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May Day poem

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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Common Dreams

I read daily news and analysis from US Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/

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Manual labour

Labour Start photo – manual labour http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmasad/3951175816/ View other photos http://www.labourstart.org/lpoty/

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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

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AVAAZ

Web based actions https://secure.avaaz.org/en/ Sign the Climate Change petition and others

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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 [...]

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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’ [...]

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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 [...]

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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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