The Australian Services Union (ASU) Victorian secretary, Ingrid Stitt, told 91自拍论坛 Weekly that Labor聮s new Interim Transitional Employment Agreements are a 聯wolf in sheep聮s clothing聰. The ITEAs were introduced by the Rudd government to replace the notorious Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs <17> individual contracts).
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Union Solidarity activists blockaded the Dandenong mail distribution centre overnight on September 19 in response to Australia Post鈥檚 proposed transfer of a union delegate who took strike action three months ago.
While 鈥淏lue Glue鈥 may sound like a new party drug, it鈥檚 in fact much more sinister and less fun. According to the company of the same name, Blue Glue is a marvel of innovation, 鈥渉elping clients create secure environments, manage information and deploy global solutions鈥, says the Defence Materiel Organisation鈥檚 website.
Nothing is beyond big business in its unscrupulous drive for profits.
Eight hundred unionists and supporters protested outside the Geelong Magistrates鈥 Court on September 12, as Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) official Noel Washington appeared, charged with refusing to cooperate with the Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC).
Fairfax journalists, photographers, artists and graphic designers returned to work on September 1 after a four-day strike. The strike affected the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, the Age, the Illawarra Mercury and the Newcastle Herald.
MELBOURNE 聴 On September 12-13, the Victorian Young Unionists聮 Network (YUN) will host a 聯maintain the rage聰 conference for young people at Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC). The theme is to serve as a reminder that Work Choices legislation still exists and needs to be fought.
聯The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister have got it right on the ABCC [Australian Building and Construction Commission]聰, wrote Wilhelm Harnisch, Master Builders Australia聮s (MBA) chief executive officer, on August 28 on the ABC Unleashed website.
Building unions, legal representatives and building workers met with ALP parliamentarians in Canberra on August 25 to lobby for the abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission.
On September 9, the Victorian parliament will start debating the Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008. The bill will make abortions up to 24 weeks of gestation lawful.
Journalists at Fairfax publications walked off the job after mass meetings on August 28. The journalists, members of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), struck for a pay increase and against the announced sacking of 550 staff from Australian and New Zealand Fairfax operations.
Two thousand striking Technical and Further Education (TAFE) teachers gathered at Melbourne聮s Atheneum Theatre on August 20 to demand better pay and conditions. The last time Victorian TAFE teachers went on strike was under Jeff Kennett聮s Coalition state government 13 years ago.
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