At its July 23 round of mass meetings, called to consider a motion for a 24-hour strike on July 25, CPSU members will face a crucial choice: are they to develop a genuine campaign against the Howard government's cuts, or are they to
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CANBERRA — Most workplaces in most federal departments have placed bans on the handling of government business and the administration of cuts, bans on doing the work of vacant positions, processing government revenue and the
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CANBERRA — At a mass meeting at the National Convention Centre on May 13, more than 2000 federal public servants voted for bans. People were forced to sit in the aisles as reports on the attack on the federal public service were
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NSW teachers strike in support of pay claimSYDNEY — NSW school and TAFE teachers struck for 24 hours on November 23 in support of their 10% pay claim. This shut a fifth of NSW schools, with TAFE and the Education
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Labor deregulation to unleash loggersSYDNEY — As New South Wales counts down to the state election in March, the Wilderness Society's Western Sydney branch hosted a forum asking whether Carr Labor would make a difference
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NSW teachers vote to strikeSYDNEY — By a vote of 98%, NSW teachers at statewide stop-work meetings on November 10 endorsed a wage campaign of 10%, backed by a 24-hour strike on November 23. The meetings had
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Bosses cautiously welcome recoveryIn a recent article in the Financial Review, major consultants for capitalists, such as Anderson Consulting, Boston Consulting Group and Bain International, say that the bosses
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SYDNEY — The NSW ALP state conference, June 11-13, appears to have settled, for the moment, the battle between left and right factions over preselections for state parliament. A casualty was right-winger Peter Anderson,
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SYDNEY — Ford Australia management on February 9 announced the September closure of its Homebush car assembly plant. This will destroy 430 jobs and leave NSW with no vehicle manufacturer, following the closure of Leyland in the
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SYDNEY — Liberal and National Party backbenchers in the state parliament are trying to stop the declaration of 350,000 ha of 11 remaining wilderness areas in NSW, or water them down. These areas were announced for declaration
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Resources used in fighting the NSW bushfires were distorted by economic and political concerns. Initially, the Department of Bush Fire Services swung thousands of volunteers into action across the state. However, Greg Lofthouse,
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SYDNEY — Metalworkers' delegates gathered at two meetings on November 24 as part of a national response by the Metal Trades Federation of Unions (MTFU) to delays by the Metal Trades Industry Association (MTIA) in settling the