To the Clean Up the Unions in Local Government Campaign

How long are these recalcitrant Trade Unionists going to attempt to use the hard working battlers of the "PILBARA" , as cannon fodder?

These workers are just ordinary people like you and I , with families to provide for.

Is this just another ongoing saga , of those that live of the earnings of the workers, in an attempt to protect their easy money.

While we hold out little hope , for the grasping of straws , by the Unions involved in this reflection of the "Patricks" debacle.

Like all warriors , even those that lose in combat , their determination is certainly recognised.

In the light of the massive losses by the Workers in the Patricks Dispute, , and the fragmentation of the workers at B.H.P. , what chance have the Local Government employees got. We would suggest none and Buckley's.

Union members and Workers are tired and weary of doing battle at great expense , for nothing more than the pubescent and adolescent ideologies of these apprentice politicians who have usually never done a days work in their lives.

Ideologies are for those have have no need to be in gainful employ , it is for those that can live of the public purse , or be patronised by those with wealth for whatever reason.

Working men and women , with families cannot purchase food , clothe , educate or otherwise provide for their offspring with ideologies.

Ideology has never paid of a home , never paid the rent , never clothed your children , never fed your family. Ideology does not provide any tangible benefit , and in particular an outdated ideology such as communism.

This is just another battle between the opposing aristocracy, those from the business sector and those that rely totally on resisting all that the business sector propose. But , make no mistake , like any war , when enough Workers have been sacrificed , these two factions will make their own peace at the expense of the worker. The main crux of their agreement will be centred on the recognition of the Union Officials , not the Workers conditions , or the Workers Wages.

BHP offered "bribes" worth $10 million to induce workers to sign contracts that would ultimately lead to the demise of unionism in the resources giant's iron ore division, the Federal Court heard yesterday.

The submission by union lawyers' came as the five unions at the centre of the dispute sought court injunctions against any further offer of the contracts in the Pilbara, pending the outcome of a wider case on the legality of the workplace reform.Mr Julian Burnside QC, for the unions, said BHP had offered "sweeteners" to get people onto contracts while refusing to collectively bargain in an "insidious" bid to deunionise the workforce."The thrust of our complaint is that these contracts are a bribe to get people away from union activities," Mr Burnside said.He said workers who had not signed the contracts had been "singled out for worse treatment" by BHP.There was a causal link between signing the contracts and resigning from the unions, Mr Burnside said, pointing to similar workplace changes at Robe River and Hamersley as proof of the inevitable slide away from unions.He warned that if the process was not halted by a Federal Court injunction it would be irreversible by the time the full case had been heard.The unions' case has several aspects. Mr Burnside said the $10 million inducement, which indirectly resulted in people resigning from unions, was the strongest aspect of the alleged breaches of the Workplace Relations Act. It is also alleged that the company breached the Act by discriminating against workers who did not sign the contracts and by refusing to collectively bargain.It had also allegedly breached its contract with workers who did not sign the deal because of a clause in the award prohibiting the use of individual agreements that conflict with award conditions.Mr Robert Buchanan QC, for BHP, said the unions had not made a direct connection between union membership and the incentives offered by BHP. They had also failed to show that BHP had explicitly or implicitly made resigning from the union a condition of signing the contracts.He asked the court to dismiss the injunction application, claiming it would unfairly assist one side of the argument in an industrial dispute at the expense of the other.The unions had asked the court to believe that everything said publicly by BHP management was false and should be disregarded, with another "carefully hidden" motivation to be substituted in its place.He said there was a productivity trade-off for the generous incentives offered for those signing the contracts, with BHP benefiting from the removal of "a swag of restrictions" that applied under the award.Mr Buchanan said the act did not compel companies to bargain collectively.Justice Peter Gray reserved his decision on the injunction, saying he expected to deliver his judgement in the next few days.He refused an application by Mr Burnside for a holding order preventing BHP From attempting a last- minute sign-up of unions ahead of the injunction decision.Justice Gray questioned the BHP line of defence several times, arguing that improving the lot of some workers and not others amounted to "ignoring them to their detriment".

For too long these Unions have put out their hands for a portion of the workers wage , and in return the worker has be treated with contempt. Those that carried out their job to the best of their ability were paid the same as those who bludged .

"Bill" , Are you going to the Union Demonstration about the miners?." Ben" , You've gotta be kidding , more than 50% of the miners and steel workers have agreed to take the pay rises. I just wish our company would offer us individual contracts. "Bill" , yeah , we could get rid of those bludgers always off on so called Union Business , and we have to do their work."Ben" , another bonus is not having to pay the Union Protection Money . "Bill" , not only that, but , only 30% of our factory are Union members , and we have to work under their restrictive conditions , thats discrimination!!!!!!

Okay , Lets Contact Employee Advocate and get the Good Oil.

Lets Hope , that, Before their Union Meeting they take their.......Daily Dose Of.....