Kerry Smith, Sydney Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union delegate Barry Hemsworth was sacked on September 6 after 40 years in the mobile crane industry. He is another victim of the Howard government's assault on workers' rights.
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Peter Boyle We received this note from a reader last week: "My beloved won $100 cash and asked me to donate it to the Green Left Weekly fighting fund. That's when I noticed that there is no direct deposit details given in the terrific page two
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BRISBANE — Labor foreign affairs spokesperson Kevin Rudd was spotted reading up on the Socialist Alliance's policies at a September 27 Politics in the Pub. Along with Rudd, the forum was addressed by the Greens, Democrats and Socialist Alliance
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Kerryn Williams, Sydney SYDNEY — Rallies took place around the country on June 30 to "Bring the troops home" and to protest the fake handover of sovereignty to a US-appointed Iraqi interim government. The "handover" occurring two days early and
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Trish Corcoran, Sydney Barry Hemsworth, the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) delegate at Botany Cranes, one of the largest mobile crane businesses in Sydney, was sacked on September 6 for "gross insubordination". Hemsworth
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Kath O'Driscoll, Lismore On September 23, 100 people attended a "Karaoke against the cuts" protest against the NSW Labor government's "reforms" to disability services. The action was part of a state-wide protest, which included rallies on September
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BRISBANE — On April 5, about 130 delegates attended two combined union delegates' meetings organised by the Queensland Council of Unions to discuss the campaign against the Howard government's Work Choices laws. At each meeting, QCU
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Pip Hinman, Sydney Plans are underway in Melbourne and Sydney for "End the lies" demonstrations on the Sunday before the federal election. If the election is on August 7, then protests will take place on August 1. Anti-war coalitions across
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Cleaners, members of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU), held a cake stall outside the Commonwealth Bank headquarters on September 20 as part of a "Cleanstart" campaign national day of action. The cake stall was a tongue-in-cheek
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Sarah Stephen On September 13, interpreters and officers from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) made threats of forced deportation to asylum seekers being detained on Nauru who don't agree to return
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MELBOURNE — A thousand unionists and community members joined a solidarity picnic at Yarraville Gardens on April 2. The gathering listened to speakers, including ACTU assistant secretary Sharan Burrow and civil liberties lawyer Rob Stary, condemn
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Lynda Hansen, Brisbane Participants in the annual Pride rally at King George Square on June 12 had plenty to be angry about. The event followed the announcement of the federal government's intention to exclude same-sex couples from the definition