Kemalex dispute in pictures
Monday June 27, 2005
For well over two months, NUW members have been protesting against their employer, Kemalex Plastics, after a decision by the company to force all future employees onto independent contracts.
Since the dispute began on April 27, the Kemalex workers have been visited by several prominent members of both the union movement and the Australian Labor Party. The NUW would like to thank those below for visiting the Kemalex workers, as well as extend a huge thank you to all those union officials and concerned community members who have visited the protest to lend their support.
Visitors to the site have so far included ACTU Secretary, Greg Combet; Federal Shadow Industrial Relations Spokesman, Stephen Smith; Federal MP Anne Corcoran; Victorian Police Minister, Tim Holding; National Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, Doug Cameron; and the National Assistant Secretary (Construction Division) of the Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union, Dave Noonan; and the Secretary of the Victorian Trades Halls Council, Brian Boyd.
For a look at some of the brighter moments of the Kemalex protest, simply click on the photos below.
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Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary, Brian Boyd (centre) and Organiser John Glover with the Kemalex workers (May 20)
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CFMEU National Assistant Secretary, Dave Noonan (right), presents a donation to NUW National Secretary, Charlie Donnelly (May 27)
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Members from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union visit the Kemalex protest (May 24)
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AMWU National Secretary, Doug Cameron, gets behind Kemalex workers (May 24)
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NUW Victorian Secretary, Martin Pakula, addresses Kemalex workers (May 24)
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AMWU National Secretary, Doug Cameron, speaks to Kemalex workers (May 24)
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ACTU Secretary, Greg Combet, speaks to Kemalex workers (May 6)
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NUW Victorian Assistant Secretary, Antony Thow, addresses Kemalex workers with ACTU Secretary, Greg Combet (May 6)
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Kemalex workers stay strong on the picket line
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Kemalex workers hold a mass meeting led by NUW Assistant Secretary, Antony Thow
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NUW National Secretary Charlie Donnelly, Federal ALP Industrial Spokesman, Stephen Smith, Federal member for Isaacs, Ann Corcoran, and NUW Victorian Secretary, Martin Pakula, attend the Kemalex protest (June 3)
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Donnelly, Pakula, Smith and Corcoran address Kemalex workers (June 3)
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Federal ALP Industrial Spokesman, Stephen Smith, informs Kemalex workers on the Howard Government's IR agenda (June 3)
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Corcoran and Smith with workers from Kemalex (June 3)
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Kemalex workers enjoy a well earned roast (June 17)
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'The Chillers' generously entertained Kemalex protestors during week three of the protest
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NUW Victorian official Sam Roberts (left) and Tasmanian official Bill Bolitho, with former Federal ALP parliamentarian Michelle O'Byrne (June 26)
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Work begins on better accomodation for the Kemalex protestors (June 26)
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Last modified 2005-10-31 09:55 PM
