Framing the Debate: the Unions' Campaign Download

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The union campaign, ‘Rights at Work – Worth Fighting For’ has struck a chord. The emphasis on rights as workers has connected to people’s rights to be a person, not a cog in the productivity machine. The ‘Rights at Work’ campaign has focused on the right to spend time with family, friends and community and the right to fairness at work. The government has clearly put these rights under threat with its proposed industrial relations legislation. As John Robertson, secretary of Unions NSW, in a speech to a state-wide Sky Channel meeting put it, “what the government is proposing is scary” (Robertson, 2005). Members of the government seem to agree: Glenn Milne in The Australian (31-10-05) quotes unnamed MPs saying, "IR is really just off the rails. The public is frightened."

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27 Mar 2007

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27 Mar 2007

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Neale Towart

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