Thursday, March 1, 2012

Vic: Union boss ran amok in tile factory: court told

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Vic: Union boss ran amok in tile factory: court told

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MELBOURNE, Feb 27 AAP - Former union boss Craig Johnston and his colleagues stormeda tile factory singling out non-union labour during an industrial dispute, a court wastold today.

Prosecutor Bob Johnson told the court the dispute arose after the company laid offworkers in June 2001 and outsourced the work to a labour hire firm.

After negotiations failed, Johnston, then Victorian secretary of the Australian ManufacturingWorkers Union (AMWU) allegedly threatened to "kick the shit" out of the non-union workers.

On June …

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