Geoff Spencer

  • AMWU members face lockouts

    BY CHRIS SLEE& GEOFF SPENCER MELBOURNE — Strikes and lockouts continue at a number of Melbourne factories as members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union campaign for new enterprise agreements which include a 36-hour work week. After

  • Scab driver runs down picketer

    GEELONG — On April 23, one of the locked-out workers at E.P. Robinson Pty Ltd was run down by a car driven by a scab crossing the picket line. Steve Baker suffered severe bruising in one leg as a result of this hit and run. The

  • Striking wool scourers still defiant

    GEELONG — Wool scourers at E.P. Robinson are entering their eighth week on strike with no resolution to the dispute in sight. An unfair dismissal case in the Industrial Relations Commission on April 18 was inconclusive and

  • Geelong workers' strike solid

    GEELONG — The E.P. Robinson Pty Ltd plant here is an amazing sight. There are glass panels missing from the skylights; a number of others are slipping. More than one worker has narrowly missed being hit by a falling panel. When

  • Wool scourers defiant

    GEELONG — After four weeks on strike, the morale of workers at EP Robinson, a wool scouring plant here, is still high. According to Shearers and Rural Workers Union (SRWU) Assistant General Secretary, John Morgan, the

  • Northlands appeal in Supreme Court

    Northlands appeal in Supreme CourtMELBOURNE — The vindictiveness of the Kennett government will be on display again on January 30, when the Supreme Court hears an appeal against the reopening of Northlands Secondary

  • Court victory for Richmond protesters

    MELBOURNE — A significant victory was won against the Kennett government on January 11 with the dismissal of all charges against eight activists arrested at the Richmond Secondary College (RSC) in December 1993. The

  • Richmond campaign vindicated

    Richmond campaign vindicatedMELBOURNE — Two years after Richmond Secondary College was closed in the first round of school cuts, the Kennett government has endorsed a report that recommends the expansion of coeducation

  • 'Unions need a political alternative'

    'Unions need a political alternative'MELBOURNE — Sixty people attended a Democratic Socialist Party forum on August 10 to discuss the state of the trade unions and strategies on how to rebuild the movement. Steve

  • Building workers on picket line

    Building workers on picket lineMELBOURNE — Police were used to break a picket at a Department of Planning and Development (Ministry of Housing) building site on March 16. The picket was put on the Crown Street,

  • 24-hour rail strike

    24-hour rail strikeMELBOURNE — Suburban rail guards struck for 24 hours on March 3. A well-attended mass meeting the previous day voted unanimously for industrial action due to the lack of consultation in the

  • Residents organise against council changes

    Residents organise against council changesMELBOURNE — North Carlton residents are organising against their expulsion from the City of Melbourne, of which they have been part for more than 100 years. Following two