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UNITED STATES: 'We are workers, we demand respect!'

BY JOAQUIN BUSTELO ATLANTA — Thousands of immigrant workers and their supporters marched and rallied here September 29 to demand equal rights and the right to hold a driver's licence. The protest was part of the national Immigrant Workers Freedom

Smorgon Steel strike ends

BY MATTHEW RICH MELBOURNE — Twenty-five electricians at Smorgon Steel have ended their strike, in pursuit of a new enterprise agreement, after 227 days. The dispute is the longest in the history of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), which covers

INDONESIA: Freedom for Aceh and West Papua!

JAKARTA — On September 27, the first action of a new alliance between Acehnese, Papuan and Indonesian activists took place. The Papuan Students Alliance, the Acehnese People's Democratic Resistance Front, the Referendum Information Centre and the

Write On: Letters to Green Left Weekly

'Miss Cod Fillet'? Rose McDonnell's letter (GLW #556) is more an apology for beauty contests than a defence. McDonnell unwittingly exposes the sordid and passive economic and social coercion that motivates participation in such contests. As for

Construction workers protest attack on unions

BY RUSSELL PICKERING& PAUL BENEDEK Last week, thousands of construction workers walked off Perth and Sydney work sites in protest against federal government plans to undermine pass legislation restricting the ability of unions to defend workers'

BY RUSSELL PICKERING
& PAUL BENEDEK

Last week, thousands of construction workers walked off Perth and Sydney work sites in protest against federal government plans to undermine pass legislation restricting the ability of unions to defend workers' wages and conditions in the construction industry.