Fabric Textiles News
Mill's Material Gain
Wednesday March 15, 2000
IT was a subdued atmosphere at the National Textiles Rutherford picket line late yesterday as a truck carrying controversial fire-proof fabric bound for a Queensland textiles factory passed through the front gates. The $140,000 worth of cotton drill cloth should arrive at the Stewart and Heaton CQuest Over For Workers
Tuesday March 14, 2000
THE eight-week saga at National Textiles' Rutherford plant is about to draw to a close, with union members unanimously voting to lift all bans and man the picket line on a temporary basis. Sacked Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union employees who met at the picket line yesterday were told by uniOrdeal Over, Now For Retirement
Monday March 13, 2000
BARRY Evans is a relieved man. The sacked fabric worker has only missed one day during the seven-week picket line outside National Textiles old Rutherford factory. He said he's not really concerned about how much money he's won in the fight. He's simply glad that it's all at an end. `ItTables Turn
Saturday March 11, 2000
THE refusal by sacked National Textiles workers to release fabric from the Rutherford factory to keep fellow unionists in work has been described as `selfish and bloody minded' by their own union officials. Textile Clothing and Footwear Union officials made an impassioned plea yesterday to workeLacking In Heart
Saturday March 11, 2000
FORMER National Textiles employees have shamed themselves and the Hunter with their decision yesterday not to allow the immediate release of fabric urgently needed by a Queensland clothing firm. The 80 workers at the Gympie factory in question have seen their working days reduced from nine a foA Matter Of Trust: Ban May Be Lifted
Friday March 10, 2000
SACKED workers will consider today relaxing a ban on the removal of assets from the defunct National Textiles factory after a trust was established to protect a portion of their unpaid entitlements. The jobs of 80 Queensland textiles workers were threatened earlier this week when trade unionists