Alex Miller
SYDNEY — Many members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) will have been disappointed and angry about their union's failure to respond adequately to the racist comments by one of its members, Associate Professor Andrew
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Ugandan women on hunger strike in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Bedfordshire are being denied access to legal and welfare support, including rape crisis services. According to Legal Action for Women, the women have also suffered
Conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan was sentenced on August 10 to four years' jail, two years each for the charges of "Insubordination before command" and "Insubordination before command for trying to escape from military service". Turkish law
After another week of defiant protest marches and government threats of retribution, the Tongan Civil Servants Strike Committee on August 11 rejected the King's decision to have an independent auditor examine the pay dispute that is pitting public
James Caulfield, Canberra
Despite making several other "rock solid" promises about what the ALP would do on industrial relations if it wins the next election, opposition leader Kim Beazley failed to mention the repealing of Australian Workplace
Peter Boyle
At the end of the fourth week of our Emergency Appeal, $55,452.15 has been raised to keep Green Left Weekly coming out, and we are overwhelmed with powerful messages of support from our readers. Here is one from a progressive
On August 17, 1834 the Tolpuddle Martyrs arrived in Sydney after a four-month sea voyage, having been sentenced to seven years' transportation by a court in Dorchester, England. James Brine, James Hammett, George Loveless, James Loveless, John
On August 10, PNG Power workers declared their intention to take industrial action if the proposed appointment of an Australian expatriate as the new CEO goes ahead. The PNG Energy Workers Association is demanding that the PNG Power CEO remained
Susan Price, Sydney
Held at Olympic Park on August 7, the "Last Weekend" family day, organised by Unions NSW, attracted around 40,000 people.
Workers and their families travelled from all over Sydney for the picnic-style rally, and were treated
On August 9, three anti-war protesters, including a 70-year-old woman, cut a hole in the fence of the Patch Barracks in Stuttgart and hung a four-metre-long banner between two trees. The banner marked the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.
Sarah Stephen
As this issue of Green Left Weekly went to print, Australian citizen Vivian Solon had been in exile in the Philippines for 1486 days. August 14 also marks 744 days since the immigration department (DIMIA) began to cover up evidence
On average, union members earn $125 more per week than workers who are not in unions, and have better working conditions and job security. The federal Coalition government wants to undermine the ability of unions to fight for workers' rights by:
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