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Thursday, December 01, 2005

Campaign For Asbestos Victims Harder Under New IR Laws

ACTU 01 December 2005
James Hardie is today expected to sign a legally binding agreement which will provide more than $4.5 billion in compensation funding for Australian asbestos victims.

Unions and workers who campaigned to achieve justice and proper compensation rights for James Hardie asbestos victims could be subject to crippling fines and damages for similar campaigns in the future under the Howard Government's new industrial relations laws, ACTU Secretary Greg Combet said today.

Mr Combet said that while unions and asbestos groups would welcome the signing by James Hardie of a final legally binding agreement, the Australian community should also be very concerned that the Government's new IR laws would make future campaigns like the one against James Hardie much more difficult in the future.

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