Iraq war and the unions
The real question Brian Sketchley (Write On, Green Left Weekly #566) needs to answer, and hasn't yet, is what will it take for the labour movement to take a stand on the war on Iraq?
Yes, protests are not going to stop
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Pip Hinman
On January 14, the Aceh high court upheld the verdict of a lower court which last year convicted five Free Aceh Movement (GAM) negotiators of treason and terrorism and sentenced them to long prison terms. The maximum penalty is death.
Alison Dellit, Sydney
"I have real concerns that this report will be used to justify a round of cost-cutting and attacks on workers' rights, rather than a genuine investment in rail safety", Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) NSW secretary Nick
Chris Latham, Perth
Train drivers on Perth's metropolitan rail-lines stopped work for four hours on January 11 to discuss the Rail, Tram and Bus Union's campaign for a new enterprise agreement. RTBU rail division secretary Bob Christison told Green
Garry Walters
On December 1, 2003, I was treated by former Australian Railways Union shunters' committee fellow activist Des Crichton to a trip from Echuca to North Melbourne, for the longstanding annual reunion of shunters.
The shunters, other
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