Rally: Defend the building unions
6 February at 9am at Trades Hall
Martin Kingham will appear in the Magistrates Court on 6 February facing
charges arising out of the anti-union Cole Royal Commission
The VTHC urges affiliates and activists to join a rally in defence of
the building unions and Martin Kingham on 6 February at 9am at Trades Hall.
VTHC secretary Leigh Hubbard has warned trade unionists to expect
increased anti-union activity from the Federal Government when the Cole
Royal Commission report is handed down on 31 January.
Mr Hubbard said the Howard Government would use the Commission's
findings to justify the intensification of attacks on basic union
rights. "The Royal Commission has been exposed as a blatant exercise in
union bashing. The government has wasted over 60 million dollars in tax
payers money in an attempt to destroy the CFMEU."
The union movement in Victoria must conduct a unified campaign to stop
any further attack on workers democratic rights Mr Hubbard said.
"I would urge all union members and activists to attend a rally at
Trades Hall on February 6 in support of building unions and CFMEU state
secretary Martin Kingham as the first step in a campaign to defend basic
union rights in 2003."
Source: www.vthc.org.au
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