Friday, August 18, 2006

Women Lose Out Under New IR Laws & Now Fed Govt Strips Funding From Services


The Federal Government has made funding to independent advisory centres for working women conditional on the centres conducting Workchoices seminars and producing publications that promote its extreme industrial relations laws, it has been revealed today.

Changes to the Govt's funding contract offered to the Queensland Working Women's Service for 2006-07 include requirements to promote the new WorkChoices IR laws, conduct seminars for employers and a ban on promoting union activities on its website.

See full Press Release.