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BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS BALLARAT — Workers employed by the McCains frozen foods company, one of the largest employers in Western Victoria, last week reached an "in principle" enterprise agreement after an industrial dispute that lasted more than six
BY JAMES BALOWSKI JAKARTA — As many as 100 women have been raped since martial law was declared in Indonesia's northern-most province of Aceh on May 19. A report, evaluating the first 100 days of Jakarta's so-called "integrated operation" to
BY TOM FLANAGAN &MATT EGAN LISMORE — On September 17, teachers in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia are scheduled to take strike action. Tough stands by state Labor governments against teachers' pay demands have provoked this
BY ANTHONY JAMES FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS, Guatemala — The World Bank anticipates that poverty will continue to worsen in the majority of the world for at least the next generation. In the rural north of Guatemala, in Central America, 75% of
BY MARY MERKENICH For the first time, education unions across Australia are planning to take co-ordinated action to protest against the pay offers to teachers and education funding policies of state governments. NSW, Victorian and WA teachers and
BY EVA CHENG On August 30, on the eve of the September 10-14 World Trade Organisation ministerial summit in Cancun, Mexico, the US government succeeded in having the WTO issue a "breakthrough" draft agreement that it claims will allow poor
REVIEW BY STUART MUNCKTON Venezuela: The Revolution Unfolding in Latin AmericaBy Jorge JorqueraResistance Books Sydney, 200341 pages, $4.95Available from Resistance bookshops (see page 2) or order at <http://www.resistancebooks.com>
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BY SUE BOLTON An attempt by trade unionists working in the Pilbara mines in Western Australia to end rivalries between their unions, to present a united face to the mining industry bosses, has been sabotaged by the Australian Workers Union. At
BY BRADLEY SIMS ALBANY, WA — A soccer team will be dismantled, teachers feel their work is futile, workers will lose work-mates, landlords will lose tenants, friends will lose friends, businesses will lose customers and a local abattoir will lose

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