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Union Solidarity aims to build a mass based united front campaign on the ground to defeat the repressive IR laws. Union Solidarity is a wide network of affiliated community and welfare organisations and unions with the single aim of building a broad people’s movement to beat back attacks on workers, unions and communities.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Draconian industrial laws

The Federal Government's Industrial Relations legislation has finally been released. It represents the some of the most draconian industrial provisions the country has seen in the past one hundred years. Unions face fines of up to $33,000 and individuals may be personally liable for up to $6,600 for merely asking for basic trade union protection and rights.

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