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Asbestos Screening Update

August 4, 2006
Further meetings between the Union, Department and the Dust Diseases Board (DDB) have been held to implement the four point plan that was thrashed out between the Union and Department (see our Notice dated 21 July 2006). The DDB is […]
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Hiroshima Never Again

August 2, 2006
At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, the people of Hiroshima city in Japan became the first humans on the planet to pay the price of Nuclear Warfare. An atomic bomb was detonated some 600 meters above Shima Hospital vaporizing […]
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Meal, Travel And Accommodation Allowance Increases

July 27, 2006
Certain allowances in both the Permanent and Retained Awards increased on 1 July 2006.  Most of these increased rates reflect a 2.7% increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since the last review in July 2005.
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July 2006 General Update

July 21, 2006
Inside this notice: Progression from QF to SF sorted Disability discrimination – Dept loses case and costs Medical certificates 2006 D&D Award update Its your Union – get involved Asbestos
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Workchoices Used Against Firefighters

July 21, 2006
Management of ESS (a global company which has the contract for private fire services at military bases near Wagga and Bandiana (Vic) delayed finalising a private sector collective agreement with its staff until today by giving assurances to the United […]
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“duty Of Care” – Holsworthy Asbestos Scandal

July 12, 2006
Two years and six weeks after ‘Operation Explorer’, the biggest NSWFB anti-terrorism exercise to date, the facts are finally starting to emerge from the fog of managerial responsibility.
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Department Walks Away From Pstp Stage 2

July 7, 2006
As late as yesterday afternoon, the Department finally put the cards on the table and informed our Union that it can not and will not fund any wages increases as a result of the introduction of the second stage of […]
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Us Supreme Court Rules Guantanamo Bay Illegal

July 7, 2006
The trade union movement is now putting its weight behind the right of Australian citizen David Hicks to a free and fair trial after the US Supreme Court last week ruled that the Guantanamo Bay maximum security prison is unconstitutional […]
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Unjust And Unfair – Howard Sues Building Workers

July 7, 2006
A union-busting test case is currently before the Federal Court in Western Australia after building workers attached to the $1.5 Billion Perth to Mandurah “cross city tunnel” project walked off the job to support a sacked shop steward. The workers […]
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