Friday, May 27, 2005

Howard Flushes 650,000 Western Australians down the drain

"The absolute contempt and disdain for working Australians and their families that John Howard and his Cabinet have displayed today is unbridled fanaticism and an abuse of power akin to the worst excesses employed by infamous dictators," declared an angry Dave Robinson following the announcement of the Commonwealth's industrial relations regime.

The UnionsWA Secretary conservatively estimates that the Howard Government's emasculation of industrial relations laws, and its takeover without consent of our independent state industrial relations system, will allow 99% of the employers in Western Australia to terminate - without justification or recourse - the employment of at least 650,000 Western Australians who are currently working.

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