NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy Premier John Barilaro are being urged to hold a crisis meeting with power industry unions to find a way to save 182 regional jobs being slashed by publicly-owned electricity distributor Essential Energy.
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The USU does not accept that the savings the business seeks as a result of the AER ’19 – ’24 determination should come mainly as a result of such savage cuts to labour.
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USU Official Melissa Pond attended meetings with affected members in Port Macquarie on the 3rd July to hear their concerns.
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Council workers who downed tools over safety concerns involving the use of potentially carcinogenic glyphosate weedkiller have welcomed a commitment by Blacktown City Council to launch a five-month trial of organic alternatives.
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More than 500 workers at Blacktown City Council — including outdoor maintenance staff and garbage collectors — have stopped work due to safety concerns regarding the use of glyphosate following a series of legal cases linking the controversial weedkiller to cancer.
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