Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that Mr Barry Hemsworth has been the elected union delegate at Botany Cranes in Sydney for the past 10 years;

(b)

congratulates Mr Hemsworth on his commitment to ensure the safety of all workers at the site;

(c)

condemns the decision by Botany Cranes to sack Mr Hemsworth on the basis of his insistence that employees be properly trained;

(d)

condemns the fact that other employees face fines of up to $28 600 each if they attend a meeting to discuss Mr Hemsworth’s sacking on the basis of his insistence that employees are properly trained;

(e)

notes that Mr Hemsworth and other employees in similar situations no longer have access to unfair dismissal proceedings if they are in business with fewer than 100 employees; and

(f)

calls on the Government to repeal the unfair industrial relations laws that see employees face intimidation, unsafe work practises with no avenues of redress.

Question negatived.