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March 2004

Public Union Best for Gaols. 04 March 2004
The private experiment failed yet again as the biggest system of public corrective services in the southern hemisphere looked at the best way to manage gaols. The Public Sector Union shows it can be both a public service and a public proctector. Our union believes that when the State incarcerates a citizen it should not be an opportunity for profit.
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December 2003

NSW Prisons - Humpherson talking twaddle 02 December 2003
John Campbell, Chair of the Prison Officers branch of the Public Service Association of NSW, today accused Opposition Prisons Spokesperson, Andrew Humpherson, of twisting the facts in a lame attempt to score political points.
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September 2003

Unions demand WTO impact review 11 September 2003
Cancun, Mexico, 10 September 2003 (ICFTU News): At a trade union conference which took place on the eve of the WTO 5th Ministerial meeting, labour leaders met with WTO Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi, EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy, South African Trade Minister Alec Erwin, Deputy United States Trade Representative Josette Shiner and other major trade officials, and told them their priorities for the WTO Conference.
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August 2003

Prisons Legal Defence Fund Tax Break 05 August 2003
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May 2003

Unions urge action on detention centres 21 May 2003
Tonight, (Tuesday) with great distress and sadness, we watched the ABC Lateline programme on Curtin Detention Centre. On 11 February, and again on the 11 March 2002 the Union representing State Public Sector workers issued a statement calling on the Governments to act to take a role in the Detention Centre policy pursed by the Commonwealth Government.
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Police staff undervalued says UK union 19 May 2003
Half of the police staff workforce in Britain do not feel valued by the Police Service and two thirds say stress levels have increased, according to the first independent national survey of police staff, released by Britain's largest public sector union UNISON today.
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Union official cleared of charges 02 May 2003
Workers have won the first major battle of the anti-union war waged through the Royal Commission into the building industry.
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December 2002

UK Probation officers take a stand 04 December 2002
Napo is the trade union, professional association and campaign organisation for almost seven thousand people working in the National Probation Service and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass). in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The union is recommending industrial action as part of its workloads campaign.
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November 2002

British probation workers strike 05 November 2002
Probation officers have voted to strike over staff shortages and increasing workloads.
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October 2002

Prison travel sales company closed 29 October 2002
The Canadian federal government has shut down a telemarketing program using prisoners to sell vacation packages.
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Private guards join public sector union 09 October 2002
Penetanguishene - Correctional officers at Canada’s first privatized adult correctional facility have voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining a union
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March 2002

Unions urged to tackle discrimination 22 March 2002
The Anti-Discrimination Board has launched a new guide to help union representatives deal with workplace discrimination.
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