FED: Unions hit the airwaves in latest round of IR fight

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2005
FED: Unions hit the airwaves in latest round of IR fight

SYDNEY, Aug 1 AAP - Unions have hit the airwaves in the latest round of their fight
against the federal government's workplace reform.

A breakfast radio program, run by various trade unions and backed by Unions NSW, was
launched today on FM 88.9 and will run from 5.30am until 9am on weekdays.

Workers Radio Sydney announcer Craig Bulley said the program would inform workers about
what the planned industrial relations changes meant for them.

On Friday, the ACTU and Federal Labor lost a High Court quest for an interim injunction
to have the government's $20-million advertising campaign promoting IR reform taken off
air.

The case will now go before the High Court's full bench, after Justice Dyson Heydon
granted an order for an expeditious hearing.

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KEYWORD: WORKPLACE RADIO

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