General strike threat in Fiji
The Fiji Trade Union Congress has threatened a national strike if the government fails to abolish controversial labour laws.
The Fiji Daily Post reported on April 15 that FTUC general secretary James Raman
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ALP moves to oust SPSF left leadership
By Adrienne Barrett
MELBOURNE — Nominations for the State Public Services Federation elections closed on April 26. The elections are being contested by four organised tickets, three of which have
British toxic waste down the sewer
Friends of the Earth in Britain on April 28 named 23 companies in the north-east that have been pouring toxic waste down the drain. The companies include household names such as Ever Ready, Sterling Winthrop
By Bernie Brian
WOLLONGONG — South Coast Labour Council secretary Paul Matters and Australian Workers Union organiser Neville Hilton are both facing charges under the NSW Crimes Act as a result of their involvement in a picket line at the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Within days of claiming victory in his April 25 referendum, Boris Yeltsin was moving ahead with plans to introduce a new constitution that would transform Russia into a "presidential republic".
On April 27
By Michael Karadjis
In his article "Ambiguous names and places" (GLW, April 21), Gyorgy Scrinis claims that I set up a simple distinction between "Greeks" and "Macedonians", whereas in reality different peoples regard themselves as
By Katherine Doyle
[This is the winning entry in the Environmental Youth Alliance essay competition for high school students.]
One of the most important issues facing young Australians today is the problem of worldwide environmental
By S. Piyasena
"We left the government when murder became a part of politics." That was the way Lalith Arthulathmudali, a former senior minister in the Sri Lankan government, explained his break with President Premadasa and the latter's
Bosnia: end the embargo
In Bosnia today we see another example of how the so-called "international community's" insistence on being the prime agent for imposing solutions on "world trouble spots" almost always increases the suffering and
Back to business
Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on April 27 show that while nearly 60% of male workers earned more than the average wage of $510.20 per week last year, over 70% of women workers earned less. The
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