Sjekk også
http://www.yll.org.au/mua/index.html
Der kan du fakse innlegg til arbeidskjøperen (Patricks direktør Chris Corrigan),
Howard-regjeringa, etc.
Jeg sendte følgende tekst:
>As a Norwegian citizen, for the time being on on a sabbatical at The
>University of Western Sydney, I am shocked by the mass sackings of Patrick
>workers, and also at the obvious collusion of the Howard government. I am 51
>years of age, and a person that has followed politics and international
>affairs for all my adult life.
>
>It is very clear to me that the Australian government is in contempt of ILO
>conventions that the country is a signatory to. It is also astounding that a
>government can support the scheme of Patrick to circumvent its law-mandated
>obligations towards employees by establishing paper companies "renting out"
>labour to itself. I thought Australia was a modern civilized society, but
>this reminds me of Latin American gvt. practice, not the least confirmed by
>masked security guards with dogs on the wharves.
>
>I would also like to add that the government is in an especially weak position,
>morally and legally, when they support the sacking of workers also in ports where
>productivity is at world's best levels. Then the only reason for the
>sackings that remain is that the employees are members of a union. But such
>a "reason" is a blatant breach of the ILO convention. Again: I have never in
>my life observed a government in the "western, civilized world" break
>domestic laws and international agreements in such a brazen way.
>
>I am presently writing to Norwegian newspapers about what is happening.
Trond Andresen