urging them to re-open the case which saw Amcor fined a scandalous $120,000 for the death of one of its workers, Darren Moon, in March last year....read more
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Unions welcome new OHS Act, but declare it far from cutting edge
2004 - Nov - 16Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary Leigh Hubbard, today welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Workcover, Rob Hulls, of the new look Occupational Health and Safety Act....read more
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ACTU seeks $26.60 minimum wage rise as 1 million low paid go into debt
2004 - Nov - 08The ACTU announced today it would seek a $26.60 a week wage rise for around 1.6 million award workers in the annual Minimum Wages Case....read more
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Qantas workers deserve fair share
2004 - Nov - 03ASU members in the Qantas Group are currently negotiating their seventh enterprise agreement. ASU members work in areas like checkin, reservations, operations, holidays, finance, freight, catering and IT....read more
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Support US hotel workers!!!
2004 - Nov - 03San Francisco City Hall politicians sat through four hours of sometimes searing testimony on Friday from hotel union workers locked out of 14 up-market San Francisco hotels....read more
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Donald McGauchie's two hats: one must come off
2004 - Oct - 29Approximately 200 family members of asbestos victims and unionists crowded the entrance to the Melbourne Convention Centre yesterday to send a message to Telstra chair and James Hardie board member Donald McGauchie that he had to resign....read more
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Weather bureau HQ takes a hit from the weather
2004 - Oct - 27The brand new Bureau of Meteorology headquarters at 700 Collins Street has been badly affected by Melbourne's wild weather today, with jagged bits of metal coming off the building and falling onto the street below....read more
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Unlawful intimidation of OHS reps widespread
2004 - Oct - 25One in three occupational health and safety reps in Victoria are intimidated into not raising health and safety concerns. The same number report being bullied as a result of having raised a health and safety issue in the workplace....read more
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Get set for union summer
2004 - Oct - 22Do you want to make difference? Do you want practical experience in social justice and the union movement? Apply for Union Summer 2005....read more
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Record number to attend largest OHS reps gathering in the world
2004 - Oct - 22Over 1,400 Occupational Health and Safety reps will gather at the Moonee Valley Racecourse on Wednesday, the 27th of October, to discuss important health and safety developments including how the new Victorian OHS Act will operate....read more
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Australia's biggest workplace tragedy remembered.
2004 - Oct - 18Today marked 34 years since the West Gate Bridge collapsed killing 35 workers and seriously injuring 17 in what is still Australia's worst industrial accident, on October 15, 1970.(Friday, October 15)...read more
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Millions work hard but fall short
2004 - Oct - 18Too many Australian working families now are stuck in low-paid jobs making it difficult for them to survive financially, an Anti-Poverty Week forum will hear tomorrow from the LHMU. (Monday, October 18)...read more
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Amcor review must follow death
2004 - Oct - 13Leigh Hubbard, Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council today urged the Victorian Workcover Authority to review Amcor's self-insurer status following the death of a 29-year old worker.(Wednesday, October 13)...read more
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No mandate to punish workers
2004 - Oct - 13Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary Leigh Hubbard today countered John Howard's assertions that the Coalition had a mandate for radical IR reform following Saturday' election victory, saying that the only thing John Howard had a mandate for was to keep interest rates low.(Tuesday, October 12)...read more
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The new face of poverty in Australia - the underemployed
2004 - Oct - 12As a part of National Anti-Poverty Week, the LHMU is sponsoring an important new forum on Low Pay, Welfare and the Working Poor on Tuesday, October 19....read more
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Electrolux test case decision likely next week
2004 - Oct - 08AIRC Vice-President Iain Ross reserved his decision today (October 9, 2004)in the NUW v KL Ballantyne court case, in what promises to be a precedent setting decision for all enterprise agreements....read more
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CFMEU Victorian Mining & Energy District says HOWARD MUST GO
2004 - Oct - 07The Victorian District Mining and Energy Division of the CFMEU today made it clear to its members that even though Peter Kelly, the independent candidate for Gippsland is a CFMEU member, they should not vote for him (Thursday, October 7)....read more
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Kodak workers vote to accept redundancy package
2004 - Oct - 06A mass meeting of 600 Kodak workers this morning (Wednesday, 6th of October) voted to accept the revised redundancy deal negotiated by their unions and the company....read more
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Electrolux test case adjourned
2004 - Oct - 04The first case testing what the recent High Court Electrolux decision will mean for workers has been adjourned....read more
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?Freedom of choice? a euphemism for exploitation
2004 - Oct - 01Victorian Trades Hall Council today criticised the Howard Government's announcement that it would enact legislation removing so-called `independent contractors' from the scrutiny of the IR system (September 27)....read more
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Privacy on the radar
2004 - Oct - 01Victorian Trades Hall council today welcomed the release of the Law Reform Commission options paper regarding privacy in the workplace(September 23)....read more
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OHS Officer position available at the LHMU
2004 - Sep - 30The LHMU is seeking to appoint an Occupational Health and Safety Officer....read more
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Young unionists to strategise
2004 - Sep - 29The Young Unionist Network is having a strategy planning weekend, on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th October 2004. This is your chance to set the agenda for young people in the Victorian union movement for the next twelve months....read more
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Refugee pre-election rally in Melbourne
2004 - Sep - 24Eight days before polling day, the Federal election campaign will hit the streets of central Melbourne when refugee supporters rally on Friday 1 October....read more
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James Hardie - Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide
2004 - Sep - 21The Victorian Trades Hall Council today welcomed the release of the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry report by Mr Jackson QC into the actions of James Hardie....read more
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NUW fights for 'shocked' Kodak workers
2004 - Sep - 17National Union of Workers Victorian Branch Secretary Martin Pakula has expressed his extreme disappointment with Kodak's shock announcement today(September 16, 2004) of massive job losses at its Coburg site, effective November 2004....read more
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15,000 march to make James Hardie pay
2004 - Sep - 16Melbourne today put James Hardie on notice, with 15,000 trade unionists, asbestos sufferers and concerned citizens defying the rain to rally outside the Australian Stock Exchange and send a message to the James Hardie shareholders' meeting in Sydney....read more
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Asbestos sufferers launch campaign to make James Hardie pay
2004 - Sep - 08Victorian Trades Hall Council, the Gippsland Asbestos Related Diseases Support group (GARDS) and the Asbestos Diseases Society of Victoria (ADSV)launched a campaign on Wednesday, 8th of September on the steps of Parliament House to bring James Hardie to account over its actions regarding compensations for victims of asbestos....read more
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Speak up for health and safety
2004 - Aug - 31Wedsnesday, 27 October is the sixth annual Work Safe Week Health and Safety Representatives Seminar. The theme of this year's seminar is Safety. We're working on it. Join hundreds of health and safety reps in what promises to be the best conference yet....read more
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Disability rolling stoppages in full swing
2004 - Aug - 24The campaign of rolling stoppages by 5,000 Victorian Disability Carers will effect approximately 150 Community Houses throughout Melbourne's Northern and Western suburbs as well as major services including the Statewide Forensic Centre in Fairfield....read more
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Warning to workers:Now that award conditions are back, sign nothing
2004 - Aug - 17In a historic decision by the Industrial Relations Commission, 11 years after they were relegated to being second-class citizens, 350,000 Victorian workers will enjoy the benefits of award conditions again....read more
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NUW won't stop vital goods getting through to troops
2004 - Aug - 16National Union of Workers members will ensure vital goods are dispatched from the Tenix Defence site outside of Wodonga, despite being locked out of the facility last night (Thursday August 12, 2004)....read more
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ACTU makes historic agreement to make James Hardie do the right thing
2004 - Aug - 12The ACTU announced today a historic agreement with the foundation set up by James Hardie to fund claims by asbestos victims, adding to public pressure for the company to return the money it took off-shore in order to avoid its liabilities....read more
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Venue Co-ordinator position at Victorian Trades Hall Council
2004 - Aug - 12Victorian Trades Hall Council is looking for a venue coordinator on a four day per week basis. Applications close on the 26th of August....read more
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Jobs at the ACTU
2004 - Aug - 11There are three new jobs at the ACTU in the Trade Union Training division....read more
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Disability carers vote to start industrial action
2004 - Aug - 055,000 Disability carers and workers from facilities such as Kew Cottages and community homes will commence industrial action against the state government on Sunday 8 August in support of their enterprise bargaining claim....read more
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Tougher regulation of home renovation industry urgently needed
2004 - Aug - 04The Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary, Leigh Hubbard, called today on the Victorian government to introduce stricter regulations for work undertaken in the home renovating sector following the tragic death yesterday of a 26-year-old man....read more
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350,000 workers better off as of August 1
2004 - Jul - 30Victorian workers not covered by Federal Awards will receive the $19 weekly wage increase as of the 1st of August or the first pay period thereafter....read more
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Visit by Columbian trade unionist
2004 - Jul - 30Last week saw Mr Domingo Tovar Arrieta, the Human Rights Director of the CUT Colombia, a peak union body, meet Victorian unions to inform the movement of the latest developments in Columbia and gather international support for the campaign to bring justice and democracy to this conflict ridden nation....read more
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Victorian building unions ban all James Hardie products
2004 - Jul - 29Victorian building unions placed an immediate ban on James Hardie products used at building and construction sites in light of the company's attempts to escape their responsibility to sick and dying workers....read more
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Disability carers give Bracks two weeks
2004 - Jul - 23A packed out Trades Hall council chambers voted to reject the Bracks' Government's pay offer to disability carers....read more
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Celebrate APHEDA's 20th anniversary and help fight HIV/AIDS
2004 - Jul - 20Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the overseas humanitarian aid agency of the ACTU & help raise funds for the Papua New Guinea HIV/AIDS Prevention Appeal....read more
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Positions vacant at the ASU
2004 - Jul - 15The Australian Services Union Victorian Authorities and Services Branch is looking for two industrial organisers....read more
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Unions say we won?t let James Hardie get away with it
2004 - Jul - 15At a media conference held today in the wake of James Hardie's announcement of intention to set up a compensation scheme for victims of asbestos-related diseases, Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary Leigh Hubbard called on both state and federal governments to stand up to insurance interests and resist any moves that will weaken the rights of victims....read more
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National Tertiary Education Union - Industrial Organiser Vacancy
2004 - Jul - 12The National Tertiary Educaation Union has a vacancy for an industrial organiser based at the Bundoora La Trobe campus....read more
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All Bets Off at TABCORP
2004 - Jul - 09The ASU has announced today that hundreds of its members at TABCORP will be taking industrial action over the weekend due to a breakdown in enterprise bargaining negotiations....read more
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Bugs alive- the CFMEU discovers a critter in its Grocon shed
2004 - Jul - 09The war on workers just got dirtier with a discovery of a surveillance device in a union shed....read more
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MCG casual of twenty years wins overdue long service leave
2004 - Jul - 09In light of this week's decision by the Melbourne Magistrates Court that a long term casual worker at the MCG was entitled to long services leave, Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary Leigh Hubbard has called upon the Victorian government to amend the Long Service Leave Act to account for changes in work practices since it came into force in the 1950s....read more
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Loss of lives, not loss of revenue should dictate smoking laws
2004 - Jul - 01Unions have called on the state government to take action and ban smoking in all public venues following a release of yet another research study into passive smoking....read more
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Victorians urged to share their experiences of aged care
2004 - Jul - 01The Australian Nursing Federation (Vic Branch) will hold a statewide Aged Care Phone In on Saturday for Victorians who want to share their views about the delivery of aged care services and highlight issues of concern in the lead up to the federal election....read more
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Union campaign to save Electrolux jobs
2004 - Jun - 30The Australian Workers' Union has launched a national campaign to save the jobs of hundreds of Electrolux workers, which are under threat in Orange NSW and Adelaide. Read more at www.awu.net.au/national/campaigns/electrolux...read more
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Breakfast briefing a success
2004 - Jun - 29Around 250 health and safety reps gathered at Trades Hall today to get up to speed on the campaign to improve the Victorian OH&S Act. Everyone, including Trades Hall Council Secretary Leigh Hubbard, enjoyed a sausage or two prior to the meeting....read more
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Commonwealth Bank staff to strike
2004 - Jun - 25Commonwealth Bank staff are planning to hold a nationwide 24-hour strike next Friday....read more
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Getting it right!
2004 - Jun - 23Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary Leigh Hubbard today launched a campaign website aimed at ensuring the Victorian Government strengthens the OHS Act in their upcoming spring session of Parliament....read more
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Next Anna Stewart Memorial Project October 11-22
2004 - Jun - 23The next Anna Stewart Memorial Project, a training program aimed at getting women more involved with their unions and run by Trades Hall is on again for two weeks between the 11th and 22nd of October....read more
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Research on labour hire doesn?t stack up
2004 - Jun - 23The report released yesterday by the RCSA (Recruitment & Consulting Services Association) claiming employees were happy to be employed under labour hire arrangements is seriously flawed and doesn't deal with the substantive issues posed by this type of employment, according to Leigh Hubbard, Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council....read more
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Jobs at Trades Hall
2004 - Jun - 17There are two positions currently vacant at Trades Hall, that of Building Operations & Development Manager and Venue Coordinator....read more
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No fear. No terror. Just community
2004 - Jun - 11As uncompromising as it is political, 3CR continues to lead the way with its industrial reporting of grass roots trade union and community issues. Support them by donating to the 3CR radiothon between now and June 20....read more
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Borders staff win historic fight
2004 - Jun - 08For the first time ever, the staff of the multinational bookstore chain Borders have won the fight to be covered by award conditions....read more
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Construction unions' backyard blitz
2004 - Jun - 08Construction unions have joined forces to make sure a pensioner whose house was destroyed by a tornado last May is not left out in the cold....read more
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It's crunch time for the FTA
2004 - Jun - 04The Senate Inquiry into the US Free Trade Agreement is holding hearings in Melbourne on June 7. The Victorian Film and Television Working Party in association with the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance have called a rally to voice their opposition to the agreement's impact on Australian cultural production....read more
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CPSU members shut down state library
2004 - Jun - 02CPSU members at the State Library of Victoria have walked off the job this morning for 24 hours, effectively closing library services to the public today. The staff, members of the Community and Public Sector Union, are angry at the termination of 8 positions at VICNET, the state-run internet services provider....read more
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Young Unionist Network Coordinator and Campaign Worker
2004 - Jun - 02A full time position with 3 days dedicated to the coordination of the Young Unionist Network and two days to general union campaigns is available at Victorian Trades Hall Council. Applications close on June 22....read more
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Help the children of Iraq
2004 - May - 25Christians and Muslims came together last Sunday to launch an appeal for life-saving donations for the children of Iraq. As well as renown guitarist Slava Grigoriyan, Trades Hall's own Leigh Hubbard was there....read more
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Building Industry witch hunt ? the saga continues
2004 - May - 21The Senate Building and Construction Inquiry held three days of public hearings in Melbourne, the so-called trouble spot of the industry....read more
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Howard takes the cake on East Timor?s birthday
2004 - May - 20Supporters of a fair go for East Timor held a demonstration in Melbourne today, East Timor's independence day, to highlight the Australian Government's greedy approach to Timor Sea oil and gas resources. Trade union members were there to lend their support....read more
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Pre-school Teachers Strike for Pay Parity
2004 - May - 19Pre-school teachers held a successful 24 hour strike today which culminated in a march on the Premier's office, demanding adequate funding for this important eduction sector....read more
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Psychiatric Staff Dispute Over
2004 - May - 18Victoria's psychiatric health professionals today voted to accept the in-principle agreement settling their seven- week industrial campaign for better wages and conditions....read more
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First Postal Strike in a Quarter of a Century
2004 - May - 13For the first time in 25 years, posties throughout the eastern seaboard held 24 hour stoppages in their fight for a better deal from Australia Post....read more
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Budget 2004: No spending Spree on Services Australians Need Most
2004 - May - 12The Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council, Leigh Hubbard, condemned yesterday's budget for giving tax cuts to the rich whilst ignoring services that matter most....read more
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Caring for those who care for us
2004 - May - 12Today's International Nurses Day was celebrated by nurses in Victoria at an event held at Federation Square. The Victorian Health Minister, Bronwyn Pike, enjoyed some care during the event herself....read more
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Psych Nurses Fight for a Peace of Mind
2004 - May - 06A mass meeting of over 500 psychiatric staff in Melbourne today voted to implement further industrial bans in the name of a quality mental health system....read more
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Financial Services Funds Intervene in Wage Justice Case
2004 - May - 05Financial services giants such as AXA, AMP and Westpac sought to intervene in the case before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission regarding how new common rule awards will be applied to Victorian workers who have been missing out on conditions since Kennett abolished state awards....read more
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Minimum wage increase to ease the burden
2004 - May - 05The Australian Industrial Relations Commission today gave low-paid workers a $19 per week increase, despite the Federal Government and employers calling for a measly $10 a week....read more
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Genuine Pay Equity
2004 - Mar - 25At today's VTHC Pay Equity Conference keynote speakers will be calling on the Bracks Government to immediately undertake an independent enquiry in Victoria to examine the low paid female industry sectors in the Victorian economy....read more
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Coordinator Position Available - FairWear Victoria
2004 - Mar - 03The FairWear Campaign is a coalition of churches, community organizations and unions, which seeks to address the gross exploitation of workers who make clothing at home in our Australian community. The campaign is seeking a part-time co-ordinator (3 days/wk) in Melbourne....read more
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Unions call on Government to come to the table
2004 - Feb - 27The Victorian Trades Hall Council Executive has unanimously backed all affiliates currently engaged in enterprise bargaining activities in the public sector and the electricity distribution industry....read more
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Heritage Grant for Trades Hall building welcomed
2004 - Feb - 13The Victorian Trades Hall Council and the Trades Hall & Literary Institute (the legal body responsible for the Trade Hall building) today welcomed the announcement by Planning and Arts Minister, Mary Delahunty, of a further grant of $611,000 towards the restoration of the external fabric of the Trades Hall. The building was placed on the register of historic buildings in the early 1990's....read more
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Anzac Day missing from public holiday announcement: VTHC
2004 - Feb - 12The VTHC today welcomed the announcement of substitute public holidays to cover the Christmas and New Year period over the next two years but was disappointed that Anzac day was not included....read more
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ASU wins right to permanency for labour hire employees
2004 - Feb - 04In a ground breaking decision handed down recently by the South Australian Industrial Commission the ASU SA & NT Branch has won a long running battle to gain the right for long term labour hire employees to convert to permanent employment....read more
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CPSU will fight IBM/Telstra offshoring to India
2004 - Feb - 04The recent announcement by Telstra and IBM to offshore at least 450 jobs to India is not acceptable to the CPSU or to the Australian people. After consultation with workplace delegates, the CPSU has decided to put the following demands to IBM and Telstra....read more
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New resource on bullying and workplace violence
2004 - Feb - 03A new booklet for victims of workplace violence and bullying in 13 languages has been released by WorkSafe Victoria....read more
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The political intrigue will be televised
2004 - Feb - 03Trades Hall staff are used to things going bump in the hallowed hall, day and night, but the recent arrival of the Murray Whelan series film crew upped the ante....read more
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CEPU members picket Australia Post
2004 - Jan - 30Over 300 CEPU members held a 24-hour stoppage yesterday to protest against Australia Posts' attack on workers' rights and conditions....read more
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Organising for the future ? union summer
2004 - Jan - 30A number of Victorian unions will introduce 19 young people to the history and the contemporary daily routine of union life over the next three weeks....read more
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Position vacant VTHC
2004 - Jan - 29The VTHC seeks an experienced media professional to co-ordinate, develop and implement communications and media activities....read more
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Young unionists fight for the right to party
2004 - Jan - 23Condoms bearing the message "don't get screwed by your boss - join your union today" will be distributed to tens of thousands of young people by the Victorian Young Unionists Network (YUN) at the Big Day Out on Monday (January 26)....read more
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Position vacant NTEU
2004 - Jan - 22The NTEU VUT Branch has a position available for a Branch Executive Officer....read more
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Telstra: Union calls for stop to IT job losses
2004 - Jan - 15The CPSU, along with other unions, industry groups and politicians, has called for a rethink on the latest round of IBM/Telstra job losses....read more
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Negligent employers on notice says VTHC
2004 - Jan - 13The Victorian Trades Hall Council today welcomed the $100,000 fine imposed on national retail chain, Clints Crazy Bargains, following the serious injury of a female employee....read more