Australia has to compete on both quality and price,and we can. Government assistance aside, BlueScope management needs to strike a deal with its workforceThe Port Kembla steelworks and industrial workforce hold shaped the character and folklore of the Illawarra. Like the 1938 Dalfram dispute, and when 150 wharfies refused to load pig iron onto a ship destined for Japan. The 11-week dispute was sparked by the Japanese Imperial Army’s invasion of China. The wharfies knew that every scrap of iron sent to Japan would stoke its imperial war machine. The workers weren’t going to be part of it. Related: BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla plant 'on a knife edge',says CEO, flagging job cuts Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com