SAN FRANCISCO — At a time when the United States' labour movement is in the doldrums, a union of low-paid, largely foreign-born workers is reviving the militancy, imagination, and high morale of the great strikes of the 1930s. On April 3, 8500
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Networker: M-commerce
BY GREG HARRIS
Forget e-commerce, now it's "m-commerce". In case you missed it, e-commerce is the ability to buy and sell things electronically, usually over the internet. It is divided into separate categories. "B2B" is
NATO troops entered Serbian territory on March 29 â with the full cooperation
of the Serbian government of Slobodan Milosevic. Serb and NATO forces jointly
searched inside the border zone, allegedly for evidence of Serbian or Albanian
Alcoa workers locked out
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — Five hundred workers at aluminium company Alcoa's operations here have been locked out since early April as part of a union-busting exercise. The workers, members of the Communications,
Members First challenges Caird to repay money
BY STUART MARTIN
CANBERRA — The national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), Wendy Caird, has been challenged to repay union money spent on a glossy brochure sent to all
Perth a city for cars
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — A few years ago I saw a Perth street directory from the early 1960s. A snapshot of a city vastly different from the one of today, it was interesting to see not only the roads of the time, but also
UNITED STATES: Elian's rescue a blow to 'Miami Mafia'
ATLANTA — Almost five months after he was found adrift on the high seas near Florida, six-year-old Elian Gonzalez has been reunited with his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, at a resort near
ACI backs down on lockout
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — In a major backdown, ACI has ended its 18-week lockout of workers at its glass mould manufacturing plant in Box Hill. Workers met on April 19 and voted to accept a new enterprise agreement
BY RAY FULCHER
MELBOURNE — Students at Melbourne University have had a resounding victory over the right-wing dominated Student Council. Over three days from April 17, students approved four referenda proposals, by margins of up to 90%, to
SRI LANKA: Unity in opposition to war
The Sri Lankan government of Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga was elected in 1994 on a promise to withdraw the Sri Lankan armed forces from the Tamil homeland and achieve an "honourable" solution to the
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