Michael Lebowitz Marxist economist was in Canberra last night speaking on the capitalist crisis and the path to human development. Luis Bilbao United Socialist Party also spoke on Venezuela, Socialism in Latin America. Michael Lebowitz was earlier on ABC Late Night Live. He features on a number of posts on this blog. He mentioned his [...]
Put people first: G20 protests
Mass rallies and conferences and lobbying by the Put People First coalition was not reported in our Australian capitalist media. Labour Start has extensive reports of the issues from many social and union groups. http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/show_news.pl?country=Global
Pressure MPs for paid maternity leave
It is essential to keep the pressure on to ensure Paid Maternity Leave is included in the 2009 Federal Budget. 1. Send the digital video petition to members of parliament – http://www.rightsatwork.com.au/campaigns/pmlpetitionaction 2. Send an email to members of the Expenditure Review Committee – http://www.rightsatwork.com.au/campaigns/pmlemailaction With your support, Paid Maternity Leave can be included in [...]
Building workers still targetted under ALP ‘reforms’
Construction workers will continue to be discriminated against under proposed new laws: from AWU 03 April 2009 http://www.awu.net.au/261_5.html http://www.rightsonsite.org.au Construction workers will have fewer rights than other employees and will continue to be discriminated against if the recommendations of the Wilcox Inquiry are adopted, unions say. In June 2008 the Minister for Employment and Industrial [...]
Westgate bridge dispute
In early March the multi-national construction giant John Holland sacked 39 Westgate Bridge workers because they refused to take a cut in their wages and conditions below industry standards. The 39 sacked Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) and Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) members were employed last December by Civil Pacific Services, the company [...]
China:union report
The way forward for trade unions and workers in China: A new research report from CLB http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/100424 The mass unemployment, lower wages and job insecurity created by the global economic crisis threatens the livelihoods of millions of Chinese workers, especially rural migrants who have little or no social security net to fall back on. Will [...]
Framework of Flesh: published
Humphrey McQueen’s new book Framework of Flesh Builders’ Labourers Battle for Health & Safety “The genius of Humphrey McQueen has brought to life the tremendous and sometimes fatal efforts made by building labourers in constructing the built environment of Australia. I hope that Framework of Flesh is read by every building worker and by all [...]
Capitalist crisis:search roundtable
I attended this Search roundtable discussion on the capitalist and environmental crisis. Papers were most interesting; access them here. http://www.search.org.au/projects/roundtables/roundtable-iv/sydney Session 1 – The Crisis & Australia How did it happen? Will Australia suffer less than other OECD countries? What should be done to prevent working Australians from losing their homes? Assoc Prof Steve Keen, [...]
Stop the cell off: virtual rally today
The Stop The Cell Off campaign is an initiative of the Public Service Association of NSW, the trade union representing the state’s public prison officers. 3800 members work in the state’s prisons, and are fighting to keep NSW prisons in public hands, and retain jobs and services in local areas. “There’s been no signal from [...]
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