By Jane Slaughter
On October 1, the 3 million member German metalworkers' union, IG Metall, will achieve the goal it set back in 1977 — the 35-hour week at 40 hours' pay. A strike in 1984 resulted in the first cut, to 38.5 hours, and
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What the agreement trades off
The following is a list of concerns about the proposed public service agreement reprinted from a leaflet published by the ACT branch of the CPSU. It has been slightly abridged.
Approval for Public
Soundtrack, minus the film
The Secret of Roan Inish
Music by Mason Daring
Distributed by Larrikin Entertainment
Reviewed by Bernie Brian
I'm not sure whether it is an advantage or a disadvantage not to have seen a
By Lisa Macdonald
The results of a survey conducted by the NSW branch of People for Nuclear Disarmament, released last week, reveal that only 36 of the 221 federal politicians oppose nuclear weapons.
All federal politicians were
The decision of the Chirac government to resume nuclear testing is now opposed by a substantial majority of French people, according to the latest opinion polls. No small part in this turnaround has been played by the French anti-nuclear movement.
By Norm Dixon
The Papua New Guinea government has foreshadowed legislation that will not only impose an inadequate settlement on tens of thousands of people demanding compensation for the massive environmental damage caused by the
Australian culture
@lctext = "She [Annita Keating ] is accompanying the orchestra and doing some PR for us and Australian culture. It is a cultural ambassador sort of thing." — Sydney Symphony Orchestra publicist on what the PM's wife will be
Workers win settlement at Steel-Line Doors
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Seventeen Spanish-speaking workers at the Steel-Line Doors plant here have won a record settlement totalling a reported $120,000, after a hearing presided
By Sean Healy
MELBOURNE — The La Trobe University administration has upped the stakes in long-running negotiations over funding between the administration and the La Trobe University Student Representative Council. In a letter dated
Women's rights violated in Middle East
By Kim Linden
Only weeks before the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, women in the Middle East are paying a heavy price for speaking out for their rights,
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