(NB: The Border Mail operates in the Albury/Wodonga area, where ION
has a factory with about 700 employees. I might also get a
full-blooded story in, too)

http://www.bordermail.com.au/newsflow/pageitem?page_id=857662

Thu, Dec 09, 2004

Information for ION staff

I NOTE that ION is in voluntary administration.

I operate an e-mail list called Unpaid Mushrooms that will be of
interest to most of IONs 3000 employees.

Its purpose is to inform employees and creditors who find the
voluntary administration process daunting and cannot afford legal advice.

We also lobby government in a bid to make insolvency law simpler for
creditors.

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,

Vermont South