Victorian Trades Hall Council. The voice of Victorian workers since 1856.Victorian Trades Hall Council. The voice of Victorian workers since 1856.

Unions vow to continue IR campaign

Delegates and representatives of Victoria's unions met at Dallas Brooks Hall to map-out the continuing campaign against the Federal Government's attack on workers rights.
Over 4000 union officials from all sectors of the Victorian workforce voted to continue the fight and to support and defend any unions or individual workers who are attacked under the proposed legislation. Union leaders called on their members to plan and prepare for a sustained and disciplined campaign to defend working people’s rights and living standards over a long period of time.

Two resolutions were passed at the meeting. The first expressed support for a national trade union and community campaign against the government’s proposed industrial relations and welfare changes with strong support for mass rallies and demonstrations to be held on the "National Community Day of Action" on 15 November.
The resolution also called for a strengthening of the growing trade union movement and community alliance, "with the aim of directly challenging the political, extremist onslaught of the Howard Government".

A second resolution passed condemned the government attacks on building unions, calling this "a bid to outlaw effective, democratic unionism in an effort to reduce all building workers’ wages and conditions and to further increase the profits of some of this country’s wealthiest companies."

Particular concern was raised about provisions to enable the mandatory jailing of workers and unionists who refuse to answer questions from the building industry taskforce.

Download the full resolutions below.


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