Yesterday the AIRC terminated the Tristar EBA with effect from 6 February, which means the twelve-month clock is ticking on the workers’ redundancy entitlements. The Commission said it was not against the public interest to terminate the agreement, because the ill effects are limited to the Tristar workers and not the general public, and because [...]
The remaining workers at Tristar are still turning up and doing nothing in a tin shed with no machinery: The 30 workers in Marrickville continue to wait. At the beginning of the year Tristar’s large factory was shut down and the workers were moved next door to a small, congested, hot warehouse with a tin [...]
Here’s what John Howard really thinks about the workers at Tristar: … Mr Howard refused to meet a delegation of the company’s workers who travelled to Canberra in November last year to appeal for his help. The company’s workers, who were visited by Mr Hockey yesterday, accused the Government of only taking notice of theirs [...]
My prediction was right: the Government convinced Tristar to cough up some money, so that bad publicity about its redundancy policy would go away — but nothing has been done to solve the underlying problem. According to reports, Mr Beaven will be paid $50 000. That’s good news for his three kids, but it’s not as [...]
Infamous car parts manufacturer Tristar is screwing its workers again, this time picking on a dying man. John Beaven put in 43 years of loyal service to the company, but now that he is on his death bed with cancer, the company is refusing to offer him a redundancy package: When Tristar began to wind [...]
The rumour was right, and Kevin Andrews has been dragged from the IR portfolio. His replacement will be Joe Hockey, who has been assisting Andrews for some time, but has failed to convince voters to support WorkChoices.
A rumour is circulating that IR minister Kevin Andrews is about to get the sack. Business groups are unhappy that Andrews has failed to convince workers that lower wages and job insecurity are good for them. As Kevin Rudd says: Mr Howard’s message on industrial relations remains the same, which is an unfair outcome for [...]
Iconic Australian bootmaker Blundstone has decided to sack over 300 workers and shift its manufacturing operations offshore. So much for this commitment, which is still displayed on the company’s official website: Blundstone has strong technical and supply related links globally, that enable it to remain committed to maintaining a strong Australasian manufacturing presence. Blundstone’s success [...]
In case you thought WorkChoices was the only current attack on working people, here’s some news from the front page of today’s Financial Review (with my emphasis): Labor state treasurers are planning a joint push to cap wage increases for their huge workforces, amid fears the rising cost of living and skill shortages will start [...]
The Industrial Relations Commission handed down a landmark decision today. This is the first time the full bench has considered the meaning of “genuine operational reasons” under WorkChoices, and it has upheld a very broad definition that allows big companies to sidestep unfair dismissal laws. Warren Carter had worked for Village Roadshow cinemas for 19 [...]
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