Dear leftlinkers,
A message from:
Tania Clarke
AMWU National Campaigns Co-ordinator
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This should only take a few minutes of your time. I am writing to ask you
to send an email message QLD. (All you need to do is send one email.) Read
on....
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) members across the country
are currently campaigning to introduce a workers' entitlements protection
scheme called "Manusafe". The essence of Manusafe is that it requires and
enables employers to place workers' entitlements re long service leave,
annual leave etc into an industry trust fund to protect them. This will
mean that instead of employers using workers' entitlements as an interest
free loan to run their businesses they will have to bank them away for
their employees.
Many workers in Australia have been losing their entitlements when
companies go under or in situations of transfer of ownership or through
ownership restructuring. The Australian Industry Group (the main employer
association in manufacturing) has been leading a campaign of disinformation
against Manusafe basically arguing "why should employers bear the burden?".
A serious struggle has broken out at Bradken's in Ipswich, QLD where 120
AMWU members are determined to win their claim for Manusafe as part of the
current round of bargaining (and in the broader industry campaign -
campaign 2001).
I write to ask if you can send a message of solidarity (see below) to the
Bradken AMWU members at the following address and copy it to Glenn Thompson
who is the National Organiser coordinating the dispute:
Probably the best way to do this is to cut and
paste the text of the message with your details
into a new email and then send that to the
following 3 addresses.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (delegate at Bradken)
-c.c [EMAIL PROTECTED] ,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
FINALLY, PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION ON TO ANY OTHERS WHO MIGHT LIKE TO
JOIN IN THIS EMAIL SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN.
In Unity,
Tania Clarke
AMWU National Campaigns Co-ordinator
[DATE]
Dear Bradken delegates and members (Ipswich site),
CAMPAIGN MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY
I am aware that you are currently in dispute with Management in Campaign
2001 over your claim for Manusafe.
I send a message of solidarity to you all in your struggle to win the
protection and portability of your hard earned entitlements.
I support your strong stand to achieve Manusafe. This sends a clear message
to employers that it is no longer acceptable to put workers' entitlements
at risk by utilising them as interest free loans.
The action you have taken has the support of fellow unionists and community
activists around the country.
Your struggle is our struggle.
In unity,
....................................name
................................workplace and
state
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