Fed: Ex-Ansett workers confront Anderson at book launch

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: July 31, 2002 | Copyright information

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Fed: Ex-Ansett workers confront Anderson at book launch

MELBOURNE, July 31 AAP - Former Ansett staff and their unions today confronted federal Transport Minister John Anderson, demanding to know when the government would pay out their entitlements.

Mr Anderson was launching the book, Ansett: The Collapse, at the airline's former Golden Wing Lounge at Melbourne Airport when the delegation of Australian Services Union (ASU) members turned up to demand a meeting.

ASU Victorian secretary Martin Foley said members and staff were angry that the federal government would ...

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