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MEC Yallourn Dispute |
Dispute Flares Again The Federal Workplace Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson has lodged a statement of claims with the Federal Court on behalf of 37 former workers at Mechanical Engineering Corporation's (MEC) Yallourn workshop alleging they were the victims of duress and were denied freedom of association during an industrial dispute in 2006 and 2007...more |
| Federal Court Win The AMWU
has scored a Federal court win against the Latrobe Valley engineering
firm, MES. The firm must now pay the workers it |
| OK fellas, lets's go home Former employees at Mechanical Engineering Corporation's (MEC) Yallourn workshop left the site at the weekend after a 277 day protest...more |
| Community
Assembly to stand up to violent employer
Protesters were lucky to escape with their lives on Friday 4th May as a truck driven by Anthony Eliott rammed a community protest at Eliott Engineering in the Melbourne suburb of Kilsyth, in full view of the police....More 10.05.07 |
Court
backs former workers' right to protest
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How
did MEC set up in the Valley?
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MEC workers: six month lock-outThe 49 locked
out workers from Elliott group's MEC Engineering continue to maintain
a six-month 'protest embassy' to fight for their jobs and entitlements...more |
MEC - History of DeceitThe Gippsland
Trades and Labour Council calls on both State and Federal Government to
change legislation...more |
MEC
employees left with difficult decision
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Yallourn Workshop Embassy NewsGTLC Newsletter No3 28.11.06 |
Workers,
MES refuse to budge in industrial row
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Locked out Yallourn workers need solidarityForty-nine
workers at the largest workshop in the Latrobe Valley have been locked
out for almost three months by Mechanical Engineering Services (MES).
As soon has he'd locked out the workers, the company owner, Anthony Elliot,
went overseas for several weeks...more |
Workers turn tables on workshop disputeWorkers
at the Mechanical Engineering Services workshop in Yallourn have defied
an order to return to work and are now out on strike...more |
Yallourn Workshop Embassy NewsGTLC Newsletter No 2 23.10.06 |
Unions hope for MEC peace dealWorkers
locked out of their Yallourn workshop by engineering firm MEC were hopeful
of a resolution today, with union and company representatives due to enter
discussions at 3pm...more |
Union passes the hat around for workersA community
support fund has been established for Yallourn workers locked out of the
MEC workshop for the next three months...more |
Yallourn Embassy Workshop NewsGTLC Newsletter No1 21.09.07 |
Howard's
Treacherous IR Laws Used Against Gippsland Workers
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Employees maintain a vigil at Yallourn workshopWorkers
continued to defy a three month lock-out at Mechanical Engineering Corporation's
workshop at Yallourn by maintaining their protest at the company's gates
this morning...more |
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