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Friday, July 13, 2007

For the record

for the record leafletOver the past two years Union Solidarity has been proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with many workers and community members fighting for justice. Below are some of the struggles we have been involved with. Download A4 leaflet

2005
Australian Envelope
A bitter and sometimes violent dispute over the sacking of a union delegate results in a settlement. Workers endure harassment by hired thugs and damage to personal property.

picket line at ColrainColrain
A two-week strike wins an EBA, income protection and reinstatement of a stood down worker.


Robert AustinRobert Austin
Respected RMIT lecturer Robert Austin is sacked after supporting a student demonstration. A vocal campaign results in a negotiated settlement

Peter ViningPeter Vining
A CEPU delegate unfairly sacked by Australia Post. A series of actions continuing into 2006 finally results in out of court settlement.

2006
Finlay Engineering
A community assembly stops all deliveries and forces management to reinstate 3-sacked workers.

pick line fire at nightSave Sunshine Pool
Community and union action force the State Government and their local council to build a new outdoor pool.

Camp Sovereignty
Traditional owners, Indigenous people and their supporters establish a camp in Melbourne’s Domain Gardens to highlight issues of genocide, sovereignty and a just treaty with the traditional owners of Australia

Amcor Flexibles
Amcor workers at Preston face down legal threats and potential fines in a two-week strike against the forced redundancy of 4 union members. At the height of the strike 13 Amcor plants throughout Australia take industrial action in support.

Boeing
Boeing targeted and sacked 3 shop stewards provoking a strike. Workers vote to return to work after grounds for dismissal are re-examined and all legal action is dropped.

Port Campbell
A series of community assemblies successfully shut down the Woodside gas plant in Port Campbell. The actions are in protest of mass sackings, victimization of union members and harassment of OH&S representatives.

Toyota
Maintenance workers at Toyota in Altona strike in support of a delegate. An assembly at the factory gate secures the delegate a permanent job and all pending legal action against striking workers is dropped.

2007
Phonetec
An ongoing community protest outside a mobile phone repair centre wins a sacked workers job back.


Workers voice their opposition to the tactics of Preston MotorsPreston Motors
A month long strike wins stores workers at a car dealership a much improvement EBA and better redundancy entitlements. Also NUW: Unionist lend a hand


Coles Distribution Centre
Construction workers building the new Coles distribution centre at Somerton are forced onto AWA’s. Not happy with being ripped off and denied the correct award rates the workers all resign. A community assembly and protest action forces the correct rate to be paid through a union EBA and all workers are reinstated.

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