Pip Hinman
An Australian coalition of West Papua support groups has asked the UN to list West Papua as a non-governing territory requiring a self-determination plebiscite.
Joe Collins from the Australia-West Papua Association in Sydney said, "It
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Farooq Tariq, Lahore
On April 26, a Pakistan Bhatta Mazdoor Union convention at the Lahore Press Club unanimously decided to end a national bhatta (brick-kiln) workers' strike after the government and bosses both made concessions. The strike began
SYDNEY — The union representing journalists in Australia says that press freedom is increasingly under pressure. The media muzzled: Australia's 2006 press freedom report, sponsored by the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance), was released on
Sam Wainwright, Perth
WA insurance companies are defrauding Medicare through the state's workers' compensation system.
Not content with extracting more than $255 million profit in the last financial year, the insurers have found a way of avoiding
Stuart Munckton
Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's National Assembly and one the revolution's central leaders, gave a wide-ranging interview to Nestor Kohan and Luciano Alzaga, which was published on the Rebelion website on April 18. The
Barry Sheppard, San Francisco
Something that was completely unexpected even five weeks ago will happen this year — marches and rallies of hundreds of thousands of workers on May 1 in more than 100 cities and towns across the country.
May Day,
Zoe Kenny, Sydney
A number of commercial fishing operators from Sydney Harbour have levels of dioxin in their blood 10 times higher than the national average as a result of eating their catch. The tests were conducted by ABC TV's 7.30 Report after
Sarah Stephen
This month marks 60 years since the Pilbara pastoral workers' strike, sometimes referred to as the "Blackfellas' Eureka". It started on May 1, 1946, and lasted until 1949, making it the longest strike in Australia's history.
The
On April 26, "Freedom Day", 5000 people joined a protest in Durban to mourn the "death of freedom". S'bu Zikode, leader of the shack dwellers movement Abahlali base Mjondolo, said residents from 35 informal settlements joined the demonstration to
Casual labour
I was employed as a casual loss prevention officer (LPO) for over three years. Through working very steady hours the first two years, I developed the expectation that, as I was fulfilling an apparent need, my hours should continue.
Peter Boyle
In London's famous Hyde Park, on May 4, 1890, Eleanor Marx (daughter of Karl) addressed the first ever May Day rally in England.
"I am speaking this afternoon not only as a trade unionist, but as a socialist. Socialists believe that
A report released on April 20 by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Fighting for Alternatives: Case Studies of Successful Trade Union Resistance to the Policies of the World Bank and IMF, highlights how unions in Africa, Asia,
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