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Melbourne Protest Against Kevin Andrews

A noisy protest (Thurs 5 Oct) was organised outside the new headquarters of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission in Melbourne on Thursday. Federal IR Minister Kevin Andrews was attending a function to officially open the new building. Members of UNITE, the AMWU, CWU, MUA, ASU, ANF and the YUN joined community groups like Union Solidarity to give Kevin Andrews a rowdy reception.

About 70 people gathered to hear impromptu speeches and let Andrews, and his big business mates, know that neither he nor his IR laws were welcome. In a typical cowardly fashion Andrews snuck in a back door to avoid having to face the noisy protest.

more info: www.unite.org.au

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