On July 30, Liverpool Council outdoor staff walked off the job after hearing that management wants to 鈥渢ender out鈥 cleaners鈥 jobs.
Management wants to 鈥渃ut costs鈥 by tendering the jobs to cheaper firms which would pay less and provide a poorer service for residents. The United Services Union (USU) said that management, cynically, had offered to help workers prepare a tender for their own jobs!
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On July 30, Liverpool Council outdoor staff walked off the job after hearing that management wants to 鈥渢ender out鈥 cleaners鈥 jobs.
Management wants to 鈥渃ut costs鈥 by tendering the jobs to cheaper firms which would pay less and provide a poorer service for residents. The United Services Union (USU) said that management, cynically, had offered to help workers prepare a tender for their own jobs!
Turkish police repress protests against Erdogan's renewed war.
The outcome of Turkey鈥檚 June 7 parliamentary elections promised so much.
The anniversary of the death in custody of 22-year-old Aboriginal woman, known as Julieka Dhu, was marked around Australia on August 4.
Dhu died while in police custody in Western Australia鈥檚 Pilbara region for non-payment of fines that totalled about $1000.
In 2011, when a wave of protest and rebellion swept the Arab world, the monarchical states making up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) were not exempt from the unrest.`
Thank god the age of entitlement is over and the days of the lifters carrying the leaners is finished. Otherwise, just imagine what sort of absurd things politicians like Bronwyn Bishop might claim.
Instead of a $5000 helicopter ride from Melbourne to Geelong for a Liberal Party fundraiser, the Speaker might have taken a taxpayer-funded gold-plated spaceship via Pluto, stocked with black truffle mushrooms and caviar.
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