Casual labour
I was employed as a casual loss prevention officer (LPO) for over three years. Through working very steady hours the first two years, I developed the expectation that, as I was fulfilling an apparent need, my hours should continue.
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Duncan Meerding
While blindness and low-vision services are quite advanced in Australia, many people with a visual impairment are out of work. Often this is due to a boss's dogmatic belief that people with a visual impairment cannot work as
Pip Hinman, Sydney
NSW police charged Socialist Alliance activist Alex Bainbridge on April 26 with "Use/operate a loudspeaker/public address system" for his involvement in a February 17 protest against the state-funded memorial service for deceased
Sue Bolton
Large protests in France, Nepal, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands over the last few weeks have forced back-downs from their respective governments. Can Australian workers do something similar and force the Coalition to withdraw its
Indonesia's most famous and widely read author Pramoedya Ananta Toer died at his home in East Jakarta on the morning of April 30 after being in a coma for several days. Pramoedya was a political prisoner under the Suharto regime. His writings were
Delegates from 12 countries, including Australia, will visit the Philippines in early May to investigate the killings of union leaders and the repression of worker activists. Some of the cases to be looked into include the recent killing of United
Marce Cameron, Sydney
The Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network (AVSN) and the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society have joined forces to call for a rally outside the US consulate in Sydney on May 20 as part of an international day of action in
SYDNEY — The union representing journalists in Australia says that press freedom is increasingly under pressure. The media muzzled: Australia's 2006 press freedom report, sponsored by the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance), was released on
FREMANTLE — On April 24, two days before the 20th anniversary of the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, 150 people packed into Fremantle's La Tropicana Cafe for a screening of the academy award-winning 2002
Alex Bainbridge & Raul Bassi, Sydney
This year's May Day march will be the first opportunity for a major show of public opposition to the Howard government's new anti-worker legislation since it became law.
More than 70% of Australian oppose the
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