Qld: Union seeks to stop mining job cuts at AIRC

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2008
Qld: Union seeks to stop mining job cuts at AIRC

The coal miners union will visit the Australian Industrial Relations Commission today
to stop job cuts at a central Queensland mine.

It comes after Xstrata Coal announced last week it would sack 230 workers at its Oaky
Creek mine at Tieri amid reduced demand for hard coking coal.

The CFMEU is seeking orders from the AIRC to stop the terminations.

The union argues the company failed to follow a workplace agreement that requires consultation
with workers and unions when redundancies were to occur.

STUART VACCANEO from the union says the job cuts had been announced via a press release
.. with no consultation undertaken.

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KEYWORD: XSTRATA (BRISBANE)

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