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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.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Yallourn Workshop Embassy
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Sunday 1st October at 11am
At the Embassy Mechanical Engineering Services Yallour Power Station Old workshop. Off Old Yallourn North Rd. look for the signs Mechanical Engineering Services have locked out 48 workers for a period of 3 months from the Yallourn Workshop in the Latrobe Valley. The company has used Howard’s Treacherous IR laws against these workers. The company has tried to take away workers rights and intimidated workers Come to our family day to support the Yallourn Workers. Defend them and their families against exploitation by this company. Brief Background On the 31st March the company put a letter on the notice board stating it was going to terminate the current agreement. The company deliberately avoided the unions in regards to negotiating an agreement so union members put forward a draft model to the workgroup. This approach did not work. Finally, the company rejected the claims of the workforce and refused to budge. The workers instructed the union to move forward with a ballot to take protected action. The AMWU applied to the Commission to get an order to conduct a ballot and to put bans in place for overtime, temporary upgrades and temporary shift work. On the 12th September the company advised workers and the union that they would be locking them out for up to 3 months or until an agreement was reached or until the company advised them otherwise. more… More info: 0428 528 255 | Yallourn Workshop Embassy News | Donation Request Form | Media Release | http://gippslandtlc.com.au/ Labels: Yallourn Embassy |