No, Julia! New York is Not Working New York City Schools Chancellor and prospective US Secretary of Education, Joel Klein, is in Australia next week to spruik his school reforms. The Federal Education Minister, Julia Gillard, claims that reforms such as reporting individual school results are “working†and have produced “remarkable outcomesâ€. She says that [...]

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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: A pensioner replies Posted on Thursday, November 6th, 2008 in Social justice – Comments: (0) The ALP’s ditching of social equality has come back [...]

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Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out: Avoid UK labour law pitfalls Posted on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 in Collective Bargaining – Comments: (0) King’s College professor of law Keith Ewing [...]

Nothing if you are made redundant
An ALP government insisting there be no redundancy entitlements for millions of working families! This is another outrage. The Rudd government’s vigorous hard-line to keep WorkChoices to appease employer interests is denying any redundancy pay to workers who work for businesses under 15. With this severe capitalist financial crisis, these are the precarious workers already [...]
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