BY NATASHA IZATT
LONDON On July 17, 750,000 local government workers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland went on strike in support of a pay increase. Between 70% and 80% of union members participated.
Teachers aides, caretakers,
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The NavigatorsDirected by Ken LoachWritten by Rob DawberScreening in most major cities from August 8
REVIEW BY JANET BURSTALL
Ken Loach's latest film, The Navigators, depicts the impact of privatisation on a group of former British Rail workers.
BY SUE BOLTON
As the royal
commission into the building industry continues its assault on militants
in the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, state attacks on
the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
BY FIDEL CASTRO
[The following is a slightly abridged version of a speech given on July 26 by Cuban President Fidel Castro at a rally of 150,000 people in the Cuban central province of Ciego de Avila.]
History has proved that nothing could defeat
Geelong construction workers prepare for the building industry royal commission's return to Victoria on August 12 by proudly hoisting their flag on Geelong's largest building site in defiance of bosses' wishes. Unionists and supporters will rally at
BY PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
staff voted July 19 by more than 90% to reject a management draft industrial
agreement.
The draft included a pay rise of only 6.5% over two years (low by
BY ROHAN PEARCE
On July 23, a US-supplied Israeli F-16 warplane dropped a 1000-kilogram bomb on an apartment block in Gaza City. The bomb killed 15 civilians, including nine children along with Hamas leader Saleh Shehade. Eleven of those killed
Health workers reject pay offer
BRISBANE — Non-nursing health unions rejected a Queensland government pay offer on August 1. The Labor government offered its 32,000 non-nursing health workers a pay increase of 3.5% or $23, whichever is the
In the space of a week, the federal government shocked the world by voting against an optional protocol to the United Nations convention against torture, then aggressively dismissed a UN report which was highly critical of Australia's policy of
Pakistani teachers arrested
Some 200 teachers were arrested in Lahore on July 29. They were about to
protest against the Punjab provincial government's decision to privatise
schools. Hundreds of cops had been deployed since early
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
SYDNEY — An early morning protest outside the NSW Department of Housing's Liverpool head office on July 30 turned into a 24-hour stop-work, as some 300 workers expressed their disgust with a management proclamation that they
BY MURRAY ADDISON
AUCKLAND On July 27, New Zealand's third general election held
under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) electoral system
election was held. The campaign was notable for the few issues raised and
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