Vic: Vic power dispute gets darker = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-07-2000
Vic: Vic power dispute gets darker = 2

Mr Mighell said the unions would refuse to resume talks in the AIRC.

"The unions are terribly disappointed with the attitude of Yallourn Energy - their
arrogance and their total refusal to accept the umpire's decision, a mediator they agreed
to and the unions agreed to," he said.

"Mike Johnston hasn't presented himself; he hasn't faced one moment of negotiations.

"I'm just on 23 hours being here, all the other unions have toughed it out, everyone
else has, bar him. He came down to hand grenade the process to destroy the agreements
reached with the …