Media Statement - 27th January 2010
On
the 23rd January, Fair Work Australia issued an order requiring workers
engaged on the Pluto project to cease taking industrial action.
I am advised that in defiance of that order industrial action is still occurring.
The
Rudd Government's laws empower Fair Work Australia and the Federal
Court to deal with such unprotected industrial action and the workers
involved face steep penalties under Australia's workplace relations
laws.
The only responsible and lawful course is for this industrial action to cease immediately.
The Rudd Government's position on unprotected industrial action is clear. The taking of such action is completely unacceptable.