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Unions NSW Guide to Working in Extreme Heat Conditions today | Jan 8 2013 - 12:08
The temperature in NSW is forecasted to reach 43 degrees today with up to 35 km/h winds. Work in these circumstances will pose significant work health and safety risks. Unions NSW are calling on employers to take the necessary precautions today...
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Workers Compensation | Dec 21 2012 - 10:43
New Years Day, 2013, should be a time of celebration for all across New South Wales. For injured workers, however, it marks a dark turning point. The O'Farrell Government's draconian new workers compensation system will begin applying...
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Asbestos, Devil's Dust | Nov 26 2012 - 09:40
By Mark Lennon, Unions NSW Secretary Devil’s Dust, the ABC series focussing on the unlikely defeat of James Hardie on asbestos-related disease, is a moving piece of television. Yet the problem with such dramatic renderings is they can...
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Boxing Day saved – What’s next for Sydney’s Empowered Civil Society? | Nov 19 2012 - 08:33
Hidden away beneath this week’s headlines of Royal Commissions and ICAC inquiries was a quiet win for the state’s retail workers and their families. It was a victory achieved when the NSW Government gave up its push for new laws that would have...
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Mark Lennon's Blog: Energy Privatisation | Oct 12 2012 - 11:29
Nick Greiner really needs to get over his fixation with energy privatisation. Yesterday's claim that the ETU has done "more damage to the Labor Party, to the state of NSW and to Australia than any other organisation" is just plain...
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