Susan Austin, Hobart
Kevin Harkins, state secretary of the Electrical Trades Union in Tasmania, spoke to Green Left Weekly about the June 28 national day of action against Howard's Work Choices laws.
It is "a damn fine idea", he said. "You need
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Allen Myers, Hanoi
Mai Giang Vu was a conscript in the Saigon regime's military from 1968 to 1973, when he was wounded, losing his left eye. In 1968 he accompanied an infantry patrol on a week-long defoliation operation. In 1970 and 1971 he was
Federico Fuentes
Three months into Evo Morales' presidential term, much of Bolivia's mainstream media has been focusing on a range of protests and mobilisations by different sectors that have sprung up across the country. The April 2 El Nuevo Dia
SYDNEY — The NSW Labor government has announced that riot police with Tasers, CS gas and police dogs can now be used against children detained in juvenile detention facilities. Juvenile justice minister Tony Kelly is quoted in the April 6 Sydney
Chris Latham
On March 31, Delphi, the largest auto-parts company in the US and the former parts arm of General Motors, applied to US courts to cancel its labour contracts with unions to allow the company to reorganise and continue to function.
Protests continue in numerous cities against proposed revisions to the 2003 labour law, which will remove the obligation of employers to provide protection, welfare and health benefits to workers and will dramatically reduce severance pay. On March
Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas
A "dangerous situation" is being created in Venezuela after a series of much-publicised murders in recent weeks, according to Carolus Wimmer, a deputy to the Latin American Parliament and prominent member of the
Chris Peterson, Melbourne
I work at a video store in a Melbourne suburb. Everyone I've told reckons it'd be such a great job. But I work in a small store, in a shopping centre, and I work by myself. Only one person is ever rostered on at a time
Dave Riley, Brisbane
On April 7, 2000 trade unionists gathered in the Roma Street Forum to protest against the Howard government's Work Choices laws and to hear a report from the Light the Fuse workers' rights tour that had been organised by the
Chris Peterson, Melbourne
The Terminate Tulla Toxic Dump Action Group (TTTDAG) is having some success in their campaign to get the dangerous toxic dump, close to residents and the Tullamarine airport, closed down. While they are yet to get
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