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Successful Community Assembly outside Elliot Engineering

About 60 supporters gathered outside Elliot Engineering* on Friday May 11 between 6 am and 12 noon. Delivery trucks were turned away by the peaceful Community Assembly. * Elliot Engineering is part of a group of companies behind the outrageous lockout of union members in the La trobe Valley 48 workers from Mechanical Engineering Services have been locked out for 34 weeks from the Yallourn Workshop in the Latrobe Valley. According to Gippsland Trades & Labour Council, the company has used Howard’s Treacherous IR laws against these workers and is refusing to negotiate on a new enterprise agreement. [read more] The peaceful community action was halted at midday when the police intervened on behalf of management to allow a truck to exit the premises. Numbers on the Community Assembly had dwindled by this point, making it difficult to maintain an effective presence. more info: MEC La trobe Valley lockout | Donation Request Form | http://gippslandtlc.com.au | Report on employer violence at Elliot Engineering Labels: Community Assemblies, MEC