Fed: Court decision in Pilbara shows no good faith, says Labor

AAP General News (Australia)
01-11-2001
Fed: Court decision in Pilbara shows no good faith, says Labor

The federal opposition says a decision by the Federal Court to allow mining giant BHP
to offer individual contracts to workers shows Australia has no concept of good faith
bargaining.

Industrial relations spokesman ROBERT MCCLELLAND says Australia is heading back to
the 1890s with the ruling.

He's told ABC Radio that bypassing collective bargaining means workers can be …