This from the Alliance weekly bulletin<p>Extending The Olive Branch - Rural Press, the new owner of Tasmania's Burnie Advocate, has made it clear that it wants to move away from the dodgy arrangements of the recent past - illegal contracts, award and agreement breaches - toward an open, transparent process based on a collective agreement. Significant progress was made during negotiations including a decision to wipe out the use of individual contracts at the Advocate. The Alliance is holding meetings with members to determine whether the agreement is acceptable
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