Weakening of a Nation 21 - Holden axes over 500 jobs.

Holden announces it will axe over 500 jobs with the closure of its Fishermans Bend engine plant. What did we hear from Kevin Rudd and his ministers...NOTHING!!!
The weakening continues.

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In the further weakening of the Nation yada yada, yada,bla bla bla Ha ha Rudd is doing one better than Ratty did.

Did you hear about the new investment in Toyota? and next he is visiting GM and Ford in the USA.Watch this space you little rat.

By the way I saw you in a ferrary talking your crap.

Australian news in deed coming to you from a used car salesman. You are a ratbag.

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actually thats my car and its spelt FERRARI...redneck..put down the bong take off your moccasins and comment on my content which is workers being sacked...and...GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!

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Keep up the great work: Rudd MUST be exposed for the fake that he is.

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good old holden, treats there staff good!

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Underpaid restaurant staff get $84,000 back

10 June 2008 | Content provided to you by AAP.

MELBOURNE, June 9 AAP - Workers in restaurants and fast food outlets in the Victorian city of Warrnambool have been short-changed a total $84,000 by their bosses, who are now being forced to pay up.

About 60 workers, some as young as 16, will receive their share of the money after investigations by the Workplace Ombudsman found they were being underpaid.

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Workplace Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson said many of the workers were overseas students studying in Warrnambool who had taken casual jobs such as waiters, kitchen hands and dishwashers.

Investigators found many were being employed unfairly, in some cases unlawfully, "off the books" and paid "cash in hand" at rates well below what they were entitled to.

Mr Wilson said some workers now feared they would suffer reprisals if they kept the money.

"Incredibly, some of those involved have told

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our office in Warrnambool they are being bullied not to cash their cheques," he said.

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"My message to any employer who pulls a stunt like that is very simple - the exploitation of young and vulnerable workers will not be tolerated."

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Any workplace harassment would be referred to police, he said.

Up to 30 workplace inspectors have been auditing 16 restaurants and fast food outlets in Warrnambool for the past nine months.

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Nine were found to be underpaying staff to a total of $84,000.

One restaurant was found to have short-changed eight of its staff more than $28,000 between December, 2006 and December, 2007.

The most recent audit of four premises found 35 employees had been underpaid almost $37,000.

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Mr Wilson said breaches of workplace laws could result in fines up to a maximum $33,000 per offence, if his office decided to prosecute.

He said while investigations at Warrnambool had officially closed, his office would maintain a watching brief on the issue