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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 [...]
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 [...]
Right to strike campaign
Campaign launched for unions’ right to strike Sunday, February 26, 2012 By Susan Price Len Cooper, the secretary of the Victorian Telecommunications Division of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, wrote to Victorian unions last August inviting them to take part in a discussion “aimed at leading to the formation of a campaign on the [...]
ACTU for the right to strike reforms of FWA
ACTU submission on the FWA Review February 2012 Section only on the Restrictions on taking protected industrial action – one key reform for the Gillard government and Minister Bill Shorten “The UN and ILO recognise the freedom to strike as a fundamental human right. It is particularly important in the context of collective bargaining. However, [...]
Len Cooper: Campaign for the Right to Strike
THE RIGHT TO STRIKE AND ORGANISE IN AUSTRALIA by Len Cooper (Please distribute. Make your contributions to education for the Right to Strike Campaign,) “It is not well understood in Australia, but working people are denied the right to strike almost entirely. We are within a hairs breath of being denied the right to strike [...]
Canberra forum on strikes
Canberra: Strikes and the Right to Strike Forum 1pm Friday 24th February 2012 Place: Unions ACT Training room at 189 Flemington Rd, Mitchell Chris White reports on strikes and the right to strike for the Forum discussion. The National Right to Strike Campaign 2012 Unions resolve to ensure the Fair Work Act become ILO International [...]
Apple – conditions in China
This blog has followed the international concern about the conditions for workers in China assembling Apple products. Support this petition. Put China into my search http://sumofus.org/campaigns/ethical-iphone/?sub=fb
News from LabourStart
- Australia: BHP's aim is to break the power of unions
- Turkey: Support for Arrested KESK Women
- Ireland: IMPACT calls on Government to deliver reforms on collective bargaining and employees' rights
- Australia: Unions wrap up ACTU Congress with renewed vigour to campaign for rights at work and fairer Australia
- Colombia: Urgent Action: Colombian union leaders in danger
- Europe: IndustriALL-European Trade Union Born Today with Merger of Three Federations
- Bangladesh: Workers suffering from low wages end days of strikes and riots sparked by disappearance of trade union leader
- Switzerland: Unions hold protest at International Olympic Committee to support Canadian Rio Tinto workers
- Global: Full coverage of IUF congress in Geneva
- Turkey: Turkish Government ’s anti-democratic attack on the right to strike
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