School cleaners strike for jobs
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — Most of Tasmania's 300 government schools were closed for a week after cleaning and maintenance staff went on strike on July 7. The dispute started when the government announced that
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By June McKay
CANBERRA — Simon Jarman, the secretary of the ACT branch of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), announced his resignation on July 1. Jarman had been elected in November 1996, narrowly defeating the incumbent, Cath
Downsizing
"In the era of downsizing, we are getting rid of subordinates and not management." — Professor Phyllis Tharenou of Monash University, author of a study on white collar workers in the private and public sectors.
Endorsement
Racist Attacks on Aboriginal building
NEWCASTLE — The new Mindaribba Local Lands Council building in Metford has been the target of racist attacks in the past six weeks.
In the first incident, which occurred around the time of Pauline
By Sharon Pereira
Rumours have been circulating for several months of a split in the Manila-Rizal Regional Party Committee (MRRPC) of the Communist Party of the Philippines. The split between the underground and legal leaderships of the party
NUS National Education Conference
By Ray Fulcher
BRISBANE — More than 100 people attended the NUS National Education Conference here July 5-6. The conference was organised around seminars featuring talks on aspects of the attack on higher
Tomorrow ... defended
"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." — Bertholt Brecht.
Did Phil Shannon [book review, GLW, June 4] forget? Tomorrow ... was not a history of the Communist Party of
By Barry Sheppard
One of America's longest-standing political prisoners was finally released on US$25,000 bail on June 10, when a judge found that his conviction on a murder charge was seriously tainted. The frame-up of Geronimo Pratt was part
Chamber Theatre, in two parts: Dissident, Goes Without Saying and With Nina It's DifferentBy Michel VinaverPublic Works Theatre CompanyThe Lookout Theatre, SydneyBookings 9331 6351 Review by Brendan Doyle
This double bill by contemporary French
Resistance solidarity
@box text intro = [The following message to striking coal miners was sent by the Resistance 26th National Conference, meeting in Melbourne, on July 5.]
We read today of your success [preventing Rio Tinto from moving
By Susan Laszlo and Bernadette Mullholland
The federal government's 1996 and 1997 budget cuts to community child-care make clear its intention to dismantle the not-for-profit sector, now in its 25th year. The attack is accompanied by the lie
Miners from the Hunter No. 1 colliery in the Hunter Valley have been on strike since June 10, when they began "protected" industrial action, allowed during an enterprise bargaining period. The 400 miners have since voted to remain on strike,
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