Chris is a labour law researcher, specialising in China and the right to strike. He spent 27 years in the SA union movement. Chris now lives in Canberra. More →
On 9 September 1910, four State unions formed the Australian Builders’ Labourers’ Federation, with Tasmania following in November and West Australia joining in 1966. Humphrey McQueen will publish a broad brush history of the Federation in April next year, titled We Built This Country, builders’ labourers and their unions, 1780s to the future (Ginninderra Press). [...]
In Australia, we’re in a pretty lucky position when it comes to dealing with multinational companies. Just this year we negotiated a world-first nation wide agreement with the anti-union company FedEx. It’s important we stand together, not just at home, but in other countries. Because some multinational companies take advantage of foreign labour laws and [...]
This is an excellent evening that we experienced last saturday at the Darwin Arts Festival. NGURRU-MILMARRAMIRIW / WRONG SKIN THE CHOOKY DANCERS CREATED BY NIGEL JAMIESON IN ASSOCIATION WITH GAVIN ROBINS, JOSHUA BOND, ELCHO ISLAND’S CHOOKY DANCERS AND COMMUNITY ELDERS “A MUSIC-DANCE-THEATRE EXTRAVAGANZA…THE ENTERTAINMENT METER HIT THE ROOF” THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER From the broken asphalt [...]
The Best Hated Man in Australia The Life and Death of Percy Brookfield 1875 – 1921 by Paul Robert Adams Book review by Chris White During our tweedledum-dee election I read the biography of Percy Brookfield – a conviction left labour politician. Historian Dr Paul Robert Adams takes us through Brookfield’s exciting story – the [...]
CWU TV – video news for union members The UK Communications Workers Union – covering the postal industry (such as British Mail) has a fantastic, high quality “TV” channel online. The production qualities for CWU TV are very high, and it is up to date, covering recent issues like the UK Labour leadership vote. The [...]
Act now against escalation of war in Afghanistan Dear Friends, In the last few months ten Australian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan. Since the Dutch have pulled out of their previous position near Tarin Kowt in the Orūzgan Province, the US military has filled the gap, and their approach is not working, as can [...]
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U.S. Social Forum 2010 By Chris Spannos Celebrating the first ever U.S. Social Forum (USSF) in Atlanta, Georgia in 2007, National Planning Committee member Rubén Solís avowed, “This won’t end in Atlanta.” He was right. Three years later, the second USSF was held in Detroit, Michigan, June 22-26. In the period between the Forums, the [...]
