Chris Slee, Melbourne
"Union rights are civil rights was the theme of an October 12 public meeting organised by the Socialist Alliance at the Victorian Trades Hall bar.
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union legal officer Jesse
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Stuart Munckton
The Venezuelan government has reacted to fresh allegations, originating from inside the US. According to an October 11 Venezuelanalysis.com article, the Miami-based Inter-American Press Association accused the left-wing government
Tim Doughney
The next major anti-war protests, to be held on November 5 and 6 around Australia, will focus on the main aspects of the "war on terror", calling for the immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, and also an end to the attacks
A report commissioned by SA Unions, which took two years to compile and surveyed 800 young workers from South Australia, showed that:
36% of young workers were pressured to work overtime without pay;
43% were pressured to work while sick;
42%
SYDNEY — Members of the Maritime Union of Australia employed at the Glebe Island car terminal refused to go to work on October 14 after hearing of a NSW Labor government plan to fast-track the site's closure. With the support of Unions NSW and the
On October 20, Nigeria reached an agreement with the rich, creditor countries of the Paris Club for the cancellation of US$18 billion of Nigeria's US$35.9 billion debt. However, in return, Nigeria had to commit to paying the Paris Club $12.4 billion,
In Hidalgo, Mexico, a group of young, mostly female workers as young as 13 years of age have been illegally locked out for protesting their unsafe, unjust working conditions (including child labour violations, forced pregnancy testing and appalling
Since September 2001, 1547 asylum seekers spent time in an Australian-funded "processing centre" on Nauru or PNG's Manus Island. Nine hundred and fifty eight (65.5%) were resettled: 563 in Australia; 401 in New Zealand; 20 in Sweden, six in Denmark,
On October 15, 25 Survival International members were removed from the Oxford Union for "wearing offensive T-shirts" and "asking offensive questions" during a visit by Botswana's President Festus Mogae. The protesters wore shirts reading "Botswana
Jon Lamb, Darwin
The announcement on October 13 by the federal government that it will pass special legislation to override Northern Territory laws that may obstruct the location of a nuclear waste dump in the NT has hardened local opposition to
Iraq correspondent for the British Guardian Rory Carroll was kidnapped by Shia gunmen in Baghdad on October 19 after conducting an interview with a victim of Saddam Hussein's regime in Sadr City. Carroll, who has been in Iraq since January, was
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