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LEGAL THREAT WON'T DETER RADIO RENTALS PROTEST 14 September 2006 SA Unions Secretary, Janet Giles says a community protest by Radio Rentals workers, their families and supporters will proceed as planned, despite intimidating legal threats by the company. Ms Giles says the Company's bullying attitude will only galvanise workers' resolve to achieve a fair deal. Yesterday, Radio Rentals lawyers Minter Ellison sent her a letter trying to deter her from attending the picket and pointing out that she could be liable for 6 months jail or a $2,5000 fine if she enters Radio Rentals' property, including the car park. "I thought we lived in a free democratic country, where people who have grievances about unfair treatment have a right to freely express themselves without fear of this sort of threat." "The company is trying to throw up all sorts of reasons why there ought not be a protest - public safety, motorist safety, trespass - it is even threatening to withdraw union right of entry permits." "Not one of these reasons constitutes a legitimate concern. We are not there to cause public harm and we have a right to be on public property. This is simply an attempt by the company to intimidate and threaten workers into backing down." "It follows the company's extreme decision to lock out for an entire month workers who took legal, protected industrial action, in what is simply a starvation tactic to try to get them to cave in to the company's demands." "Meanwhile, the company continues to claim that the new Industrial Laws have no bearing on its lock out decision, despite knowing full well that the laws stripped workers of any opportunity to appeal for assistance to the Industrial Relations Commission." "Radio Rentals is fast showing itself to be a company that is prepared to sacrifice the rights of loyal, long term employees on the altar of profits. And it can do so knowing workers no longer have any recourse under the new IR Laws," Ms Giles says. Radio Rentals Community Rally - 12.30 pm today, 108 Main North Road Prospect.
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