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Green Left Weekly issue #724, 19 September 2007
AMWU speaks out against 457-visa abuses

Earlier this year, three workers on 457 “guest worker” visas died on the job in separate incidents. Both the construction union (CFMEU) and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) are calling for an independent judicial enquiry into the treatment of all of the 50,000 workers on these v... » Andrews denies Tamil refugees entry

Seventy-two Tamils from Sri Lanka who have been held in detention on the Pacific island of Nauru for more than six months were granted refugee status by the immigration department on September 12. But that does not mean they will be able to live in Australia. » Brisbane continues campaign for civil rights

In the wake of a Federal Court judge finding that the Australian government wrongfully revoked the visa of Dr Mohamed Haneef, a community forum on “Anti-terror laws and your civil rights” was held in Brisbane on September 2. » Collective agreement, sacked delegate at Esselte

On September 10, almost all Esselte workers who had struck against an attempt to impose Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs — individual contracts) went back to work with a union collective agreement. However, David Rojas, the site’s union delegate, has been sacked and barred from the wo... » Meeting supports Tamil trio

On September 9, 300 people met in a community hall in the east Melbourne suburb of Scoresby to show their support for three Tamil community members who were arrested in May under the “anti-terror” laws. » Moolarben mine ‘a reckless act’

On September 11, the Mudgee District Environment Group (MDEG) denounced the NSW Labor government’s approval of the Moolarben coalmine, 40 kilometres north-east of Mudgee on the Goulburn River, as “a reckless act that shows no regard for our environment, viability of our rivers and water re... » Stolen Aboriginal wages launch in Brisbane

Ros Kidd, author of a new report detailing the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars from Queensland Aboriginal workers through unpaid wages over many decades, has called for part of the federal budget surplus to be used as compensation. The Hard Labour, Stolen Wages report was launched at the Ir... » Textile workers resist AWAs

Workers employed by the Bruck Textiles, Australia’s largest maker of woven fabrics, at its main manufacturing plant in the Victorian town of Wangaratta have twice voted to reject management’s non-union agreements that would significantly reduce their entitlements and have instead requested... » Western Sydney charges Bush with war crimes

On August 30, western Sydney charged US President George Bush with war crimes committed during the immoral and illegal occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq. Bush was also charged with the crimes of assault on the environment, crimes against civil liberties and against workers. A People’s Tribunal wa... »


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