Timor-Leste: Santa Cruz massacre – still waiting for justice 20 years later Amnesty International calls on the governments of Timor-Leste and Indonesia to provide justice for the victims of the Santa Cruz massacre which took place 20 years ago in Dili, the capital. On the morning of 12 November 1991 the Indonesian security forces violently [...]
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Dili massacre remembered
From Rob Wesley-Smith Darwin Just a reminder about the 20th anniversary this Saturday of the Dili Massacre. This was a pivotal event in leading to global awareness of the unjust situation in East Timor, leading towards the UN supervised Ballot on 30th August 1999 where the vote for Independence from Indonesian military control was 78.5% [...]
Equal pay
Community workers applaud Prime Minister’s latest commitment to equal pay 10 November 2011 By the ASU, the social and community services industry union for SACS wprkers Prime Minister Julia Gillard has today made a historic commitment to equal pay for women by coming to an agreement with the Australian Services Union (ASU) on appropriate pay [...]
Insecure work inquiry
Australians get a chance to have their say on insecure work; inquiry opens for submissions today from ACTU Submissions will open today for Australia’s first formal investigation into the rise of insecure work and its effect on families and communities. Workers will have the opportunity to share their stories about the impact of casual, labour [...]
Capitalist networks
Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world from New Scientist ‘AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world, science may have confirmed the protesters’ worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy. The [...]
ACTU inquiry into insecure work
Unions launch new inquiry into insecure work as part of push for better future for Australian workers Former Deputy Prime Minister Brian Howe will chair the independent inquiry into insecure work. 24 October, 2011 ACTU Media Release ‘Workers will have the opportunity to share their stories about the impact of casual and contract employment alongside [...]
OWS: further debate
Occupy Wall St, Occupy Uruguay, Occupy Manila International Airport by Mark Nowak from Monthly Review Press ‘In my last posting on OWS, I related a series of conversations I’d had with global trade union activists on their perceptions of OccupyWallSt. After the article appeared, several global labor activists contacted me with follow-up and feedback. Steve [...]
Education review
Key Challenges for the Funding Review From the AEU A new report highlights the six key challenges that must be addressed by the expert panel conducting the funding review. The Real Reform report by funding expert Dr Jim McMorrow says the funding review and the Government’s response to it early next year was critical and [...]
OWS – Melbourne: what next
In this article Tristan Ewins refutes criticisms of the “We are the 99 per cent” movement and considers tactical questions facing that movement. He also considers the implications of violent tactics on the part of police for the liberal rights of all Australians. At the time the author began writing this article (21/10/11) police in [...]
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