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For the record
 Over 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 leaflet2005 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.  ColrainA two-week strike wins an EBA, income protection and reinstatement of a stood down worker.  Robert AustinRespected RMIT lecturer Robert Austin is sacked after supporting a student demonstration. A vocal campaign results in a negotiated settlement  Peter ViningA 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.  Save Sunshine PoolCommunity 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 CampbellA 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  PhonetecAn ongoing community protest outside a mobile phone repair centre wins a sacked workers job back. 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 CentreConstruction 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. more info: Download A4 leaflet | Community Assemblies | Strikes | Community Protest | Actions | Upcoming Events Labels: For the Record, What we say |
