Re: Pendennis Castle

["chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

Yes! Yes! Rio Tinto are a pack of assholes.....

from exploting the poor in 3rd world countries (with their association with
Freeport and the Indonseian military killing local landholders who protest about
the damage caused to their land) to union bashing in Australia.

If you want to prevent a Pommie mob from "pissing" on the years of unpaid labour
and given by Hamersley Iron employees in maintaining this locomotive ....Please
direct your emails of complaint to the Maritime Union of Austraila (Western
Australian Branch) who judging from their love of Rio Tinto will probably
blackban (forever) the loading of it onto the ship. They are the  only blokes
who have the guts to take on a muliti national (sorry - transnational) company
of this size.

Rio Tinto have not only alienated most of  their entire workforce in Australia
they have also "pissed off"  alot of other mining and engineering companies.

Regards

Chris



Rod Gayford wrote:

> The point is that a foreign company that has exploited Australian workers
> for years and has been in the vanguard of the conservative reactionary
> forces attempting to destroy collective bargaining in this country has
> chosen to donate this locomotive to a UK based group and to my mind that
> says "stuff you Aussies" we will show you where our loyalties lay. Well, if
> all us gutless Aussies just want to lie back and be pissed over by this
> group then let it go. For me, I am contacting the Maritime unions and any
> other industrial union to have a black ban placed on its export. I bet
> Hamersley will back down once this gets in the papers and shows them up for
> what they are. I suppose I should not be surprised at the intelligence of a
> section of rail fans in Australia as they have been tipping money into that
> far northern NSW scrap yard for years.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rod Gayford (also workplace delegate CPSU)
> <chris@enet21.com.au> wrote in message
> 388DA2D5.5EC05A3@enet21.com.au">news:388DA2D5.5EC05A3@enet21.com.au...
> > hi
> >
> > You must remember that it has been in Australia longer than it was in
> British
> > Rail (1947 -1964, 17 years) service and nearly as long as in GWR service
> (1923?
> > -1947). Historically Hamersley Iron have owned it longer  than British
> Rail.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > David Bennetts wrote:
> >
> > > <bf0017@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> 86cemi$srb$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:86cemi$srb$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > > > Mmmmm,
> > > >
> > > > Time to put Pendennis Castle onto the Australian "Moveable Heritage"
> > > > List, just like the Me-109G about 12 years ago.
> > > >
> > > > Brett
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > What's the point?  It isn't part of Australian history, why have it
> sitting
> > > in a remote part of Australia, where virtually no-one can access it, and
> it
> > > can't be operated.  If it went back to Britain it could be preserved and
> > > cherished for its significant heritage value.
> > >
> > > Just like the Melbourne W class trams gathering dust in the huge sheds
> at
> > > Newport, with their ban on export.  Totally pointless, they could be
> > > restored and run overseas where there is a demand for them, rather than
> > > mouldering away.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > David Bennetts
> > > Canberra
> >