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PSU-SPSF: a union amalgamation to reject

By Greg Adamson Between March 4 and March 25, members of the Public Sector Union and the seven State Public Services Federation unions will vote on whether to unite into one union, proposed to be called the Community and Public Sector Union.

Timorese ask Keating to back peace initiative

By Bernie Brian DARWIN — Jose Gusmao, cousin of jailed East Timorese resistance leader Xanana Gusmao, has called on Prime Minister Paul Keating to support the National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM) peace plan. Gusmao presented a

Refugees at risk in Serbian camps

There is no safe place in Serbia for men refugees refusing to do military service in Bosnia, and perhaps the danger will soon be extended to women. The governments of Serbia and of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia have made an agreement under which the

Chasing the gay and lesbian market

By Tom Flanagan "Dear Executive: Do you want to expand your customer base with a highly affluent, well informed and extremely loyal niche market? ... How do you tailor your advertising campaign to the gay consumer without alienating your

Russian workers force government to pay up

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — A new surge of labour protests swept across Russia during the first half of February, as wage payments to millions of workers remained months in arrears. The most militant struggles were by workers in the coal

... and ain't i a woman?: 'Things always worked this way'

'Things always worked this way' You've arrived on campus and you're wondering which progressive club to join. You're a feminist, concerned about the federal government's cuts to education and wondering how you'll be able to move out of home and

Borden recalls toxic shipment to South Africa

NEW YORK — Borden Chemicals and Plastics, a limited partnership affiliated with the dairy products conglomerate, on February 18 ordered a shipment of toxic mercury waste returned from South Africa to the Louisiana plant where it was generated,

Day of Action for Innu

Day of Action for Innu March 26 is the second annual International day of Action for the Innu and the Earth. The Innu, aboriginal people who live in a portion of the Quebec-Labrador peninsula known as Nitassinan, have endured low-level

Apartheid prisoners to launch mass action

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Prisoners will launch a campaign of peaceful mass action to win the right to vote in the April elections, it was announced here on February 22. The campaign, to be spearheaded by members of the South African

Bid to mine Starcke

The Wilderness Society revealed on February 23 that the Queensland Department of Minerals and Energy is pushing for 10,000 hectares of Starcke to be gazetted as a mining reserve. The 225,000 hectare wilderness area was acquired the day before from

Right threatens civil war in South Africa

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — The misnamed Freedom Alliance of right-wing parties opposed to South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections on April 26-28 is preparing to plunge this country into civil war, Tokyo Sexwale, has warned. The

Hazardous waste flowing into Philippines

Hazardous waste flowing into Philippines MANILA — Hazardous waste from industrialised countries is still flowing into the Philippines despite a national law banning waste imports into the country, Greenpeace has revealed. The February 17