18 July 2005
Abolishing collective industrial rights and institutional workplace regulation will create a national crisis in confidence, Australian Workers Union National and Victorian secretary and Monash alumnus Mr Bill Shorten will tell a forum this evening.
"Rarely has the regulation of industrial relations been as significant in national politics and consequential to the lives of millions of Australians as it is now," he said.
Mr Shorten will examine the governance issues and challenges facing Australian trade unions.
The forum is jointly organised and sponsored by Monash University's Australian Centre for the Research of Employment and Work (ACREW) and the Monash Governance Research Unit.
What: The governance of trade unions
Where: Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne
When: Monday 18 July, 6 - 7.30 pm, registration 5.30 pm
RSVP: Kelly Fisher, 9903 2067 or email kelly.fisher@buseco.monash.edu.au
For further information contact Ms Natasha Whalley in Media Communications on +61 3 9905 9201 or 0437 458 457.
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