Watch what Grant Courtney, Federal President of the AMIEU has to say about Live Exports, Jobs, and The Economy

Or watch it directly on YouTube click here http://youtu.be/MQCuDsfa6uM

 Financial reports for the interest of members:

Tasmanian Branch Financial Report 30 June 2011

Click here for your copy of the The Meat Worker - April 2011.

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1. Learn the facts

WorkChoices took away the rights of working Australians.

Unions achieve $26 per week for 1.4 million  award employees

Labors Fair Work Australia minimum wage panel, in its first decision, has  increased modern award minimum weekly rates by $26 - just $1 short of the $27-a-week sought by the ACTU.

Australian workers will suffer cuts to their pay and conditions and lose protection from unfair dismissal under Liberal leader Tony Abbott’s plan to bring back WorkChoices, warns a new national union TV ad campaign. <read more>

BY BRIENNA SNARE

GENEROUS union members have raised $21,000 and gathered items to send a little comfort to children affected by the bushfires in Victoria.

The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union forestry and furnishing products division have generated the funding. Meat union Tasmanian secretary Grant Courtney said union members from all over Tasmania raised the money by paying double their union fees for three weeks.