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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Solidarity Dept. Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:17 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Staff at the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald walked off the job this afternoon over Fairfax Media's announcement it will cut 35 jobs through a voluntary redundancy program and introduce a seven day rostering system for production staff across the papers.
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Redaktor	Post subject: Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:22 pm
Joined: Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:22 pm Posts: 377 Location: Up North and unaffiliated	Nicely done.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:09 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	The Australian Industrial Relations Commission has issued a return to work order for striking Fairfax staff in Sydney. The order instructs Fairfax employees to return to work by 1pm today, or at the normal start time of their shift, whichever is later. Fairfax Alliance members are meeting at Darling Park, in front of the IBM Building, on Sussex St in the city, prior to 1pm, where Fairfax management will address members. *TCE post at 1.08pm, Australian Eastern Time, 5/10/07*
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SusanV	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:14 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1399 Location: In the newsroom	"Seven day rostering"? Please tell me that doesn't mean what I think it does!
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Wayne Countryman	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:32 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1775 Location: Baltimore	What sort of authority does this Australian Industrial Relations Commission have? Is it part of the national government? Does Australian law prohibit or limit striking in general?
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:19 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	Australian law disallows striking during the term of an award or enterprise agreement. The Industrial Relations Commission is the umpire here because the parties have set their agreement in a federal rather than a state framework. At this stage , the focus is to get the parties to talk rather than to impose any penalties. I couldn't possibly comment on what I think about colleagues participating in illegal strikes. The law does not allow me to.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:24 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	SusanV wrote: "Seven day rostering"? Please tell me that doesn't mean what I think it does! It means your rostered 7.6 (don't ask me why .6 it's too arcane) ordinary working hours can be over a four-day or five-day working week. Because the Sunday paper and monday to friday paper SNH had separate production streams SMH copy editors knew in the past they would never be rostered on on a Saturday.
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