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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Nanhai Honda strike in China and the union from Australia Asia Worker links http://www.aawl.org.au/content/chinese-workers-demand-democratic-unions and China Labor News Translations July 2010 http://www.clntranslations.org/article/56/honda ‘One of the most interesting dimensions of the recent strikes at three Honda auto components factories in the Pearl River Delta region has been workers’ clearly articulated demand for their enterprise unions [...]
Australia Asia Worker Links Reports on workers and their unions in struggle and campaigns from Bangladesh, Korea, Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia. http://aawl.org.au/
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 [...]
Workers, unions and stopping Abbott by Tim Gooden ‘For many union leaders afraid of a Coalition victory on August 21, campaigning against Tony Abbott simply means campaigning for Julia Gillard. With a conservative win on the cards unions have escalated their pro-ALP campaigning. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union — which has filled Labor’s coffers with [...]
Greens will use Senate to ensure workplace fairness Media Release | Spokesperson Rachel Siewert The Australia Greens have voiced serious concerns that a Coalition Government would bow to pressure from big business to make unfair changes to Australia’s workplace laws. Senator Rachel Siewert, Greens IR spokesperson, notes media reports today have highlighted how changes to [...]
