Sir,

I note with interest that car-parts maker Ion has entered Voluntary
Administration. I operate an email list, called Unpaid Mushrooms,
that will be of interest to most of Ion's 3000 employees, whose
purpose is to inform employees and creditors who find the Voluntary
Administration process daunting, and cannot afford legal advice.

We also lobby the government in a bid to make insolvency law simpler
for creditors, and we can help keep an eye on the Administrators, who
might otherwise cause problems for employees claiming GEERS - the
Government scheme set up to pay workers in failed companies.

The group helps keep employees informed.

This group, formerly called OT Mushrooms, operates without any funding
whatsoever. Ion employees (or anyone else) can join for free, or just
browse, on http://yahoogroups.com.au/groups/otmushrooms/

Nick Bishop, Unpaid Mushrooms list controller.
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