AIRC orders return to work first shift Friday
The Australian Industrial Relations Commission today has made orders stopping industrial action at Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
Members employed at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun-Herald must return to work at the start of their regular shift on 16 December 2005 and must not take any industrial action until 15 January 2006.
Members employed by the company on other titles in Sydney (AFR and BRW), Melbourne (The Age, Sunday Age, AFR and BRW) and their Canberra bureaux must not take any industrial action . Orders were NOT made against members at the Newcastle Herald or the Illawarra Mercury. Sydney members should attend a pre-return union meeting at 9.30am Friday 16 December at level 18, Darling Park to hear a report. The full AIRC orders can be found here.