Re: Redundancy @ FreightCorp?

["Rod [comtrain]" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

This is exactly what victorian Unions forced on Kennett with our sale.
Freight Australia was locked into the pre-existing EBA which has just been
renegotiated, and  most employees remuneration increased by 13% over 3
years. A win win situation ,particularly when you see what happened in SA
and Tassy!
I have just now retired, recieved continuity of service, all my Long Service
and was offered A package of two weeks per year of service with V/Line
{Kennet really hated Rail workers, he interfeared with our Redundancy whilst
leaving Council Workers, SEC and Gas Employees alone} and 3 weeks per year
of service with FA.  But remember that Tasmania would not employ Union
organisers from the old Railway, And all AN Employees took a lot of money
home from AN. Their investments would have covered the 20% losses they made
in changing to thje new Company.
Rod [comtrain]

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"Bill" <wsharris@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:34:09 +1000, "avachat"
> <avachat@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>
> >Their are notices posted in the Delec Train Crew Assignment building from
> >many of those who argue that it is their right to receive a redundancy
> >payout when FreightCorp is sold.They base their argument on the following
> >two scenarios.
> >Those who originally went to National Rail received an incentive payment
> >plus accessed their Super.
> >Then their was the GrainCorp experience where FreightCorp drivers
received
> >the redundancy on a Friday and started with GrainCorp on the following
> >Monday.
> >The RTBU Locomotive Division ( 3 Bobs ) feel somewhat differently, citing
> >the AN experience where the new owner
> >signed up their employees on AWAs.Sure they received the redundancy but
are
> >far worse off now.
> >The vast majority i am informed are still employed as casuals and are
> >earning far below what they enjoyed with AN.
> >The 3 Bobs are arguing for continuity of employment so as the award
> >conditions remain in place.Their is much to lose by taking the dangerous
> >road many are demanding, all for a short term monitory gain.
> >I am not posting this to create heated debate, but would welcome the
views
> >of the many active authors to this NG plus maybe some of the lurkers who
> >subscribe but don't type much.
> >Cheers
> >avachat
> >
> >
> >
>   Well having talked to a number of ex AN enginemen who have been
> through the sale of AN then Looked to ASR for employment and the
> conditions plus pay that they have to now work for i would think that
> any Freightcorp engineperson would have to have rocks in there heads
> to want to follow the same path looking towards  the new owner for
> employment BEST to try and tie the new owners into the existing
> aggrements for themselves and for others that will follow
> Bill