Fed: Hockey says Labor IR plan hands power to unions

AAP General News (Australia)
04-26-2007
Fed: Hockey says Labor IR plan hands power to unions

Workplace relations Minister JOE HOCKEY .. says Labor's workplace relations plan will
hand union bosses unprecedented power.

He says KEVIN RUDD's sold out employees .. employers and the national economic interest
.. in order to buy peace with the unions .. in the leadup to Labor's national conference
this weekend.

Mr RUDD pledged last night a future Labor government would create a giant new one-stop
industrial relations shop .. dropping its support for the Australian Industrial Relations
Commission.

Mr HOCKEY says Fair Work Australia is a nice name .. but its creation means 100 million
dollars worth of political payback .. that gives the union bosses exactly what they want.

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KEYWORD: WORKPLACE HOCKEY (CANBERRA)

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