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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.
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In this issue
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Hardly a week passes without a story about violence inflicted on a woman by a partner or estranged partner.
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The job creation potential through the introduction of a commercial gross feed-in tariff has been on the mind of NSW Cabinet ministers recently. The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported that the Rees Government supports the gross scheme which will have a windfall of an additional $1,500 pa to those with solar panels.
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Black Saturday firefighters, police officers and emergency services workers are currently running a 6,000km super marathon.
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At a time when many unions are cautious about criticising Labor in power it's refreshing to see QLD ETU secretary Peter Simpson publicly opposing Qld Premier Anna Bligh's privatisation agenda.
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Heavens no! Allegations in the media that a developer attempted to bribe a safety rep to turn a blind eye to the exposure of workers to asbestos at the Mercy Hospital site in East Melbourne will come as no surprise to construction workers.
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There are some great lines in bushranger Ned Kelly’s famous Jerilderie Letter of 1879 (it’s on the web), but it’s hard to go past ‘there never was such a thing as justice in the English laws, but any amount of injustice to be had.’
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For 38 years workers have been gathering under the West Gate Bridge to remember that moment, when at 11.50am on 15 October 1970 a 111-metre span collapsed sending 35 men to their death.
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The issues this book explores -- whistle-blowers, worker safety, the environment, and nuclear vulnerability -- are as relevant today as they were 35 years ago.
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