Ongoing Assembly
@ Phonetec Nunawading
All day. every day from 8.45am
Starts Monday 8/1/07
370 Whitehorse Rd
Nunawading. (near crn of Springvale Rd)


Optus World shop shut early by protest

Community action in support of a union member unfairly dismissed at Phonetec continued today (Fri Jan 5) on three fronts. There was an assembly at the Phonetec repair centre in Nunawading. OptusWorld in Footscray was disrupted for a couple of hours. Finally a planned protest at 4pm in the city shut down one store directed by Gary Chan (Optus World, Elizabeth St) and saw the early closure of another. An ongoing assembly at Nunawading will kick off Monday (Jan 8) and remain until the issue is resolved.

All the actions are part of a campaign to reinstate a worker who was sacked unfairly three days before Christmas. The worker went to the union and complained over a number of issues include the non-payment of overtime. Rather than resolve the issues fairly her boss raised spurious claims of poor work performance and sacked her.

Protesters in the city were pleasantly surprised when the shop in Elizabeth Street was already shut. The logical decision was made to move to another store directed by Phonetec's manager, 'Yes' Optus in Russell St. After an hour of leafleting that shop also closed early. Next week will see a range of activities kicking off with an ongoing community assembly at Phonetec in Nunawadding.

More info: Phonetec Website

Labels: Community Assemblies, Phonetec