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Anglican priest & former AWU senior delegate – stands with our mining families03 April 2008Reverend Jim Webster has asked the Tasmanian Government to show a little more love to the AWU’s mining membership, campaigning to defend their local community hospital.
Flew the AWU flag for embattled hospital serviceA large AWU contingent flew the union¹s flag when they joined busloads of Tasmania¹s West Coasters going to Hobart in a show of solidarity for the Rosebery community hospital.The miners in the district, along with their families, have played a prominent role in the campaign. " Hours after the rally, the Rosebery Hospital Action Group, met with the Tasmanian Government and we walked away with important promises to improve the embattled hospitals services,"Ian Wakefield, AWU Tasmania Secretary,said. Reverend Jim former AWU member at copper minesFormer AWU member, the Reverend Jim Webster, has put his weight behind the campaign by speaking at the rally." Reverend Jim was an AWU member when he worked at Copper Mines of Tasmania, and was a great senior delegate. " He is still a top supporter and still proudly wears an AWU cap," the AWU¹s Ian Wakefield said. The Anglican Minister addressed hundreds of West Coast residents at the Hobart rally. He told the rally how a month before he had a heart failure and he was forced to wait for more than an hour until the region's only paramedic trained to travel with patients arrived. Isolated hospital cut when mining industry booms" Like a lot of AWU miners I was a Rosebery resident for 15 years, my own children had often needed out-of- hours medical help when we lived on the West Coast. It is unbelievable this is happening at a time when the mining industry is booming," Ian Wakefield, said when he told the crowd why the union was so active in the campaign.Mandy Streets, whose husband is a miner and lives in Rosebery, said her husband had been given the "run- around" by after-hours phone service GP Assist when he was injured at work.
Putting out the helping hand to help othersBut it was Reverend Webster who stirred everyone, telling them that West Coast people deserved better." We on the West Coast love our community." Love is putting out the helping hand to help others. Love comes into everything. Goodness and kindess, it's basic stuff," the former AWU senior delegate and now Anglican priest said.
Read earlier stories about the Rosebery Hospital campaignContact Details The Australian Workers' Union Ph: (02) 8005 3333 Members Hotline: 1300 885 653 Fax: (02) 8005 3300 members@awu.net.au
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