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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Turning up the TV volume, problems hearing people in group conversations and ringing in the ears were symptoms that Jack* dismissed as part of growing older until his ETU delegate convinced him to call the union lawyers and get his ears checked.
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It’s a rare thing for academics armed with statistics defending trade unions to take centre stage. Dr John Buchanan, director of the Workplace Research Centre of Sydney, is one of the exceptions. So, as much as the usual suspects will tell you employers can’t afford pay rises and lobby for longer and more flexible hours, Buchanan’s research makes a laughing stock of their arguments.
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Greens Senator Bob Brown was in fine form as he exposed the hypocrisy of the major parties on industrial relations and the environment at the ETU Shop Stewards Conference at the Convention Centre on Wednesday 2 September.
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It didn’t take any prompting for one shop steward at the shop stewards conference to request that the Victorian Branch of the ETU conduct a vote on membership of the ALP.
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It was hardly surprising that former NSW Builders Labourers Union secretary Jack Mundey would receive a standing ovation at the ETU shop stewards conference on Wednesday 2 September 2009.
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At the 2009 Shop Stewards training conference, the ETU launched Job Creation: The case for a national gross feed-in tariff report. The report, which includes economic modeling by Access Economics, reveals that over 22,000 jobs could be created nationally in the next ten years. Creating these jobs requires the Federal Government taking a simple step to encourage the installation of rooftop solar panels.
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The Electrical Trades Union Victoria uses both Facebook and Twitter to distribute news, information and events listed on the ETU website.
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Jeff Hilder wasn’t always a man of exercise. But when the prospect of riding 600 kilometres across China emerged six years ago he decided to give the fags the flick and hasn’t looked back.
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