Metalworkers begin campaignMELBOURNE — More than 250 metalworkers filled the Resistance Centre on February 4 to launch the Workers First opposition ticket to contest the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union state branch
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MELBOURNE — On January 28, the government's latest offensive against maritime workers was launched. National Farmers Federation front companies established a non-union beachhead on the Melbourne waterfront. Part
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Unions rally against attack on WorkCoverMELBOURNE — More than 4000 construction workers rallied on October 14 in opposition to the Kennett government's proposed changes to the WorkCover occupational health
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MELBOURNE — A dispute between Citipower and members of the Electrical Trades Union has continued for seven weeks. ETU organiser Howard Worthing told Green Left Weekly, "In the months prior to the expiry of
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Construction bosses renege on agreementsMELBOURNE — A mass meeting of all CFMEU construction workers on May 20 discussed the Master Builders' Association's (MBA) reneging on a deal struck between unions and employers more
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WorkCover fight continuesMelbourne — A campaign of constant harassment by construction workers is beginning to fluster the Victorian premier, Jeff Kennett. For the past fortnight, 100 building workers have gathered
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Unionists protest WorkCover changesMELBOURNE — Ten thousand construction workers marched through Melbourne on March 5, condemning the Kennett government's changes to WorkCover. Their rally voted to continue a campaign of
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Campaign against changes in WorkcoverMELBOURNE — A rally of about 500 workers demonstrated in front of Parliament House on December 3 over the state government's proposed Workcover changes. The Victorian Trades Hall Council
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Jorge Jorquera's article "Political battle inside WA CFMEU" in GLW #245 supporting the Bill Ethell-led ticket in the CFMEU elections missed some important points. He writes that "the Ethell team ... has attempted to promote a sense
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Victorian union leaders defend membersMELBOURNE — A Victorian branch meeting of the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union on September 5 unanimously endorsed a state
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Carpenters union leadership in doubtMELBOURNE — The leadership of the Victorian branch of the Association of Carpenters and Joiners has been changed twice in the last few weeks following revelations that large sums of money have