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  • CPSU fights IBM job losses

    Chris Slee, Melbourne The August 3 meeting of Australia-Asia Worker Links discussed how unions should respond to "offshoring" — the transfer of work from Australia to other countries. The feature speaker was Steve Cilia, a former IBM worker now

  • Victorian nurses impose hospital bans

    Sue Bolton, Melbourne Faced with intransigence from Victorian Premier Steve Bracks' Labor government, an April 20 mass meeting of public hospital nurses voted to reject the government's "offer" to remove previously won working conditions. The

  • Opposition grows to NT nuke dump

    Jon Lamb, Darwin The announcement on October 13 by the federal government that it will pass special legislation to override Northern Territory laws that may obstruct the location of a nuclear waste dump in the NT has hardened local opposition to

  • ETU steps closer to 36-hour week

    Marcus Pabian, Melbourne On July 28, the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) scored another victory in its ambitious campaign to institute a 36-hour week, improve working conditions and increase the number of apprentices in the Victorian power industry,

  • Answers demanded about Ranger contamination

    Jon Lamb, Darwin Ranger uranium mine workers, along with the residents of Jabiru and the traditional owners of Kakadu, remain deeply concerned about the recent contamination of drinking water and water systems surrounding the mine. The mine was

  • Tax workers demand union agreement

    MELBOURNE — As of October 18, 11,475 employees of the Australian Taxation Office, 53% of all ATO staff, have signed a petition calling on management to negotiate a new agency agreement with the Community and Public Sector Union when the current

  • Socialist Alliance launches campaign

    GEELONG — On July 16, the Socialist Alliance launched its campaign to contest both Geelong lower-house seats in the federal election. Candidates Tim Goodenand Chris Johnson discussed the alliance's commitment to defend workers' rights and the

  • GLW fund-raising river cruise

    BRISBANE — One hundred people participated in a Green Left Weekly twilight river cruise on February 19, with entertainment from Adrian and Andrew (pictured), Nelson Mansilla and Ovidio Orellana, and delicious Mediterranean food. The cruise

  • News Briefs 2

    2 Public sector shuts down ADELAIDE — Historic strike action closed down most of the South Australian public service on March 26. For the first time in more than 20 years, members of the Public Service Association walked out en masse in

  • Newsbriefs #2

    Dirty tricks on Grocon site On June 29, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) steward Nazza Ottobre was moving the union office in Grocon's Eureka Towers construction site from the basement to the next level when he found a

  • Student occupation forces backdown

    Leigh Hughes, Adelaide Thirty years after the month-long occupation of Flinders University in 1974, students have used the tactic to force their administration to consult better over fee increases. Vice Chancellor Anne Edwards is planning to

  • Battle for housing

    Bill Bartlett, Hobart Members of the Acosamrel Salvadoran housing cooperative have been galvanised into action in the face of a threat to wind up the cooperative and hand its assets over to another organisation. The cooperative was formed in 1991