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Protest political killing in the Philippines
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Our challenge to you Send a sympathy card to the President of the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, expressing your deepest sympathies towards the unresolved killings of 15 church workers. Feel free to make or purchase your sympathy card, be as creative as you like! There is also a sympathy card available to be downloaded here, for you to print off and write your own message in.
Send your card to Kerryn Clarke and we will send them all together to Minister Downer. Please post all cards to Kerryn Clarke JustAct 130 Little Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 by Monday 4th September.
Downloads: Sympathy Card to Filipino President | Sympathy Card to Filipino President (Large) more info: Uniting Church Just Actions website | Union Solidarity statement about killings |
The campaign against unfair AWAs at GTS
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Join the campaign
We are still requesting support for this campaign to ensure that GTS know their actions are just not on! You can join the LabourStart email campaign here: ASU campaign against unfair AWAs at GTS Since the release of the report by the Victorian Workplace Rights Advocate, Tony Lawrence, there has been a great deal of interest and support for the struggle against the unfair AWA offered by Global Tele Sales (GTS). The offering of the AWAs has also been a hot topic of debate in Federal Parliament. In question time on 10 August the Federal Minister for Workplace Relations, Kevin Andrews, sought to discredit the role of the ASU and the ACTU in exposing the unfair nature of the GTS AWA.
ASU campaign against unfair AWAs at GTS |
Messages of support for Boeing strikers
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Shame on Hawker De Havilland for their action in sacking workers representatives.
Abuses like this have to be responded to by all people who believe that heavy handed tactics of this sort are anti-worker and have no place in Australia. I urge anybody who can attend the community assembly to do so, the people there are gathered on everybody's behalf so step up and show your support. Gavan Swayn Mt Martha Send a message of support to Boeing strikers email: contact@unionsolidarity.org Background to dispute |
Messages of support for Amcor strikers
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Stay strong, your fight is not only for yourselves, but for all members of unions.
Yours in solidarity David Turnbull CFMEU (pulp and paper workers branch) gday, A friendly message of support to all at the Amcor picket. Recently dropped by. Stay strong! Anything we can do to assist: i.e use our 2000 strong mailing list, or raise funds with a gig - just say the word. The Go Set www.thegoset.com.au The Australian Institute of Employment Rights supports the rights of workers to take peaceful industrial action without harassment or penalties in the form of fines or damages. If you have information which the Institute could disseminate to its contacts and members about the dispute at AMCOR, or any written reports on the nature of the dispute, please feel free to send them to us. All the best, Rob Durbridge Executive Director Your comrades at the Victorian Branch of the Australian Nursing Federation send you this message of solidarity and support in your struggle with Amcor management and for a just outcome. We salute your determination. Lisa Fitzpatrick Secretary - ANF (Vic Branch) As retired workers we are sending you this message of solidarity. Good luck with your struggle, our hearts are with you. Best regards John Wood / Ingeborg Fina |
WA metalworkers: $28,600 fines for 15 minutes
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Western Australian-based Total Corrosion Control (TCC), one of the contractors engaged by ALCOA in Pinjarra to erect scaffolding has served writs on the 40 metalworkers it employs. The workers face $28,600 in fines plus unspecified damages — for a union meeting that allegedly went 15 minutes over time. The workers’ union, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), also faces fines, totalling $220,000 plus unspecified damages.
On July 28, all 40 workers and the union were served with applications to the federal court for fines under both the Building and Construction Industry Improvement (BCII) legislation and the Workplace Relations Act (WRA), plus unspecified damages for the loss of production. The employer’s application also says that money paid to cover any fines imposed will be passed directly on to them. The 40 workers and the WA branch of the AMWU appear in court on August 29, the same day as the 107 WA construction workers facing similar fines. more details Messages of support can be emailed to amwuwa@amwu.asn.au |