The National Day of Community Protest against the Howard Government’s radical industrial relations changes will include Australia’s biggest ever meeting of workers.

Announcing the 15 November date, ACTU President Sharan Burrow said today:

“The ACTU is planning to hold Australia’s biggest ever meeting of workers by linking up hundreds of separate locations across the country in a satellite broadcast using Sky Channel.

Hundreds of thousands of workers across Australia are expected to participate in the event.

The Australia-wide hook-up will feature a briefing on the details of the Government’s industrial relations reforms that Workplace Minister, Kevin Andrews has said will be tabled in Parliament by late October.

Community rallies and marches will also take place on 15 November, in most cases following people’s participation in the national hook-up.

As well as screenings at major venues in all capital cities, the broadcast will be beamed to workers in rural and regional areas.

Local union branches will arrange screenings in clubs, sporting venues, community centres, and other convenient locations.

Australian’s are rightly concerned about the impact of the Government’s extreme industrial relations changes on their jobs and their living standards.

We encourage anyone who wants to find out more about the changes to attend the Australia-wide hook-up.

This is an important opportunity for all workers and concerned members of the community to get information and to demonstrate their opposition to the Government’s industrial relations reforms.”

Further details of times and venues will be posted here.