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  • IWD organising collectives

    Adelaide — Connie 8268 3346 or Kathy 8231 6982 Brisbane — Karen 3846 5074 Canberra — Resistance will be travelling to the Sydney rally, phone 6247 2424 Darwin — Lari 8981 4714 Hobart — Kamala 6234 6397 or Sue 6234 7007 Melbourne

  • MUA court victory in WA

    FREMANTLE — In a significant victory for the union movement, the Western Australian state government has been ordered to pay costs to the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) for the union's defence of its members in Geraldton. The

  • Support the BHP Pilbara workers

    The following is a statement, being distributed by the Democratic Socialist Party, in support of the BHP workers in the Pilbara. We, the undersigned, extend our support and solidarity to striking workers at BHP Pilbara in their action to defend the

  • Loose cannons

    Service with a smile "This is not about liabilities — this is a customer service program." — Mobile's fuels marketing manager, Paul Wherry, explaining the company's $15 million relief fund for aviators affected by the fuel contamination

  • CFMEU court challenge to award-stripping

    CFMEU court challenge to award strippingThe mining division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has challenged the stripping of conditions from awards contained in the 1996 Workplace Relations Act

  • Action updates

    Queensland rail workers stop work BRISBANE — Rail workers around Queensland stopped work on January 19 to discuss a pay claim for 12% over two years. The meetings voted for possible ongoing rolling stoppages if Queensland Rail fails to improve

  • Beattie government under threat

    BRISBANE — The Queensland Labor government will become a minority government, forced to rely again on the support of independent Peter Wellington, if it loses even one of the two by-elections for the traditionally safe Labor seats

  • Fight against BHP individual contracts grows

    Hundreds of BHP iron ore workers in Western Australia's Pilbara region are to strike for four days in their fight for a collective agreement on wages and working conditions. Workers at Mount Newman voted at a

  • Students hold national conferences

    Nikki Ulasowski MELBOURNE — At the National Education Activists Conference held here on November 28-29, more than 100 people met to discuss the future of the campaign against the privatisation of higher education. One inspiring discussion at the

  • Court affirms: Brander is still racist

    Court affirms: Brander is still racistADELAIDE — The South Australian Supreme Court has reaffirmed an earlier court decision that Michael Brander is a "racist in the worst sense". This is despite its January 12 ruling partially

  • Artists for East Timor exhibition

    Artists for East Timor exhibition By Stephen O'Brien NEWCASTLE — An art exhibition here, organised by Artists for East Timor and Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET), raised more $3000 for East Timor. The exhibition was

  • Metal workers launch industry-wide campaign

    Mass meetings of unionists who are part of the Metal Trades Federation of Unions have overwhelmingly endorsed a log of claims and campaign strategy for "Campaign 2000", which aims to end enterprise bargaining and move to an