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Freeport strike

By on November 11, 2011 in Collective Bargaining, Right to Strike, Workers Rights

From AAWL support striking Freeport workers Read here http://aawl.org.au/content/donate-freeport-strikers

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Obama in Darwin

By on November 11, 2011 in China, Timor-Leste, US politics

From the Wall Street Journal Move Aimed at Countering China in Asia, Clarifying Free Access to South China Sea and President Obama comes to Darwin for the military build up…read here

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Dili massacre remembered

By on November 10, 2011 in Social justice, Timor-Leste

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% [...]

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Precarious workers struggle

By on November 10, 2011 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, Collective Bargaining, Labour Law

South Korea’s 300 Day Aerial Sit-in Strike Highlights Plight of Precarious Workers in Korea and the Philippines by Tammy Ko Robinson November 1 marked the passage of day 300 of the aerial sit-in strike being waged by Kim Jin-suk. The former employee of Hanjin and current Direction Committee member for the Busan chapter of the [...]

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China conference

By on November 10, 2011 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, China, Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Workers Rights

COMPARATIVE CHINESE LABOUR STUDIES CONFERENCE 18-19 NOVEMBER 2011 UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY, BUILDING 10 ROOM 03.330 DAY ONE – FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2011 0900 – 0930 Professor Attila Brungs Deputy Vice Chancellor Research Professor Maurizio Marinelli Director China Research Centre Professor Anita Chan China Research Centre Session One 0930 – 1015 Mary Evans, Liu Mingwei, [...]

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Workers rights in the garment industry

By on November 10, 2011 in China, Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Workers Rights

The garment industry from China to the Pacific Rim: strategies for improving work conditions, rights and organising vulnerable workers – A Public Forum followed by Book launch presented by UTS China Research Centre, together with the Asian Women at Work. This forum will connect the issues facing workers, particularly homeworkers in the garment industry in [...]

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Equal pay

By on November 9, 2011 in Collective Bargaining, Social justice, Workers Rights

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 [...]

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Abolish coercive powers

By on November 9, 2011 in ABCC Australian Building and Construction Commission, Collective Bargaining, Right to Strike, Workers Rights

ABCC abolition bill should go further and abolish coercive powers The Gillard Government should follow through on its mandate to abolish the ABCC by ensuring its coercive powers are not moved to another organisation, the CFMEU said today. CFMEU Construction National Secretary Dave Noonan said the legislation introduced to the House of Representatives today was [...]

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New era

By on November 7, 2011 in Environmental crisis

Congratulations to all campaigning for carbon price laws passing the Senate. The struggle enters a new era. From the ACTU “Passing of climate change legislation provides certainty for workers The passing of the Clean Energy Future legislation through the Senate today marks the beginning of a new era of economic reform for Australia. ACTU President [...]

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