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Recession Busters
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Jamie McMechan
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More than 200 wharfies at Port Botany are sacrificing hours and pay to save the jobs of casual workers after a sharp drop in container traffic.
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| Produced by | Jamie McMechan |
| Directed by | Jamie McMechan |
| Contact | write the producer |
| Home page | more info |
| Produced | Sep 08, 2009 |
| Production Company | PowderKeg Video Productions |
| Distributor | Maritime Union of Australia |
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More than 200 wharfies at Port Botany are sacrificing hours and pay to save the jobs of casual workers after a sharp drop in container traffic.
Container movements fell from 52,000 a month before Christmas - when the port operator DP World piled on large numbers of casual staff - to just 27,000 a month as the financial crisis took hold. Casuals were hit hard, as their income also halved.
Facing redundancies, the Maritime Union of Australia approached DP World with a proposal for 250 full-time rostered staff to reduce their hours from 36 to 35 hours a week, and give up a weekend shift each month.
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JamieMUA. (2009, September 07). Recession Busters. Retrieved February 15, 2012, from EngageMedia Web site: http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/JamieMUA/videos/Recession_Busters.mpg.
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