Inpex signs deal to pay darwin aboriginal group millions as part of compensation agreement

Inpex signs deal to pay darwin aboriginal group millions as part of compensation agreement

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A large sum has been paid out to a family of three who have been stranded in remote Darwin, Western Australia, for decades as a result of Australian-made signs being stuck in sand.

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It is to be paid by the Australian Building and Construction Commission in the form of a share of its corporate income바카라 tax share

Adelaide group signor Robert Dickson worked for the company for 15 years and left at the end of 2013

Mr Dickson’s family was entitled to $20,000 in compensation for the time he spent building the signs, which appeared on the town’s buildings and homes.

It is understood they were the only sign they could find while the signs were stuck.

Adelaide Building and Construction Commission chairman Chris Tew said it was the first time an Australian business had paid compensation for such a long time as part of the state’s compensation package to a remote Aboriginal community.

He said it would make sense to do something similar to the Kiawahine community in Sydney who were among the worst affected by the giant iron sign controversy.

„[The Darwin sign deal] might as well be called ‚We know what you are going through‘: there’s no better way to show that it’s not just a few people,“ Mr Tew said.

Mr Dickson has returned to his home in the town’s village, where he lives with his wife and children, after spending the past 12 years, working in a company that makes sign boards for homes, hospitals, shops and other businesses.

„My heart says ’no‘ and my body says ‚yes‘,“ said Mr Dickson.

„I’ve got a life, I’m able to make something of myself, so the only question was, would it make sense for me and my family to stand here?

„Yes.“

The deal was announced after the construction company agreed not to renew its contract with Advertiser Media to carry ads on its website through January 2016.

Mr Dickson, 바카라who retired from the company in 2003 after 25 years at the helm, said he would never work again as a sign painter at a major Australian company.

„If something as small as a single sign doesn’t make the difference between a happy family or a sad family, then what will?“ Mr Dickson said.

„You thin

Electricity workers to strike next week in response to their pay cuts

Electricity workers to strike next week in response to their pay cuts

The union represents 3,000 electricians, plumbers, welders and pipefitters and is the largest in the nation.

Some 400 of its members are scheduled to walk off the job at 4 p.m. Sunday at San Jose International Airport, after their employers in Southern California decided to cut their annual bonus by 25 percent over five years.

In the past three months, the union’s workers‘ pay for health care insurance and pension plans has gone up by 13.4 percent, according to pay stubs filed with the State Labor Commissioner’s Office, while average hourly pay for the same work has increased 7.5 percent.

The company says it will increase the bonus by 15 percent over three years with the cut to workers in the lowest-paying jobs in the service industries.

The union leaders say that since they received such a drastic pay cut during the recession, many workers cannot afford or plan for better pay in the future.

„You don’t come into this job having a great future, you come in with a huge gap,“ said Eric Dufay, the vice president of the Electricians & Pipefitters United Union, a local union that represents electricians.

„You’re coming in with the prospect of having to take more days off and more pay cuts when you want to come in and see how much this바카라사이트 company wants to take you,“ said Dufay.

The union says it expects many workers to walk off the job over the next several days, which is against the state’s contract with unions that provide health care benefits to workers and benefits like pensions and social security.

In the meantime, the State Labor Commissioner’s Office says workers will be paid $25 per hour for overtime hours — just before their pay cut. The pay cut for that amount — even if they took more days off for sick leave, sick days and other vacatio우리카지노ns — would 우리카지노also result in a 6.25 percent decrease in pay, which is $400,000 a year.

According to figures from the California Labor Department, the state paid out almost $15 billion in employee salaries in 2010.

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