Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2013 8:53:55 GMT 10
... for destroying manufacturing in this country. Especially for destroying older iconic manufacturers such as Rosella where 70 full time workers have now been made redundant because the company cannot compete with cheap overseas imports.
So Juliar, what were you saying about manufacturing in Australia?? Did you go and listen to the employees of Rosella who are now worried about how they are going to get their entitlements and pay their mortgages??
You were in Western Sydney but you were too much of a coward to face these workers. They wanted to meet you Juliar but you were nowhere to be seen. The workers blame YOU and your Labor policies for the closure of this iconic company.
Suddenly out of work and angry at Julia Gillard
Ben McClellan
The Daily Telegraph
March 08, 2013 12:00AM
AS Julia Gillard attended a job expo in Liverpool yesterday, more than 30 redundant Rosella workers were at Blacktown trying to figure out how they would pay their mortgages.
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten fast-tracked $1.6 million to ensure workers were paid entitlements after the Rosella factory in Seven Hills shut last Friday.
One employee said she was owed more than $10,000 in superannuation -not covered by the government's Fair Entitlements Guarantee.
"Pity Julia Gillard is not here today. She has a lot to answer for. There is no protection for manufacturers, food manufacturers especially, from imports," she said.
"Come and have a look at the real world and see what it's like in manufacturing. They have no idea."
The woman was also unimpressed by Mr Shorten's claim they would have been left out in the cold if the Coalition had been in government.
"He's a waste of space. He's just a union boy who has done well," one out-of-a-job sacked worker said.
"Most of the Aldi stir fry sauces made at Rosella will now go back to being made in Malaysia."
Mr Shorten said there had been no need for Ms Gillard to attend yesterday's meeting at Blacktown Workers Club.
So Juliar, what were you saying about manufacturing in Australia?? Did you go and listen to the employees of Rosella who are now worried about how they are going to get their entitlements and pay their mortgages??
You were in Western Sydney but you were too much of a coward to face these workers. They wanted to meet you Juliar but you were nowhere to be seen. The workers blame YOU and your Labor policies for the closure of this iconic company.
Suddenly out of work and angry at Julia Gillard
Ben McClellan
The Daily Telegraph
March 08, 2013 12:00AM
AS Julia Gillard attended a job expo in Liverpool yesterday, more than 30 redundant Rosella workers were at Blacktown trying to figure out how they would pay their mortgages.
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten fast-tracked $1.6 million to ensure workers were paid entitlements after the Rosella factory in Seven Hills shut last Friday.
One employee said she was owed more than $10,000 in superannuation -not covered by the government's Fair Entitlements Guarantee.
"Pity Julia Gillard is not here today. She has a lot to answer for. There is no protection for manufacturers, food manufacturers especially, from imports," she said.
"Come and have a look at the real world and see what it's like in manufacturing. They have no idea."
The woman was also unimpressed by Mr Shorten's claim they would have been left out in the cold if the Coalition had been in government.
"He's a waste of space. He's just a union boy who has done well," one out-of-a-job sacked worker said.
"Most of the Aldi stir fry sauces made at Rosella will now go back to being made in Malaysia."
Mr Shorten said there had been no need for Ms Gillard to attend yesterday's meeting at Blacktown Workers Club.
