They wont print this !
David
I hope this is relevent to this group.
I was recently involved in an Unfair dismissal claim through the Queensland
Industrial Court. An out of court settlement occurred in which the company
being sued had to provide a public statement.
I then took the statement to the CAIRNS POST newspaper and asked to pay to
publish the statement. After being stuffed around for 10 days the
advertising manager finally called me and told me that they wouldn't print
it. I asked why and was told that I would have to speak to their
soliciters. I also phoned back the representative from the paper who I had
first contacted, to be told that the company I had sued had told the CAIRNS
POST that if they printed my add, all advertising of their's would be
stopped. This contract apparently worth around the $50 000.00 mark.
Interesting isn't it ? They took the booking in the first place.
Here follows was the statement.
David Young & Geoff Rudd -v- KOPPEN Investments pty ltd trading as PLAYPEN
International
The parties announce that the unfair dismissal applications brought by
David Young and Geoff Rudd against Koppen Investments pty ltd in respect of
their dismissals on 31st May 1996 have been resolved in FAVOUR OF DAVID
YOUNG AND GEOFF RUDD. The terms of settlement are confidential to the
parties.
B.W.KOPPEN
Koppen Investments pty ltd
By BRETT WARREN KOPPEN
Clear censorship on behalf of the Cairns Post.
David
Robert Atkins
On 4 May 1997 15:29:50 GMT, David <dj...@b022.aone.net.au> wrote:
>I hope this is relevent to this group.
Yes, it is... possibly aus.media-watch as well.
[chomp]
>Clear censorship on behalf of the Cairns Post.
Hmm, censorship on behalf of the Cairns Post? I don't know. Sounds more
like a sensible commercial decision to me. Censorship by your
ex-employer? Possibly.
Totally unrelated question: Does a threat to take ones business elsewhere
constitute blackmail?
Cheers,
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John Mack
[Attempt to publish result of unfair dismissal case blocked when company
threatened to withdraw advertising]
> >Clear censorship on behalf of the Cairns Post.
>
> Hmm, censorship on behalf of the Cairns Post? I don't know. Sounds more
> like a sensible commercial decision to me. Censorship by your
> ex-employer? Possibly.
>
> Totally unrelated question: Does a threat to take ones business elsewhere
> constitute blackmail?
Possibly. I'd take it up with the authorities. Also, if you are able,
I'd take them back to court: if the agreement was to issue a "public"
statement, and they've resorted to unethical means to keep it from
becoming public, then they've breached the terms of the settlement (I
think - check with a your lawyer).
John Mack
peter...@bigpond.com
> I hope this is relevent to this group.
>
>
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