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 →
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 [...]
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 [...]
South African Public Sector Strike Highlights Society’s Contradictions Patrick Bond The two major civil service unions on strike against the South African (SA) government vow to intensify pressure in coming days, in a struggle pitting a million members of the middle and lower ranks of society against a confident government leadership fresh from hosting the [...]
Why Wikileaks Must Be Protected By John Pilger Thursday, August 19, 2010 Z Communications On 26 July, Wikileaks released thousands of secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan. Cover-ups, a secret assassination unit and the killing of civilians are documented. In file after file, the brutalities echo the colonial past. From Malaya and [...]
Don Sutherland’s discussion on the election on UnionBook http://unionbook2.ning.com/profiles/blogs/first-attempt-at-coherent
From the AMWU The ongoing health of manufacturing industry is one of the top priorities for the AMWU no matter which party governs in Australia. Every member – rightfully – expects us to maximise our efforts to work with government to defend and grow manufacturing. When the Labor government had to deal with the global [...]
We didn’t rally around the country leading up 2007 to see anti-union reactionary Tony Abbott become Prime Minister, three years later! by Brian Boyd VTHC secretary When you cut through all the media hype and mis-information the issue is clear cut – it’s a No vote for Abbott. Because the union movement’s highly successful campaign [...]
Over Fifty Australian Economists Agree Fiscal Stimulus Prevented A Major Recession http://johnquiggin.com/ Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz has stated publicly that the Australian Fiscal Stimulus was a well designed package that saved the Australian economy from a major recession that has hit almost all the other OECD economies. He argued that the Australian package was [...]
