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About: Union Solidarity
Union Solidarity aims to build a mass based united front campaign on the ground to defeat the repressive IR laws. Union Solidarity is a wide network of affiliated community and welfare organisations and unions with the single aim of building a broad people’s movement to beat back attacks on workers, unions and communities.
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
Turella Dispute Victorious
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The dispute at Thompson's Roller Shutters in Turella (Sydney) has been won, with workers going back to work this morning after signing an EBA yesterday. They will get a 12% wage rise over 3 years, increased redundancy entitlements, a recognition of the union and award conditions and a guarantee that the striking workers will not be intimidated.
A week ago, the morale on the picket line was low and there was no end in sight; only a cocky boss strutting around in front of the factory. 3 community pickets over 3 days changed all this. 30 and 40 people mobilised on each of those occasions. The community pickets and the threat of more to come meant a change in the boss' attitude from one of arrogance to turning and hiding, even closing the doors on us so they wouldn't have to face us from inside. Production was down and so was staffing levels (they had been bringing in labour hire from a notorious anti-union company). This victory is a great victory for workers who stood up in the face of massive intimidation and fought for 4 weeks. It is also a great boost for building confidence and collaboration between community activists and the unions. more info/background: Support Turella Strikers | Workers Solidarity NSW background |
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Support Turrella Workers in 4th week of strike action
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5:45am Tuesday
November 14th Thompson's Roller Shutters 6 Henderson Street Turrella, Sydney Next to Turrella Station (turn left at Stn exit) Workers at Thompson’s Roller Door factory in Turrella have now entered their fourth week of strike action demanding a collective agreement. Their struggle has been supported by three mornings of community pickets of between 30-60 people organised last week by Worker’s Solidarity NSW....read more |
Monday, October 16, 2006
Heinemann Capitulates – ETU Members Win
 Friday, October 13, 2006ETU members at Heinemann Electric in Mulgrave , Australia , whose employer refused pay ordinary weekly wages when the workers weren't available for overtime, have been victorious in reaching an in-principle agreement with the company. In discussions today, the company concluded an agreement with ETU Organiser Shaun Leane and Heinemann Shop Stewards that fulfils the members log of claims. The workers have been on strike for the past 6 weeks following the non-payment of their ordinary hours in the week proceeding the strike. The wages claim of 12% has been satisfied by the company in that they have agreed to 1% of the members annual salary in a cash bonus on top of a base amount of $1100 (this amount will attract 9% super) plus 4% as of now, 3.5% next year and 3.5% the following year...more more info: ETU article |
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Tronics workers fight for a fair deal
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Tronics
85 Northgate Drive Thomastown Planned action - Union members: Wed Oct 4 - 11am-3pm work ban Thurs Oct 5 - 11am-3pm work ban Friday October 6 - 24hour strike Monday October 9 - 24hour strike Planned action - Union Solidarity & supporters: Thurs Oct 5 - 7am-11am Community Assembly 14 workers at Tronics in Thomastown are taking industrial action to ensure they get an enforceable EBA. Workers have nearly bedded down the agreement the sticking point is how is the EBA going to be enforced. Management wants all disputes to be conciliated at the plant; unions want the AIRC to arbitrate on future disagreements. Union members fear that if management gets their way the union negotiated EBA will come under threat. more info: Dave 0412 484 094 | Workers picket factory, Whitlesea Leader, 3 October |
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Heinemann strikers need more support
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Heinemann Picket
821 Springvale Rd Mulgrave [melway 80 A2] Show our brothers and sisters at Heinemann that they aren't standing alone. Striking ETU members at Heinemann are now heading towards their fifth week out on the grass. Recent reports are that trucks are going through the picket and the company has hired scabs. Heinemann are still not negotiating in good faith and have attempted to make the strike illegal through the commission. Heinemann workers received strong support at the recent VTHC delegates meeting but they really more support on the actual picket. If you can please visit the picket line and spread the word. more info: ETU on Heinemann |
Friday, September 22, 2006
Toyota Workers Win
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Congratulations to the AMWU and ETU maintenance workers at Toyota in Altona who won their strike. Toyota completely caved in.
On Thursday picket activity increased and a number of trucks were turned away. Toyota then signalled they wanted to talk and the picket was lifted. Negotiations with officials from the ETU and the AMWU took place at 12pm Friday [21/9] and a mass meeting at 4pm voted to return to work. Yet again workers were able to stare down legal threats from the management. Solidarity between striking workers and the community works!!! |
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Hopeful signs for striking Toyota workers
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The community assembly at Toyota in Altona has been lifted but the workers remain on strike. Toyota has committed to negotiations with officials from the ETU and the AMWU at 12pm Friday [21/9] and it is hoped that the matter can be settled satisfactorily. Stay in contact with the website for an update tomorrow.
download support leaflet more info: background | Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 |
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Community Assembly at Toyota Altona
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Update Thurs 21/9: Assembly lifted while company and union negotiate, workers remain on strike
Union Solidarity has established a 24 hour assembly at Toyota Corner Grieve Pde and Dohertys Rd Altona [melway 54 G1] download support leaflet Maintenance workers at Toyota in Altona are on strike in support of an AMWU delegate. Tony Brooks a senior delegate is being discriminated against after being guaranteed his job at Altona by Toyota during the Port Melbourne consolidation. During the consolidation process 795 employees from Port Melbourne had been given an option of either transferring their job to Altona or taking redundancy. The senior AMWU delegate was the only employee not offered his existing position. He was locked out on 29 August and offered a lower skilled job on the production line, he refused and his fellow workers have rallied around him. Who will be next? If Toyota is taking this stance with the senior delegate what hope has a rank and file worker have? Don’t cross the picket. SUPPORT NEEDED Visit the picket: Key times are 7am-8am, 3pm-4pm, 11pm-12am. Talk to assembly coordinator on arrival. Workplace Meetings: Arrange a meeting at your to support the Toyota workers. If you require a speaker contact: 0412 484 094. Message of Support: Send messages of support to: contact@unionsolidarity.org Spread the word: Print/Copy/Distribute this leaflet. Email and phone your networks Logistical Support: We require the following items to support the picket: • UHF transceivers • Mobile phones • Food • Coverings, Tarps etc more info: Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 Labels: Community Assemblies, strikes, Toyota |
Monday, September 11, 2006
Solidarity Breakfast for Heinemann Workers
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TOUCH ONE - TOUCH ALL
Show our brothers and sisters at Heinemann that they aren't standing alone. Update: Friday 15/9 Struggle at Heinemann is still continuing. Supporters are asked to reinforce the roster. Phone Dave 0412 484 094 or the ETU to confirm. On the picket line 8.00am Wednesday 13th September 821 Springvale Rd Mulgrave [melway 80 A2] download ETU media release  As far as bad bosses go you don't get much worse than Heinemann Electrics. Heinemann have forced their workers onto the picket line by refusing to negotiate a decent agreement or to pay them for a whole week's work.Donate to the Heinemann fighting fund Donations are being collected at the picket or left with Linda or Jacqui at the ETU office 516-520 Swanston St Carlton South. Receipts for donations can also be issued via the ETU office more... | article by Cheryl Cemeljic more info: ETU on Heineman | Heineman Photo Album | download ETU media release |
Friday, September 08, 2006
Support Heinemann Workers
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Visit Community Assembly
Heinemann Electrics Crn Springvale Rd & Faigh St Mulgrave [melway 80 A2: Between Wellington Rd & Princess Hwy]
The company claims they can do this because of a provision in Australian workplace law. The company has received legal advice from Freehills — a key architect of the Howard Government's new industrial relations legislation. The overtime was a form of protected and legal industrial action sanctioned by the AIRC (Australian Industrial Relations Commission) Management appear to be playing hardball and have proposed undermining the worker 38-hour week. They want an arrangement where staff would work an average 38-hour week over a month. Workers could be required to work 20 hours one week and 60 the next. South African company Circuit Breaker Industries took over Heinemann two years ago and has since received repeated warnings from WorkSafe for bullying workers…more Source: The Age More info: Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 | ACTU media release | background Age article |
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Boeing strike ends
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Boeing workers return to work today after management agreed to re-examine the grounds for dismissal of 3 union delegates. The company also agreed not to proceed with legal action against the union and individual union members.
An overwhelming majority of workers voted to end the strike after hearing that their comrades will remain employed while a private adjudicator investigates the original grounds for dismissal. Unions and members are confident that the delegates will be vindicated. Amcor workers visited the picket today and were warmly received. Strikers at Boeing show their appreciation of the support they received from unions and the community by donating their strike fund to Union Solidarity. Stay tuned Amcor and Boeing struggles will be celebrated soon with a function at Trades Hall. We will publish details when they come to hand. Yours in struggle Union Solidarity |
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Boeing strikers remain strong
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Boeing / Hawker De Havilland
Wharf Rd Fishermans Bend (Melways 42 -E12, Public Transport 235, 236, 237 from Flinder St Station & 606 Bus) Please download print & distribute: Boeing workers support leaflet Workers at Boeing’s Fishermans Bend plant remain on strike and are encouraged by growing union and community support. More workers attended a mass meeting today (8am Wed 23 August) after yesterday receiving company letters and court orders directing a return to work. Boeing’s attempt to panic the workers to break the strike clearly failed. One worker however did break ranks and crossed the picketline. He attended work and during the course of the day but was convinced to re-join the strike. After walking back through the line he donated $100 to the kitty, apologised and received a strong round of applause, all was forgiven. Strikers are encouraged by the course of events they feel a weak link has been welded up. This incident illustrates the principled way to deal with potential strikebreakers. Crossing a picketline is unacceptable, however if a worker crosses in a moment of weakness or confusion they need to be won over to walking out again. If they do take that courageous walk back through the line all has to be forgiven. Community support is growing with visitors attending the picket and donating food. Their presence on the picket has been well received. Workers from P&O visited the picket and rail workers dropped off firewood. If you are in a position to support the dispute please do so.
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Community Assembly at Hawker De Havilland
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Boeing / Hawker De Havilland
Wharf Rd Fishermans Bend (Melways 42 -E12, Public Transport 235, 236, 237 from Flinder St Station & 606 Bus) Please download print & distribute: Boeing workers support leaflet Boeing has targeted and sacked 3 shop stewards. 350 workers members of the AMWU, APESMA (Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia) and NUW have been on strike since last Thursday (August 17). Workers at a 9am mass meeting voted today (Tues August 22) to stay out on strike. The AIRC has ordered the workers back to work; these union members require our support. Please:
Update: Mass meeting 8am Weds 23 August. more info: Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 | Boeing workers support leaflet Labels: Boeing, Community Assemblies, strikes |
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Victory at Amcor
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It appears that the workers at Amcor Flexibles in Preston have won a tremendous victory.
The last desparate days management hired secruity guards to dismantle part of picket (quickly rebuilt) and organised another phone poll. Yesterday (Tues 15 August) a federal court order was placed on Dave Kerin Union Solidarity coordinator. Details of the final settlement are yet to come to hand but workers and supporters claim the results as a victory. All legal action against the AMWU and supports will be dropped. Union Solidarity wishes to thank the courage of the Amcor workers who stared down management and the great support received throughout the movement. |
Monday, August 14, 2006
Amcor workers, staying out and staying strong
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Amcor Flexibles
29 Bell St Preston [Between Albert St and Chifley Drive] • Visit the 24hour community assembly! • Donate to the strike fund • Spread the word Download new support leaflet The picket line at Amcor Flexible stays strong! The workers at the plant have been on strike since Tuesday August 1 to support AMWU union delegates and members victimized by management. Amcor have targeted 4 AMWU members for forced redundancies including 2 delegates. background Wider Support Amcor strikers have received tremendous support from other Amcor plants. There has been solidarity strike action throughout Australia. Money is being raised throughout the union movement and many unions are committed to backing the workers 100%. The company has repeatedly tried to panic the workers back in the gate. All these attempts have failed. The workers are clearly saying that they wont return to work until the matter is settled fairly. How can I help?
contacts: Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 | Joe Montero 0402 679 201, 9486 6306 |
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Federal Court threatens AMWU at Amcor
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Amcor Flexibles
29 Bell St Preston [Between Chifley Dv and Albert St] The AMCOR strike is entering a new phase tomorrow (Monday 14 august). To comply with a Federal Court order the AMWU State Secretary will recommend a return to work at a mass meeting at 10am. A letter given to the members states the intention of the meeting. “The purpose of the meeting is to comply with section 1 (b) and (c) of the order” These sections direct the union to “take all steps reasonably available under its rules” to ensure a return to work. The Federal Court has threatened to jail AMWU officials and seize union assets if the union fails to comply with the order. Unions however are democratic institutions, the recommendation to return to work can either be accepted or rejected. The feeling to stay out until the issue of forced redundancies is resolved is strong. AMCOR workers need supporters before, during and after the meeting. More updates will come you need to keep in contact with the website and the picket. Things could change very quickly in the new situation. Please consider turning up and give your support if you haven't as yet, spread the word. messages of support: contact@unionsolidarity.org | Community picket roster: Paullie 0402 273 677 more info: background to dispute | Support Amcor workers leaflet | Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 | Joe Montero 0402 679 201, 9486 6306 |
Thursday, August 10, 2006
More Amcor plants walkout in solidarity
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Yesterday [Wed 9 August] two more Amcor plants walked out in solidarity with striking workers at Amcor Flexibles in Preston. A total of 11 Amcor sites across Australia have taken solidarity strike action over Tuesday and Wednesday. Amcor workers from West Heidelberg visited the picketline at Preston after walking out.
Building workers from the Laverton power station site visited the picket and donated $3,000. Commitment to donate funds has also been expressed from other Amcor sites. Negotiations continued throughout Wednesday and the outcome of the talks is not clear at this stage. However with the solidarity strike action at other Amcor sites, offers of financial support and determination by the striking workers, it is hard to see the company winning from here. Visit the Amcor Picket Amcor Flexibles 29 Bell St Preston [Between Chifley Dv and Albert St] messages of support: contact@unionsolidarity.org | Community picket roster: Paullie 0402 273 677 more info: background to dispute | Support Amcor workers leaflet | Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 | Joe Montero 0402 679 201, 9486 6306 |
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Amcor workers hold their nerve
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Community Assembly
5.45am Wed 9 August Amcor Flexibles 29 Bell St Preston [Between Chifley Dv and Albert St] Striking workers at Amcor Flexibles in Preston are buoyed by the news that 9 other Amcor plants across Australia took solidarity action today. Another hopeful sign was news that a high-powered meeting between Amcor top management and senior officials from the AMWU is going to be held tomorrow [Wed Aug 9] at 10am. Local Amcor managers tried yet again to panic the workers back in the gate with rather comical results. Lets just say that sparks flew and we all felt warmer. Although there are positive signs the workers still require wider trade union and community support. Support Amcor workers leaflet: please print and distribute Community assembly roster: Paullie 0402 273 677 contacts Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 | Joe Montero 0402 679 201, 9486 6306 Labels: Amcor, Community Assemblies, strikes |
Amcor battle heats up.
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Good news today [Tues 8 August] for the workers at Amcor Flexibles in Preston. As the company is going to the IRC at 4pm seeking possible fines against rank and file union members Amcor workers at nine other plants have taken industrial action.
Management at Amcor is attempting to use the full weight of Howard’s IR law to stop a strike at Amcor Flexibles in Preston. The workers walked out on Tuesday 1 August in support of workers targeted for forced redundancy. Please visit the Picketline Amcor Flexibles 29 Bell St Preston (between Chifley Drive and Albert St) Support Amcor workers leaflet: please print and distribute Community assembly roster: Paullie 0402 273 677 contacts Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 | Joe Montero 0402 679 201, 9486 6306 |
Monday, August 07, 2006
Bosses at Amcor harassing workers
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Amcor Flexibles
29 Bell St Preston (between Chifley Drive and Albert St) Community assembly roster: Paullie 0402 273 677 contacts Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 | Joe Montero 0402 679 201, 9486 6306 Workers at Amcor Flexibles in Preston are standing firm in the face of company harassment and intimidation. Management has contacted individual workers at home threatening them with fines if they failed to return to work immediately. Amcor workers have been requested by management to participate in a monitored phone poll on the question of returning to work. AMWU members have been on strike since August 1 in defense of fellow workers targeted for forced redundancy. more background | Support Amcor workers leafleat Recent Amcor letters contain a number of assertions, three of the most outrageous are. 1. That the majority of workers wish to return to work 2. That a supporters organized through Union Solidarity are preventing workers a return to work 3. That Union Solidarity is using the dispute for it’s own political purpose. It is clear however that action at Amcor is continuing because the workers at Amcor wish it to continue. Also the only organization preventing a return to work is actually Amcor management. They have insisted on forced redundancy and are seeking legal sanctions against the union and it’s members that prevent a just settlement to the dispute. In other words the company is using Howard’s IR laws to try and bludgeon the workers back in the gate without their mates. Amcor obtained an interim order from the commission (August 4) instructing that all industrial action should cease. An application by Amcor for a substantive order will be heard 4pm August 8. The matter in all probability will be referred to the federal court. Union Solidarity's position on the Amcor dispute is the same as any other issue; to show no strings attached solidarity to unions and communities taking action in defense of their rights. We will stand by the Amcor workers until the dispute is over. Amcor are using the same desperate tactics employers often use in this situation. Their attacks are indicative of what companies like Amcor and Howard think of ordinary Australians and their views on IR laws. When fellow workers attend a picket out of concern they are slandered and vilified. The stand the union members at Amcor are taking deserves your full support. They have refused to be bullied by Howard’s IR laws. Amcor workers can and must win with wider support from the union movement and the community. more info: background | Support Amcor workers leafleat |
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Amcor Workers on Strike Urgent Support Needed
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Amcor Flexibles
29 Bell St Preston (between Chifley Drive and Albert St) Support Amcor workers leaflet: please print and distribute A community assembly has been set up to support AMWU union delegates and members victimized by management. Amcor have targeted 5 AMWU members for forced redundancies including 2 delegates. The workers at the plant, who have been on strike since Tuesday August 1 face possible fines under Howard’s new IR laws. They urgently need your support! Update: Union Solidarity / Community Assembly Monday August 7 at picket from 5.45am onwards. Background. Amcor Flexibles sought to introduce a round of redundancies at their Preston site. Workers were subjected to a humiliating process of “scores” for their job skill levels. The union (AMWU) were more than willing to negotiate around a process of voluntary redundancies and attempted to have outstanding matters resolved in the commission. However Amcor management have insisted on “picking heads” and targeted some of the most skilful workers for redundancies, workers who wanted to stay. Amcor did not need to this, there were plenty of volunteers willing to take voluntary redundancy. Amcor have also tried to use Howard’s IR laws to force change that undermines union strength on the job. Amcor’s wider agenda is to set a precedent of getting rid of people they don’t want. They will then seek to do that at other Amcor sites. Amcor are attempting to use the full weight of Howard’s draconian IR law to bludgeon the workers back to work. Workers have been threaten with fines. Bravely the workers have decided not to be intimidated and the community is backing their stand. They urgently require your support. send messages of support to contact@unionsolidarity.org Community assembly roster: Paullie 0402 273 677 more info: Dave Kerin 0412 484 094 | Joe Montero 0402 679 201, 9486 6306 Labels: Amcor, Community Assemblies, strikes |
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Huon workers picket for entitlements
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Huon Group administrators sacked 122 people from factories in Bendigo, Frankston and Dandenong, last week, and announced $30 million in owed entitlements, for all 600 employees, had disappeared.
Furious employees deserted all three factories after mass meetings, last Friday. NUW and AMWU members set up picket lines and determined to let nothing in or out until sacked colleagues received their full entitlements. "They've voted to take control of the company's assets until something is sorted out," Dave Oliver (AMWU state secretary) confirmed. more... Franston Picket: FRN Frankston, 300 Frankston-Dandenong Rd Frankston Recent events: (wed 19 July) An application for an s496 order against the National Union of Workers and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union to force members from Huon Corporation back to work, was adjourned late this afternoon (Wednesday July 19). read more more info: Howard's $30m Rip Off | AMWU | Wed 19 July NUW press release Labels: strikes |
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Colrain workers win dispute.
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AMWU members at the Colrain Wholesale Warehouse in Derrimut returned to work after successfully forcing their employer to terminate efforts to introduce Australian Workplace Agreements. Management agreed to the union demand to negotiate an EBA in good faith. Further the company will immediately introduce RDOs (Rostered Days Off), commit to preserving the industry award and provide safely footware.
There is an in-principle agreement to negotiate from 18 Jan 2006 around the following:
Workers online article | Background to dispute |
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Colrain dispute continues
 Members of the AMWU at the Colrain centre in Derrimut, have been on strike since Thursday (8 December), in support of a worker who was stood down without pay for refusing to break a protected union ban in support of an EBA (Enterprise Bargaining Agreement). Many of the 18 AMWU members involved are new to the union and this is their first taste of industrial action. The company, which is receiving a growing reputation for breaking down working conditions, is refusing to negotiate with the union and trying to place workers onto AWA (individual contracts).Management spent 6 hours in the arbitration commission arguing for a section 127 (suspending the unions bargaining period and making strike action illegal), thankfully the commission rejected the argument. Maxitrans, the parent company of Colrain, recently announced a record profit casting suspicions that the dispute is driven by an ideological agenda. On a positive note the workers are standing up to the company and nothing is currently going in or out of the dispatch centre, which is crucial for Maxitrans operations. Supporters are spending time on the picket and Colrain strikers have received strong support form refinery workers at the near by Altona Complex, construction workers from power station under construction have also been visiting the picket. A report back of the dispute was given to the mass delegates meeting at Trades Hall yesterday (Tues 12 December). Colrain Dispute: 137 Swann Drive, Derrimut (near Laverton) Melways reference 39, G6. More Info: 0425 796 167 fergieeiffe@hotmail.com If you haven't already please add your name the Union Solidarity supporters email list. We may need to mobilise all our supporters at short notice, include your mobile number. Send an email to the address below and put Subscribe in the subject bar. contact@unionsolidarity.org |
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Colrain bosses can hardly cry poor
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Colrain management who are trying force their workers onto AWA's can't use the argument that their actions are driven by an economic need. A recent Maxitrans ASX announcement put their disgraceful behaviour into context.
"MaxiTRANS delivers another record profit: The Directors of MaxiTRANS Industries Limited, Australia's largest supplier of road transport trailing equipment and solutions, are pleased to announce a further record pre-tax profit of $14,036,000 for the year ended 30 June 2005, a 21% increase on the prior corresponding period ('pcp') of $11,606,000." Maxitrans owns 70% of Colrain. Meanwhile workers at Colrain's Derrinut plant are still fighting to reinstate a sacked worker who was taking industrial action in support of an AMWU claim for an EBA (Enterprise Bargaining Agreement). Colrain Dispute: 137 Swann Drive, Derrinut (near Laverton) Melways reference 39, G6. More Info: 0425 796 167 fergieeiffe@hotmail.com |
Monday, December 12, 2005
Colrain workers urgently need support for picket line.
 Striking Colrain workers urgently request support for their dispute after a car drove through the picket line this morning badly injuring one worker. The situation on the picket line is stable at the moment with workers receiving support but workers fear an attempt to break the picket line tonight.AMWU members have been on strike at the plant since last Thurs (Dec 8) in support of a worker who was stood down without pay. Workers at Colrain have been resisting managements efforts to place them onto AWA's (individual contracts). Attendance on the picket line is urgently requested from 9 pm tonight, Monday 12 December. Supporters are asked to commit to a 3 hour shift by phoning Dave on 0412 484 094 and leaving a message. Colrain Dispute: 137 Swann Drive, Derrimut (near Laverton) Melways reference 39, G6. More Info: 0425 796 167 fergieeiffe@hotmail.com Labels: Colrain, Community Assemblies, strikes |
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Colrain Workers to hold meeting Monday
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Workers at Colrain in will hold a mass meeting at 7am Monday, 12 Dec. The assistant state secretary of the AMWU will report back on the dispute. AMWU members are out on strike supporting a worker who was stood down with pay. Management at the plant have been attempting to put the workers on AWA's (individual contracts) the union has been taking industrial action to force the company to agree to a union Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.
The picket line has been receiving strong support from other workers including workers in the power and construction industries. All supporters should attend the meeting tomorrow and show your support. Colrain Dispute: 137 Swann Drive, Derrimut (near Laverton) Melways reference 39, G6. More Info: 0425 796 167 fergieeiffe@hotmail.com |
Saturday, December 10, 2005
AMWU picket line needs your support
 16 members of the AMWU (Australian Manufacturing Workers Union) are currently on strike at the Colrain distribution centre in Derrimut (near Laverton). The workers walked out after a colleague was stood down for refusing to scab on the unions protected industrial action. Workers at the plant have been resisting management's attempts to introduce individual Australian Workplace Agreements. The union was successful in gaining the right to take protected industrial action in pursuit of a collective Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. In what appears to be a deliberate provocation, management who have been refusing to negotiate with the union, singled out an individual worker and stood them down for refusing to undergo a management directive.The AMWU has requested support for the picket line. AMWU members look set to face a bleak Christmas in dispute with an intransigent company in what could well be a debut of Howard's new IR laws. Union Solidarity asks all supporters to attend the picket line and to spread the word. Please keep in contact with the website for regular updates about this important dispute. Colrain Dispute: 137 Swann Drive, Derrimut (near Laverton) Melways reference 39, G6. More Info: 0425 796 167 fergieeiffe@hotmail.com If you haven't already please add your name the Union Solidarity supporters email list. We may need to mobilise all our supporters at short notice, include your mobile number. Send an email to the address below and put Subscribe in the subject bar. contact@unionsolidarity.org |
Monday, September 26, 2005
Strike at Australian Envelope Over
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The dispute at Australian Envelope in Notting Hill is over. Workers at the plant voted to return to work today after management agreed to a union settlement. In recent days management had been threatening the picketers with termination. Sources indicate that after federal union intervention management withdrew the threats of termination but the sacked delegate, the original issue of the dispute, will be retrenched.
Management’s behaviour during the dispute included:
Our thoughts go to the rank and file workers at Australian Envelope who stood up to intimidation for two weeks. They learnt valuable lessons about unity and solidarity during the dispute. They will need to retain that resolve on the shop floor. Labels: Australian Envelope, strikes |