Prayer for the Eve of May Day Shine, sun, for May DAY! We are not yet so strong That we can give you orders, but we must Have your co-operation in our festival. Let not a cloud obscure your radiance, But shine on high as we do here below. Shine, sun for May Day! You [...]
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Manual labour
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ICT in schools
For research on ICT in schools with student voices ‘Listening to Students’ and Educators’ Voices: Research Findings’ by Associate Professor Kathryn Moyle, the DPM has released this: http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/DigitalEducationRevolution/Resources/Pages/Resources.aspx http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Releases/Pages/Article_091022_114337.aspx
Fair Work Bill: right to information a fraud
The Fair Work Bill. The National Employment Standard. Right to information? Rights to information and consultation about work and employer decision-making is a key industrial relations issue. The ACTU found in a survey of 8,000 workers 70% were ‘very concerned or concerned’ about the lack of information and consultation in their workplace. So what is [...]
FWB:a family friendly fraud
I am reading the Fair Work Bill that has new National Employment Standards,. But a standard that is not enforceable is not a right. Here is the family friendly fraud. The DPM’s response to the work/family collision is a NES ‘entitlement’. Employees with at least twelve months’ service can request ‘a change in working arrangements’ [...]
ICTUR 2009
I am in London and met Daniel Blackburn the Director of the ICTUR, the International Committee on Trade Unipn Rights at their Internationa Office. Iasked: What are the priorities of ICTUR’s work? Without question the trade union rights situation in Colombia remains the most serious in the world. Miguel Puerto, a Colombian human rights lawyer [...]
Most read articles in Dec
Too many articles to handle? If you missed out on a great article from last month, here’s a quick digest of the most popular that you may want to check out: Leighton: Gillard’s honourable men Posted on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 in ABCC Australian Building and Construction Commission – Comments: (0) On Monday, 27 October, [...]
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