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	ETU Online February 2010

ETU Online is produced monthly by the ETU Victorian Branch for members and supporters. It aims to keep you informed about the latest developments and events within the ETU Victorian Branch and the wider union movement.

In this issue

01	Batting for Asthma
02	Desal Plant Accommodation
03	It's time to say bye to the ALP
04	Teachers take on Gillard
05	Injured at Work?
06	Raising money for cancer
07	Bullying to death

Batting for Asthma

The bright sun gave the grey tips in Merv Hughes’ moustache a touch more venom as he stormed to the crease in the annual fundraiser for Asthma Foundation Victoria on Sunday 21 February.

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Desal Plant Accommodation

Bass Coast Shire Council has launched a website listing rental properties available exclusively to desalination project employees.

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It's time to say bye to the ALP

Dean MIghell says unions should disaffiliate from the ALP

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Teachers take on Gillard

On 2 February 2010 the AEU sent a letter to all ALP Federal Members of Parliament

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Injured at Work?

It was clear from the round of questions from the floor that Maurice Blackburn's Kim Shaw had raised some telling issues when she spoke to more than 50 ETU power industry workers on 15 December 2009.

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Raising money for cancer

It started with long time ETU members Wayne Phair and Peter Giampa flagging the idea of a 'head shaving' fund raiser for cancer and ended with ETU secretary Dean Mighell announcing that the union would donate $3000

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Bullying to death

What does it say about bullying in the workplace that a coroner would conclude that it appeared 19-year-old Brodie Rae Constance Pancock had committed suicide after a group of fellow workers were ‘relentless in their efforts to demean her’

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