Melanie Sjoberg

  • Liberals threaten SA hospital lockout

    Liberals threaten SA hospital lockoutADELAIDE — The state Liberal government has threatened to lock out workers who refuse to carry out full duties from Sunday, March 11. Cleaners and orderlies have maintained bans for

  • Adelaide demands an end to woodchipping

    ADELAIDE — Parliament House steps were surrounded by chanting crowds on February 26 as up to 6000 people gathered to protest against the woodchipping of old-growth forests. The numbers, greatly exceeding the predictions of

  • Workcover rally blocks Adelaide streets

    ADELAIDE — Thousands of workers marched through the city on February 15 to express their frustration and anger at the Brown Liberal government's proposed changes to the workers' compensation scheme, Workcover. The

  • Hindmarsh bridge victory turns sour

    Hindmarsh bridge victory turns sourADELAIDE — "Today [February 15] is a sad day for Aboriginal people in this country and in particular Aboriginal women because Justice O'Loughlin in the Federal Court in Adelaide made

  • Indigenous performers feature at WOMADELAIDE

    ADELAIDE — WOMAD '95 (in Botanic Park, February 24-26) promises to be a more exciting and diverse event as its reputation grows on the international music scene. The International Year of Tolerance and beginning of the

  • Workcover changes a threat to workers

    Workcover changes a threat to workersADELAIDE — More than 400 angry workers and community members crammed into the Irish Hall on February 1, hoping that state industrial relations minister Graham Ingerson would allay

  • Women are not anti-union

    Women are not anti-unionADELAIDE — Two important new documents, Raising Our Voices: Activism Amongst Women and Men in South Australian Unions, by Barbara Pocock, and its companion Strength in Numbers: Increasing

  • SA public sector conditions threatened

    SA public sector conditions threatenedADELAIDE — Attacks on workers in the state public sector have been unrelenting since the election of the Brown Liberal government last December.

  • Power feminism in Adelaide

    ADELAIDE — A discordant note struck the much publicised Women, Power and Politics Conference here on October 9 when more than 100 women protested at its elitism and the exorbitant registration costs. The conference,

  • Unions recognise role of women

    Unions recognise role of womenADELAIDE — Celebrations for the centenary of women's suffrage continued in South Australia with activities from September 16 to 23 directed towards women in the workplace. 160

  • SA budget: mean and petty

    ADELAIDE — The state Liberal government's first formal budget on August 25 continues the strategy of generating savings through public sector job cuts and reforms previously outlined in May by the Audit Commission.

  • Slash and burn tactics hit SA public service

    ADELAIDE — 7000 public sector workers, including teachers and nurses, mobilised on May 24 in opposition to massive job cuts proposed in the SA government's audit commission report on state finances. The establishment media,