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Tahmoor incident a police matter

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News of a threat to the safety of an Xstrata staff member on the NSW South Coast on the weekend is of great concern.

Any threat of violence is to be condemned and thoroughly investigated by police.

I’m very disappointed that Xstrata has pre-empted the police investigation and immediately portrayed this incident as an industrial issue.

Xstrata made a public statement claiming the incident is in some way connected to the industrial negotiations between the Union and management at Tahmoor Colliery. This is completely inappropriate.

The only way to deal with these matters is to allow the police to properly investigate the matter. Our Union is urging anyone with any information about this incident to come forward and provide it to the police.

Xstrata management should immediately stop using the police investigation for its own industrial purpose.

1 comment on "Tahmoor incident a police matter"

Guess Who said on Wed, 21/07/2010 - 16:31:
Judge, Jury and executioner.. obviously Xstrata has been withholding information from wollongong detectives as they were very quick to point the finger at the CFMEU and threaten the use of legal action against them. Yes it is a cowardly act, and is condemned by the CFMEU and all its members, but lets let the police do their job and investigate before pointing fingers.