Fed: Labor's IR policy passed by conference

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2007
Fed: Labor's IR policy passed by conference

SYDNEY, April 28 AAP - Labor leader Kevin Rudd's new industrial relations policy has
been unanimously endorsed without debate by the ALP national conference.

The new policy, which bans strike action without a secret ballot of workers and reinstates
unfair dismissal protection for some workers, had been touted as a test of Mr Rudd's leadership.

But union officials agreed not to attempt to amend the policy after several hours of
discussion on the edges of the conference.

Labor workplace relations spokeswoman Julia Gillard thanked delegates for their support
and paid tribute to her shadow parliamentary secretary Brendan O'Connor for his work in
negotiating the agreement.

"This chapter wouldn't be with you today if it wasn't for his hard work," she said.

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