Monday, June 05, 2006

Australia's IR Laws are Among The World's Worst: ILO Complaint

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has listed Australia's IR laws for an immediate hearing alongside cases from Libya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Guatemala and other countries that are known as the world's worst violators of labour rights.

Speaking from the ILO's main annual conference in Geneva, Switzerland, ACTU President Sharan Burrow said:

"Australia's IR laws breach fundamental human rights by infringing on the right of working people to join a union and to bargain collectively.

ILO members are very concerned that as an advanced nation, Australia is increasingly out of step with its international obligations and has placed the Howard Government's laws on a list of labour rights violations cases for immediate examination on Tuesday or Wednesday next week.

read more

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Comrades,

Here is a site that may be interesting for you, a lot of debate on IR issues not too far from your patch on the central coast.

www.coastalvoice.com.au


Regards
KP

Blue Mountains Unions Council said...

thanks for that information

great work on the Central Coast