National union congress talks Right To Strike Saturday, May 19, 2012 By Paul Benedek, Sydney About 100 unionists packed the Unions NSW Atrium on May 14 to discuss the right to strike campaign, at a fringe event of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Congress that began the same day. Titled “Advance Australia Fair? [...]
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Strike debates
The right to strike, strikes and workers’ control at the ACTU Congress 2012 by Chris White. Unionists need to organise for the right to strike, for the effective strike and for workers’ control. 1. Unions’ right to strike campaign is to repeal all Fair Work Act penal powers and for a ‘firewall’ protection for workers [...]
Jobs and the right to strike
ACTU CONGRESS 2012 Sydney See http://www.actucongress.org.au/site/ ACTU CONGRESS Fringe Event Public meeting AUSTRALIAN JOBS AND THE RIGHT TO STRIKE Discussion and Drinks: Mark Lennon, Ged Kearney, Brian Boyd, Dean Mighell, Len Cooper & more… Time: 5.15pm – 6.15pm Date: Monday 14 May 2012 Where: Unions NSW Atrium, Trades Hall
We Built this Country
SYDNEY BOOK LAUNCH “WE BUILT THIS COUNTRY BUILDERS’ LABOURERS AND THEIR UNIONS 1787 TO THE FUTURE” by Humphrey McQueen The book should be compulsory reading for new and old union officers and organisers; it will certainly challenge them to decide whether they are workers’ representatives or ‘workplace relations practitioners’. Howard Guille, former secretary of the [...]
We Built this Country
Review of McQueen’s history of the BLF We Built this Country. http://workersbushtelegraph.com.au/2012/04/01/review-of-we-built-this-country/ The recorded program of Humphrey McQueen’s Book launch We Built this Country can also be listen to as a podcast on Solidarity Breakfast. “>
ACTU Congress 2012
Save the date: ACTU Congress 2012: 15-17 May, Sydney 26 March, 2012 | Media Release Almost 1000 delegates representing workers from every industry and sector in Australia will attend the ACTU Congress at the Sydney Convention Centre from 15-17 May. This is the largest and most important gathering of Australian unions. Delegates will debate and [...]
The WorkChoices restoration
The Workchoices Restoration or “Unfinished Business”: The Qantas lockout and power at work under the Fair Work Act A shorter version is in Australian Options by Don Sutherland – November, 2011 The context for the Qantas and Nurses’ dispute Right now, about 40% of the Australian workforce is employed in “precarious” or “flexible” employment, and [...]
ABCC goes in name only
Coercive building industry law passes lower house By Susan Price The House of Representatives narrowly passed changes on February 16 to the undemocratic building industry laws that target building workers. The Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill, which will replace the Building Industry Improvement Act, was narrowly adopted by a [...]
Bans for the barrier reef
In light of the current alarm about dredging and dumping in the Reef, it is worth recalling how it was saved by union action which is now illegal under the Fair Work Act. This interesting extract from Humphrey McQueen’s new book reminds us how important trade unions have been in protecting Qld coastline and the [...]
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