Environment, Refugees & Unions

Union news & workers stories: union support for refugees & questions regarding workers security and big mining companies

An episode of the Stick Together podcast, hosted by Annie McLoughlin with Lauren Mellor, Colin Long, Tim Gooden, titled "Environment, Refugees & Unions" was published on October 13, 2015.

October 13, 2015 · Stick Together

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Summary

Mega resources corporation Glencore is sacking workers and reducing production at its zinc mine at the McArthur River in the Gulf of Carpentaria and leaving an environmental mess. Is this the future for Australian mining? Unions came out to support Refugees on Sunday Oct 11 and Tim Gooden from the Geelong Trades Hall talks about how he helped secure economic security for a young Tamil Refugee's family after he did not survive the trauma of Immigration Department moves to return him to Sri Lanka.

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Mega resources corporation Glencore is sacking workers and reducing production at its zinc mine at the McArthur River in the Gulf of Carpentaria and leaving an environmental mess. Is this the future for Australian mining? Unions came out to support Refugees on Sunday Oct 11 and Tim Gooden from the Geelong Trades Hall talks about how he helped secure economic security for a young Tamil Refugee's family after he did not survive the trauma of Immigration Department moves to return him to Sri Lanka.

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