John Della Bosca on Howard's labour agenda at Evatt Breakfast Seminar
Evatt Foundation Breakfast Seminar on Howard's Industrial Relations policies
This is an important seminar. The Business Council of Australia, representing the top one hundred companies and the Australian Industry Group, have served a log of claims on the Howard government. The labour movement well understands the industrial relations program of the employer groups and John Howard, which is part of the package. A full-blown conflict is assurred when the government takes its majority in the senate this year.
Stuart Macintyre has recently reminded us that "the present-day zealots for freedom of contract are mistaken if they think that absence of such institutions removes the causes of industrial conflict. On the contrary, industrial relations before the advent of trade unions was characterised by explosive, often violent forms of protest."
Speakers:
John Della Bosca, NSW Minister for Commerce and Industrial Relations
Doug Cameron, National Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.
When: 7.30am for 8am, the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, near Sydney Town Hall station
Where: The Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, near Sydney Town Hall station.
Cost: $25 includes breakfast, ($15 Evatt Foundation Members) RSVP - Evatt Foundation. UNSW NSW 2052. Phone: 9385 7137 Fax 02 9662 8531
evatt@unsw.edu.au