BY STUART MARTIN
WOLLONGONG — Determined to outsource maintenance work at its Port Kembla steelworks, BHP executives announced on August 7 that 436 jobs in the general and rail maintenance crews are to be axed and the contracts for them handed to
460
BY SEAN HEALY
Cuban President Fidel Castro has congratulated the 300,000 people who protested against global capitalism during the July 20-22 summit of G8 leaders in Genoa, Italy, and joked that world leaders might soon have to meet on the
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has won a significant victory in the industrial dispute at the Sydney car parts manufacturer TriStar. The immediate issue was the safeguarding of workers' entitlements.
In the face of an intense
BY JACKIE LYNCH
MELBOURNE — A solidarity committee has been established by unionists and supporters, following criminal charges of riot, affray, aggravated burglary and criminal damage being laid against six members of the Australian
Stott Despoja
Political spin doctoring does have its limitations not the least being that facts are often so easily verifiable by reference to documents of record such as Hansard.
Alison Dellit compounds her initial errors of fact and analysis in
BY SUE BOLTON
In line with its perspective that the Socialist Alliance needs to give
support to extra-parliamentary campaigns, the conference voted to support
the protests being organised against the Commonwealth Business Forum in
BY SUE BOLTON
"An historic moment for the left in Australia" was the most common comment made by participants in the founding conference of the Socialist Alliance in Melbourne over the August 4-5 weekend.
This is not the first attempt to unite
BY MAX LANE
Military generals and figures linked to the regime of former dictator Suharto have done well in the first cabinet of newly-elected President Megawati Sukarnoputri, which was announced on August 9.
In a signal move, Sukarnoputri has
Rio Tinto
Wherever we operate, we work as closely as possible with our hosts,
respecting laws and customs minimising, adverse impacts and ensuring transfer
of benefits and enhancement of opportunities. Rio Tinto 2000 Annual
Review.
BY CHRIS SPINDLER
MELBOURNE — One thousand shop stewards and delegates from the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, the Electrical Trades Union, the Plumbers' Union and the Maritime Union
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