Capitalism: a crock of crooks by Humphrey McQueen For months, the bosses, their stenographers in the mass media and their political agents have been publicising corruption in the East Branch of the Health Services Union to tar the whole of the labour movement. The responses from the Killard government and the ACTU have been as [...]
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Millionaires tax
Time for a ‘millionaires’ tax’ to ensure the wealthiest Australians pay their fair share Reforms to make the wealthiest Australians pay their fair share of tax must be stepped up, including the introduction of a new “millionaires’ tax”. At next week’s ACTU Congress, unions will discuss proposals to shift the tax burden off the shoulders [...]
Behind unemployment figure
← The myths that abound in Federal Budget Papers Australian labour market – converting unemployment into hidden unemployment by Bill Mitchell Today’s release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) of the Labour Force data for April 2012 reveals a weak labour market with the employment gains being confined to part-time work and workers dropping [...]
Budget
Union stories from this link http://oz.labourstart.org/ Ged Kearney ACTU Responding to the 2012 Federal Budget, ACTU President Ged Kearney said: “The 2012-13 Federal Budget will help shape a fairer Australia, through a more progressive tax system, better assistance for low and middle income earners and protection for jobs in struggling businesses. “The Government has had [...]
Our spending on the military
Australian Defence Facts and Figures Australia is among the top military spenders per capita. This is not something to boast about! There are alternatives – for example, well resourced public schools with better facilities and smaller classes to educate the citizens of the future; more beds in our public hospitals with more nurses with better [...]
Free the refugees
National Convergence in Darwin on the refugee question. Rallies and rock and roll and protest – also protests check in your state. Weather is changing from the wet season to the dry. Time to be in Darwin this Easter weekend. Darwin is an hourly horror for detained refugees. Darwin is rapidly becoming Australia’s detention capital. [...]
Co-operative?
Follow the actions of these unionised workers in the US – now a cooperative is on the agenda in response to redundancies. http://www.truth-out.org/republic-windows-workers-consider-employee-owned-co-op/1330711182
Chomsky on war with Iran
Noam Chomsky: What are Iran’s intentions? http://www.truth-out.org/what-are-irans-intentions/1330707877 Time for Australia to be independent from US/Israel.
Invading East Timor
Who really invaded East Timor in World War II by Clinton Fernandes posted by Jose Teixeira http://www.facebook.com/jteixeira.timor.leste/posts/3332701680568
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