CHARLESTON, Illinois, USA — Union members locked out for five months at Trailmobile Corporation here have ratified a new contract which turns back all company demands for concessions and makes gains in wages and other improvements. Members of
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Tree planting memorial
SYDNEY — The next tree planting in the HIV/AIDS Memorial Groves in Sydney Park, St Peters, will take place on Sunday, August 18, from 10.30am to 4pm. Friends, lovers and families are invited to plant native seedlings in
Until the mid-1940s, apprentices were forced to undertake their training at night and unpaid, often after long shifts of work. The Melbourne Apprentices Committee was set up to campaign for the paid, daytime, training of apprentices. GEORGE CRAWFORD
By Pip Hinman
Heatwaves and the spread of infectious diseases are likely to result from a business-as-usual approach to greenhouse gas emissions, a report by the world's leading health and climate experts has warned. "Climate Change and Human
Detroit strike a test for unions
By Barry Sheppard
July 13 was the first anniversary of the Detroit newspaper strike, which is the most important labour struggle taking place in the United States today. This war of attrition pits 2000 workers
By Peter Norford Johnston
WOLLONGONG — In the latest sequence of undemocratic moves initiated by the vice-chancellor, the last meeting of the university council decided to decrease student representation on the Board of Management by half. The
A key plank of the Howard government's attacks on the public sector is its proposed partial privatisation of Telstra. In preparation, the job cuts are rumoured to be around 24,000 within 18 months. In South Australia the Keep Telstra Public Alliance,
By Dennis White
Australian National workers face serious doubts about their future following moves by the federal government to investigate the performance of the government-owned enterprise. A letter from AN's chairperson, Jack Smorgen, to federal
By Eva Cheng
The Prison Activist Resource Centre and the Institute of Global Communication on July 4 released information concerning the plight of 25 activists in six Chinese provinces or cities. Three workers — Chen Gang, Peng Shi and Liu
By Reihana Mohideen
It was in 1991 that the stories of the so-called "comfort women" began to attract international attention. In 1991 a former "comfort woman" from Korea, Kim Hak Sun, broke her 40-year silence. She took the Japanese government to
By Dave Riley
BRISBANE — When the ALP lost office in Queensland in the aftermath of the Mundingburra by-election, many local activists were stunned. The Queensland Greens copped the blame. An early accuser was the West End Neighbourhood News,
By Jodie Combeer
ADELAIDE — On July 16, a meeting of young people concerned about Howard's attacks on apprentices and trainees decided to form a new campaign group, Industrial Relations Action Team (IRATe). The meeting heard reports from Young
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