Pip Hinman, Sydney
NSW police charged Socialist Alliance activist Alex Bainbridge on April 26 with "Use/operate a loudspeaker/public address system" for his involvement in a February 17 protest against the state-funded memorial service for deceased
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Sue Bolton
In the early 1900s, the car manufacturing boss Henry Ford said, "Why is it when I hire a pair of hands, I get a human being as well?"
Ford wanted a worker machine, not a human being, and Australia's federal government and major
Niko Leka
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) officers had told me the seminar about Work Choices was to inform employees, employers and interested others. Within moments of it starting, however, it was clear that the bosses
On April 20, two workers were shot and killed by police, another was crushed to death and 40 others wounded when Mexican authorities attacked striking workers occupying the Sicartsa steel mill. Parts of the plant have now been taken over by the army
Tim Gooden
The new anti-worker laws have been in place for only a month and in that time the horror stories the ACTU warned us about have come true.
Workers have been sacked for "operational requirements", Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs -
Message Stick: The Healer — Brian Dowd runs an Aboriginal men's healing program called Back on Track, highly regarded for helping turn around the lives of countless Aboriginal men. ABC, Friday May 5, 6pm.
The Chaser's War on Everything —
Marce Cameron, Sydney
The Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network (AVSN) and the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society have joined forces to call for a rally outside the US consulate in Sydney on May 20 as part of an international day of action in
John Gauci, Sydney
At the April 27 Unions NSW meeting it was reported that four Sydney-based combined delegate meetings would take place at the following locations:
May 18, 10am — Masonic Centre, Sydney and Blacktown RSL; lMay 15, 10am —
John Pilger
People ask: Can this be happening in Britain? Surely not. A centuries-old democratic constitution cannot be swept away. Basic human rights cannot be made abstract. Those who once comforted themselves that a Labour government would never
One hundred and fifty years ago, on April 21, the eight-hour-day movement began in Australia when stonemasons and building workers marched through Melbourne.
The young working class of this country proved its industrial worth as one trade after
WOLLONGONG — PM John Howard was met by 200 Shoalhaven protesters on April 24 demanding that his government abandon its anti-worker laws. Arthur Rorris, South Coast Labour Council secretary, told the protesters: "It's appalling to think that Howard
On April 26, federal cabinet decided to proceed "in principle" with the introduction of a new "access card" to be used when accessing government-run health or welfare services.
Despite claims to the contrary, the introduction of the card lays the
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