Kiron22 wrote on Dec 21^st, 2015 at 5:05pm:


I am interested in seeing these as you say STATISTICS and what they consist of. 

Care to post these STATISTICS? 

Kiron22 wrote on Dec 21^st, 2015 at 5:28pm:


You dont understand what 'unbiased' means. It certainly does not mean equal air-time but rather what occurs in that air time.

If an actual independent review were carried out it might resolve the question but every review is the same - it is either clearly biased or not clearly independent.  The failure to do so makes a strong argument that it is biased.

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 21^st, 2015 at 5:36pm:
People get paid full award but 4/5 hours a day. You are the perfect person to be a union lawyer pecca. An ineffectual member of a useless group of organisations that are passed their prime. A snob elitist  union member. The new breed.

Because although I know of it Greggary, I dont really personally care that much. Its a political point to me,  no sympathy involved for the actual workers. Im not a factory worker and never will be, I get highly paid for my particular skill set and that is highly unlikely to change in the future.

ian wrote on Dec 21^st, 2015 at 5:42pm:


You're covering up an illegal activity.

What a low act.

(The truth is, you're lying)

the good ole boys wrote on Dec 21^st, 2015 at 5:44pm:


Did you report this to the FWC, or are you another one like ian who covers up illegal activity?

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 21^st, 2015 at 5:46pm:
Union Chance Website- 



—From our Canberra desk

Reports of Filipino guest workers being subjected to slave labour conditions in Canberra restaurants have shocked local labour activists.

According to the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, skilled chefs from the Philippines have been lured to Canberra on employer sponsored work visas, only to be treated like slaves and ripped off by unscrupulous employers.

At least 20 guest workers so far have lodged official complaints, ranging from being underpaid, racially abused, forced to work long hours and eat scraps from rubbish bins. A female worker who sustained a severe burn at work was denied time off for medical treatment.

In perhaps the most disturbing incident, police are investigating allegations that a worker who complained about the way he was treated was kidnapped early one morning by five thugs and driven to Sydney to be put on a plane back to the Philippines. He only escaped after the car was pulled over by the police for speeding.

When news of the abuses first broke, the local mouthpiece for the ACT Chamber of Commerce rushed to the defence of the bosses and denied any abuses were happening. But when the complaints were investigated by government officials, they found the workers were entitled to thousands of dollars in back pay and ordered the bosses to pay up.

These abuses are believed to be only the tip of the iceberg because many other guest workers facing the same exploitation, both in Canberra and elsewhere, are too scared to speak up.

The response by the LHMU and other corporate unions has been poor to say the least. Despite being urged by local activists to organise pickets and consumer boycotts, the union has so far failed to do so, although they did manage to find other jobs for some of the affected workers.

Lessons and opportunities

There are some very real dangers lurking here. If the unions let these bosses get away with it, more of them will try to use imported labour to undermine what's left of award wages and conditions. This in turn could spark a racist backlash against fellow workers from overseas who are themselves victims of vicious exploitation.

Yet despite these dangers, there are opportunities unfolding for us to counter the passive ACTU model with a real fighting alternative. We can only do small solidarity actions 


A can see why that fat assed mining magnate loves scab workers so much. What are the unions doing pecca?

the good ole boys wrote on Dec 21^st, 2015 at 5:48pm:


Unions can't do a thing if they don't know what's going on.

People like you and ian, who willingly cover up criminal behaviour, are part of the problem.