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Sineva Toevai
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Aug 05, 2010 09:42 AM
ABOUT 800 stevedores around Australia walked off the job last week in protest of safety conditions following the death of one of their colleagues in Melbourne.
Work at all P&O Automotive and General Stevedoring (POAGS) sites shut down for 24 hours on July 14 after a 2.5-tonne steel beam fell from a crane at Appleton Dock, killing 41-year old wharf worker Steven Piper.
Mr Piper’s death...
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