Re: Pendennis Castle

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

how would you like years of work go down the drain by some decision made by some
directors in far off London.
The way the story goes some directors of Rio Tinto were invited to uk group's line and
were asked then after they had been for a train ride (no doubt a few beers also) to
donate to locomotive. Check the news in their webpage.

http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/

I doubt if they even consulted Pilbara Railways Historical Society or Hamersley Iron's
Australian office. If you want to look at   the Pilbara society webpage
go there

http://www.holiday-wa.net/loco.htm

Regards
Chris
(and send those letters in to the mua)


James Brook wrote:

> You lot are really pathetic. You don't care what happens to the loco. All you want
> is some sort of pathetic "victory" against Rio Tinto simply because you don't like
> them. Its this sort of behaviour that really shows how pathetic some of your unions
> really are. You really ask for non-union contracts when this is the sort of crap you
> carry on with. As someone else said in this thread, the loco will probably never run
> again if it remains in the Pilbara.
>
> chris@enet21.com.au wrote:
>
> > 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)
>
> --
> - James Brook -
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