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WORKERS UNVEIL FEDERAL CAMPAIGN 22 March 2006 The introduction of federal industrial changes on Monday heralds the start of a structured campaign by SA Unions to knock out marginal federal Liberal MP's in South Australia. SA Unions Secretary, Janet Giles says the campaign will start with a protest on Monday morning 27 March, outside the office of Senator Nick Minchin (36 Grenfell Street, Kent Town, at 8.00 am). "Nick Minchin let the cat out of the bag by revealing the federal government's real industrial agenda. The current changes are just the start." Mr Minchin told the right wing business lobby the HR Nicholls Society that the public opposes the current changes and would dislike the further changes even more. It is the first honest statement we have heard from a Howard Minister." "The fact the federal government knows its changes will hurt working families yet they will press on for the sake of big business makes us more determined than ever to resist the federal government's efforts to strip workers of their rights", Ms Giles says. "In response to the federal government's long term agenda, SA Unions has produced a long term plan of its own. Our plan begins with the introduction of the new laws and takes us through to the federal election, expected towards the end of 2007." "That is 18 months to expose the damage these laws are wreaking, raise public awareness of the affect on families, and to bring people together to be a force for change." "Ours will be a two pronged approach, focused on building awareness in the community, and organising ourselves politically. We will have a particular focus on the three key Liberal marginal seats of Kingston, Makin and Wakefield." "So far in this campaign, union membership has increased because people see the importance of membership to protect their working rights. We predict this trend will continue, adding weight to our campaign to rip up these unfair laws." "Our aim is to create an Australia where workers and their families are treated fairly and decently," Ms Giles says.
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