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Ian Jamieson, Fremantle Rail-line construction contractor Leighton-Kumagai has threatened to sack and sue about 430 of its employees — all members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) — who are working the city end of
Stuart Munckton In her February 16 budget speech to the US Senate, during which she singled out the government of Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez for attack, US Secretary of State and renowned neo-conservative Condoleezza Rice came out
Stuart Munckton Venezuela's socialist president Hugo Chavez has sacked three government ministers, according to a February 21 Venezuelanalysis.com report, in response to irregularities and problems relating to food production and distribution.
The United Casual Workers Alliance, which campaigns for the rights of casual and lower paid workers, was launched on February 13 on the Gold Coast. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Dave Riley spoke with Amelia Taylor about the campaign. I guess a large
Cuba's National Office of Statistics has calculated that between 1959 and the end of 2004, the US caused US$80 billion of damage to the island's population through its economic blockade. According to a foreign ministry report on the statistics, which
Sue Bolton, Melbourne "The Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has decided that there should be another national day of action as soon as possible" against the new federal anti-worker laws, AMWU state secretary Dave
Norm Dixon January 9 marked the first anniversary of the historic "comprehensive peace agreement" (CPA), which ended the devastating 21-year war in the south between the central government in Khartoum and the impoverished people of southern Sudan.
Ben Courtice, Melbourne Qantas aircraft maintenance workers marched to passenger terminals in Melbourne on February 28 and in Sydney on March 1 to protest against management's threat to move up to 3000 maintenance jobs to other countries in Asia.
BLUE MOUNTAINS — Labor voters rejected a sleazy preference deal between the ALP and Liberal Party candidates in a Blue Mountains City Council by-election on February 25. Labor candidate Mark Greenhill and the Liberals' Rodney Forrest swapped
SYDNEY — Hundreds of workers protested in martin Place on March 2 against PM John Howard, who was attending a Liberal Party fundraiser to celebrate his 10 years in office. The protest was organised by Unions NSW. Photo by Alex Bainbridge
Linda Waldron The Howard government's new workplace relations laws, which will come into effect at the end of this month, represents a devastating new attack on the work and family life of women workers. Ellen Kleimaker, women's and equity officer
Susan Austin, Hobart A poll published in the Mercury newspaper on February 25 indicated that the Labor Party is likely to win 11 seats in the March 18 state election, the Liberals nine and the Greens five. The Greens, however, are confident of