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Green Left Weekly issue #786, 11 March 2009
ALP blocks Palestine solidarity

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA Greens councillor Linda Eisler moved a motion titled Support for Palestinian Territories at a Canterbury council meeting on February 26. » Holland sacks workers over pay

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA Actions by construction giant John Holland have led to 40 workers being sacked from the Melbourne Westgate Reconstruction project because they did not accept an agreement that would mean they earned less than the standard industry rate. » Petition support Gaza

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA More than 4000 signatures on a petition in support of Gaza were handed over to ALP federal MP Julia Irwin outside her Cecil Hills office on March 7. They were collected over the last two months. Irwin has pledged to table the petition in parliament. » Shop steward reinstated

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA Sacked shop steward and OH&S representative Joe Angelino has been re-employed, ending a two-week standoff between the Construction, Forestry, Mining, Energy Union and his employer, Caelli Constructions, at the construction site for the new children's hospital in Parkville. » South Korean president put on notice

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA "Democracy, yes! Dictatorship, no!", chanted protesters outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney on March 4, where visiting South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was staying. The protest was organised by the Korean Resource Centre. » Students 4 Palestine launched

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA Across university campuses, students are organising in support of Palestine. A big focus will be Palestine Solidarity Week, an international week of action beginning on March 30. » `Terror' charges dropped

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA Commonwealth prosecutors have dropped nine of the charges against three Tamil men, Aruran Vinayagamoorthy, Sivarajah Yathavan and Arumugam Rajeevan. » Pacific Brands workers rally

AUSTRALIA Two hundred workers and supporters protested outside the Pacific Brands factory in Wentworthville, Western Sydney on March 6 in response to the clothing company’s plans to slash 1850 jobs around the country. » ALP must support Palestine

AUSTRALIA Deputy PM Julia Gillard’s outspoken support for Israel’s attack on Gaza earlier this year prompted angry criticism from many, including from inside her own party. » Holden prepares to cut workers’ pay

AUSTRALIA When the federal industry minister Kim Carr announced the ALP government would give the car industry $6.2 billion in taxpayers’ money in November, he declared that it amounted to a “new beginning”. » Climate activists denounce govt targets

A March 2 open letter to minister for climate change Penny Wong has described the federal government’s climate policy as “completely out of step with both current climate science and targets in other developed countries”. The open letter was endorsed by 65 climate action groups (CAGs)... » Foster’s workers continue the battle

Maintenance workers at the Foster’s Abbotsford plant voted on March 3 to accept redundancy packages from the company. » Future grim for refugee support service

As the Western Australian Coalition government slashes the state budget, vital community services for refugees are feared to be among the first to go. » Government cuts jobs

Government ministers have called on private employers not to sack staff in response to the economic crisis (a call that the company bosses have predictably ignored). Yet the government has been sacking its own workers. » Lay-offs at Lavington

On February 20, more than 200 workers were fired without pay from the Lavington-based Drivetrain automotive parts factory in Albury, New South Wales, as the company entered receivership. » Rally for women’s rights!


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