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| Subject: 'Free' golf, pools and gym — Corrupt OZschwitz unions finding new imaginative ways of placing financial pressure on employers Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:42 am | |
| First it was police showing lead-footed motorists where speed cameras were and now it is free golf, pools and gym — unions are finding new and imaginative ways of placing financial pressure on employers as part of wage negotiations.
A hit of golf, some exercise at the gym and even a swim in the pool is unlikely to cost a you a cent today in Maroondah as staff take industrial action against the Maroondah City Council in response to a proposed wage freeze on some staff.
The Australian Services Union said the industrial action was in response to an enterprise bargaining agreement under which some staff will receive a pay rise and others will have a wage freeze. Advertisement: Story continues below
"It is immoral to ask staff who are getting a pay rise to vote to stop other staff getting one. It really is a case of divide and conquer, giving some staff a pay rise at the expense of others," the union's Michelle Jackson said in a media statement.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/freeforall-as-council-workers-step-up-pay-push-20120301-1u4nd.html |
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