Building workers' wages vanishSYDNEY — The Building Workers Industrial Union is seeking outstanding wages and entitlements for 40 workers on construction projects at Singleton army base, Richmond TAFE college and an
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More cuts in mining industryThe mining industry in NSW has been further hit by closures and cutbacks at Broken Hill and the Illawarra. The city of Broken Hill will lose more than a third of its 1350 mineworkers with the
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The New Zealand government's assault on the trade union movement is falling well short of its main aim, says Alan Millar, a leading NZ public sector unionist who visited Australia recently. When the
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Federal Police broke the law by handing over a list of 238 protesters arrested at the November 1991 Aidex armaments exhibition in Canberra, says a report to federal parliament by Human Rights Commission privacy commissioner
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The Federal Court has ordered Federal Police to return computers worth about $17,000 seized in a raid on the Launceston Unemployed Workers Union two months ago. During the hearing, Justice Northrop was critical of police
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LAUNCESTON — Federal Police and Taxation Department officials raided the Unemployed Workers Union here on March 19. Police seized hundreds of documents and about $17,000 worth of computer equipment from the UWU's offices and
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BRISBANE — Newstart "agreements" being forced on long-term unemployed people could include references to matters such as medical treatment, dress, appearance and body weight, Social Security Minister Graham
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About $3 million has been allocated to improve security arrangements for Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) staff in preparation for increased harassment of unemployed people when the government's Active Employment Strategy