Fed: Democrats must revisit pattern bargaining ban: AIG

AAP General News (Australia)
08-02-2001
Fed: Democrats must revisit pattern bargaining ban: AIG

The Australian Industry Group says the Democrats must reconsider their opposition to
a ban on pattern bargaining.

The Democrats opposed a ban on pattern bargaining - the process of targeting a small
company which is vital to a larger industry as part of a wider industrial campaign - earlier
this year.

The group's chief executive BOB HERBERT says the dispute between Sydney company Tristar
Steering and Suspension and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union is the only example
needed to show the aborted ban on pattern bargaining must be re-visited.

He says it is obvious the AMWU is using pattern bargaining and crippling the vital
automotive industry while also hurting the wider economy.

Tristar employees voted this morning to continue their strike action over entitlements,
which has already forced the stand-down of 4,000 Holden employees.

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