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MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Close to 30,000 workers will take to the streets of Melbourne today calling for job security and guaranteed employee entitlements.
Unions have organised meetings at capital cities and larger regional towns across the country to coincide with national jobs forums.
Melbourne's meeting will be preceded by a rally of thousands of Ansett employees, manufacturing workers and construction unions.
Victorian Trades Hall Council warned that up to 30,000 people could join the protest, blocking city streets as they make their way to the forum in the city square.
The Australian Industry Group (AIG) tried to stop the march yesterday, placing an urgent application before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) to ban workers ...
Source: HighBeam Research, 300,000 AUSTRALIAN WORKERS EXPECTED TO JOIN MELBOURNE PROTEST.