Community campaign fights for jobs at Email's Brunswick Chef factory. Public meeting 7.00 pm Thursday 30th November at Brunswick Town Hall Hundreds of local residents, workers and union officials are expected to attend a public meeting in Brunswick next week to protest against the closure of the Email-owned Chef factory in Hope Street, Brunswick. Australian Workers Union officials and members are joining with local socialists and community activists to build a community campaign. Speakers will include Bill Shorten, AWU state secretary, Carlo Carli, MLA Coburg (ALP), a shop steward from the Chef factory, and Judy McVey from Socialist Worker. Rod Quantock will chair the meeting. Michael Reidie, member of the local branch of Socialist Worker, stated: "With over 75,000 jobs lost in Victoria over the past decade, economic rationalism has ripped the guts out of working class areas. We are supporting a strong industrial campaign by unionists at Chef to save their jobs. "The 20,000-strong S11 protest in September showed the power that ordinary people have when they unite. We hope to bring the spirit of S11 into Brunswick with solidarity action in the region." The public meeting, entitled "Stop the Jobs Massacre", will be held at 7pm on Thursday 30 November, in the Brunswick Town Hall (Cnr Sydney Rd and Dawson St). Michael continued: "We know we'll get no support from the Howard government, but we can't rely on the Victorian Premier Steve Bracks. He's letting down everyone who voted against Kennett." There is a strong feeling of unity across all sectors of the Moreland community. Socialists have collected hundreds of signatures while petitioning at Barkly Square shopping centre every Saturday morning. For more info check the website: http://au.geocities.com/chef_site/ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.VK
