GLW issue 764, published 2008-08-27.

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Cuban unionist: The workers key participants in revolution

Gilda Chacon is the Asia, Oceania, Africa and Middle East representative of the Cuban Confederation of Trade Unions (CTC) and an elected delegate of the People’s Power Municipal Assembly. Green Left Weekly’s Annolies Truman interviewed her during her August 17 – 20 visit to Perth to liaise with WA trade unions.

Venezuela: Solidarity sign-on letter with unionists and Fundimeca workers

Attn: The Public Prosecutors Office No.5 of the city of Valencia, Control Tribunal 7 of the city of Valencia, State of Carabobo, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Neither Labor nor Liberal deserve to run WA

The following is based on the Socialist Alliance’s campaign leaflet for the September 6 Western Australian election.

AMCOR workers campaign for a new agreement

PERTH — Workers at the AMCOR factory in the suburb of Canningvale protested on August 19 to support their campaign for wage rises and a new enterprise agreement. The plant, which manufactures steel cans, had been assessed as one of the most productive in the world but now faces decline because of management intransigence, workers told Green Left Weekly outside the factory gates.
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