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Media Releases
2007

Unions Tasmania welcomes rejection of WorkChoices & the Liberals' attack on unions and workers' rights
Sunday 25th November 2007 View Here

Tasmanian emergency service workers voice fears about Howard taking WorkChoices further if re-elected
Thursday 22nd November 2007 View Here

United Petroleum - workers still waiting for the full story and the Workplace Ombudsman won't give us information
Monday 19th November 2007 View Here

Tassie workers left high and dry by WorkChoices as local job rate falls
Monday 19th November 2007 View Here

450,000 teachers, childcare and education workers could be the next target for AWAs if coalition re-elected
Tuesday 13th November 2007 View Here

100th Anniversary of Australia's First Minimum Wage Case - a day to remember what we have lost under the Howard government
Thursday 8th November 2007 View Here

Mark Baker and the Howard government want more Devonport workers on wage cutting AWAs
Thursday 8th November 2007 View Here

Interest rate rise on top of recent pay cuts to put more pressure on Tasmanian working families
Wednesday 7th November 2007 View Here

"Family First" or "Self Interested First"- Senate preferences deal a disgrace
Wednesday 7th November 2007 View Here

ACTU Secretary Jeff Lawrence Visits Launceston
Tuesday 6th November 2007 View Here

Ferguson Dumps Howard and Hides Liberal Party Connection
Monday 5th November 2007 View Here

Cripps Nubake staff celebrate new bargaining agreement today and voice concern about the effect of WorkChoices on local workers in Launceston
Wednesday 31st October 2007 View Here

McCains workers show concern about WorkChoices hurting local working families in Circular Head
Tuesday 30th October 2007 View Here

Unions Tasmania elects new office bearers at Annual Meeting
Wednesday 24th October 2007 View Here
Unions Tasmania Council met today for its Annual Meeting and elected new office bearers. For the first time 50% of Unions Tasmania Officers are now women.

Poor working conditions for Tassie health workers set to get worse under Liberals' Work Choices IR plan & advertising waste
Friday 19th October 2007 View Here

Kevin Rudd's education tax refund will help Tasmanian working families struggling with rising costs
Friday 19th October 2007 View Here

‘Save our penalty rates' say local nurses & health workers
Thursday 18th October 2007 View Here

Last Chance to Enrol to Vote
Wednesday 17th October 2007 View Here

Tax Cuts Won't Give Workers Fair Pay and Conditions
Tuesday 16th October 2007 View Here

United Petroleum Acts Illegally But It's OK says Ombudsman
Tuesday 9th October 2007 View Here

Granada Tavern Prosecutions
Thursday 4th October 2007 View Here
The Howard Government gets another $24 750 in revenue but Tasmanian Workers get more of Workchoices

Is It Worth the Wait or Another Workchoices Dud?
Thursday 4th October 2007 View Here

Minister Urged To Reject User Pays Policing
Wednesday 3rd October 2007 View Here

How much longer will United Petroleum workers
have to wait for justice Mr Hockey?

Friday 28th September 2007 View Here

200 Hobart Myer workers deserve security says Unions Tasmania
Sunday 24th September 2007
View Here

United Petroleum Employer Greenfields Agreement
Sunday 16th September 2007
One year on and still no word from the Workplace Ombudsman as to whether it was legal. Why is it taking so long? View Here

Mornington Inn Prosecutions
Wednesday 12 September 2007
The Government gets $170,000.00 but Tasmanian Workers get more of WorkChoices. View Here

Video City Sackings
Tuesday 11 September 2007 View Here

The Howard Government Has Created A Bureaucratic Nightmare
Monday 3 September 2007 View Here

Dignity At Work
Thursday 26 July 2007
Are we heading down the United States path?
Low wage workers' Australian tour, Launceston Visit
View Here



Tasmanian Commission Delivers for low paid workers
Tuesday 17 July 2007 View Here

Changed Tasmanian IR Legislation Cause for Grave Concern
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 View Here

Sacking of North West Tasmanian worker, Peter Huett is yet another example of the Howard Government's unfair Workplace Laws
Friday June 1st 2007 View Here

Fairness Test Fails the Test
Wednesday 30 May 2007 View Here

 

 

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