PERTH — A February 27 meeting of WA Civil Service Association delegates angrily rejected the state government's response to the union's pay claim and instructed their negotiating team to give the government 14 days to improve its position.
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Ray Fulcher, Melbourne
Joseph "Jack" Thomas is not a terrorist. That was the verdict of a Victorian Supreme Court jury on February 26. He was, however, found guilty on two other charges, one of which carries a potential sentence of 25 years'
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
Union delegates from the Geelong region who met on March 1 sent a clear message to the Australian Council of Trade Unions: it must show leadership by calling for a national strike against the federal government's new
Peter Boyle
"Since 1996 Australia has had continuous growth averaging 3.5 per cent per annum. During that period Singapore has had three recessions, Hong Kong has had three recessions, Korea has had one recession, Taiwan has had two recessions,
BY SIMON TAYLER
After almost two years of waiting, Actively Radical TV will be (re)occupying the airwaves of Channel 31. Tune in to Channel 31 on Sundays at 10:30pm and watch ARTV's new program. The new format includes documentaries, The Left News,
Michael Karadjis
In the international blow-out over the publication of racist, anti-Islamic cartoons by the right-wing Danish Jyllands-Posten daily, a number of leftists have played along with the dominant "free speech" rhetoric of most Western
Around 100 solidarity activists from 17 cities met on February 25 in Bielefeld to discuss solidarity with the Venezuelan revolution. The meeting discussed the possibility of forming an umbrella organisation later in the year, and decided to deepen
Geelong Trades Hall Council secretary Tim Gooden sent the following statement to Green Left Weekly in response to the Howard government's recent attacks on Muslims.
It's a classic tactic of the Australian ruling class that, at a time when it is
Ron Perkins, Perth
Media coverage of the March 11 Victoria Park by-election campaign has been marked by indifference, reflecting the fact that the seat has been held by the Labor Party continuously since 1953. A 16% swing would be needed to oust
PERTH — On March 3, 35 people came to the Maritime Union of Australia's rooms in North Fremantle to hear eyewitness reports titled "Revolution on the March in Latin America".
Resistance activists and Green Left Weekly writers Federico Fuentes and
Alex Miller
Hard on the heels of its disastrous performance in the Dunfermline parliamentary by-election on February 9, the Labour Party lost a safe council seat to the Scottish National Party (SNP) in a by-election in Milton, Glasgow, on February
In January, Joanne Delaney was sacked from Dunnes Stores in Dublin for wearing a union badge. After an international campaign demanded her reinstatement, including thousands of emails sent to the company and motions passed in the British, Scottish
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