Archive for August 28th, 2012
The Greens’ renewable energy fantasies go up in smoke
Posted by John, August 28th, 2012 - under Carbon tax, ETS, Emissions Trading Scheme, European Union.
Comments: 1
The abandonment of the proposed floor price from the Australian ETS scheduled to start in 2015 is a political, not an environmental, decision. It means the Gillard government can say we are on track to be part of a global market in permits, although that market will do little or nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if the price remains low. The neoliberal Greens have sold us yet another market dud.
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Thank you building workers
Posted by John, August 28th, 2012 - under Australian Building and Construction Commission, Building unions, Building workers, CFMEU, Grocon, Picket, Picketing, Strikes.
Comments: 3
Having Grocon in charge of safety is like putting John Howard in charge of refugees. Only union reps on site can really help enforce safety. Only the ability to walk off the job without loss of pay over safety issues can really force the bosses to take the issue seriously. It has been a long long time since workers as workers have fought the bosses and their police so successfully and drawn in other workers in their own city and elsewhere. A long long time. What a great day.
Grocon: Labor’s laws and the state’s thugs combine to attack building workers
Posted by John, August 28th, 2012 - under Building unions, Building workers, CFMEU, Fair Work Australia, Labor Party.
Comments: 2
These are Julia Gillard’s laws which allow, encourage and enforce this state brutality – court orders, police, capsicum spray, horses, and now possibly fines and jail.
These are Julia Gillard’s laws which allow, encourage and enforce this state brutality – court orders, police, pepper spray, horses, and now possibly fines and jail.
The task at the moment is to support the Grocon Workers. If you are in Melbourne and you can, get down to the picket. Victory to the Grocon workers.