Unions start fight to scrap anti-worker laws
VICTORIAN BUILDING unions are set to hold a mass stopwork rally in defence of Noel Washington, the construction union official facing six months jail...
Involving members key to change in CPSU
IN THE wake of the federal election victory for Labor, the CPSU is holding a series of Agenda For Change discussions around the country....
2000 Union Delegates Meet To Defend Noel Washington
2000 union delegates attended a mass meeting to defend Noel Washington, CFMEU official facing 6 months jail for refusing to be interrogated by the Howard era Australian Building & Construction Commission (ABCC). The ABCC wanted to question him about what was said at a union meeting that took place outside of work hours.
Rethink needed in power sell-off fight
THE LATEST humiliating back-flip by the NSW government over its planned power sell-off indicates two things.
Firstly, NSW Labor is facing a serious crisis....
NSW public sector battles below inflation pay offers
NSW public sector unions including public servants, firefighters and train drivers are planning a united day of action on July 30 against the state...
WorkChoices: how much is Labor planning to change?
The Your Rights at Work campaign mobilised thousands of unionists to campaign against the Howard government and its vicious Workchoices laws. Yet over six...
Construction walkout over Gold Coast deaths
On Saturday morning June 21 two construction workers were killed when their swing stage scaffolding fell from the side of a Gold Coast high-rise...
NTEU campaign: our universities matter
UNIVERSITY STAFF and university communities suffered badly under the Howard government. The HEWRRs legislation, a precursor to the WorkChoices legislation, tied government funding to...
Unions act to defend Noel Washington and scrap the construction commission
Unions in Victoria are set to escalate their campaign against the anti-union Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC), a WorkChoices-era relic. For the first time since Howard introduced the ABCC a unionist, Noel Washington, will face court for refusing to attend an interrogation by the commission.
Leadership of NSW nurses’ union undermines public sector-wide pay fight
NURSES IN NSW have accepted a pay deal in exchange for a raft of “trade offs” that strip back work conditions. The nurses’ is...
NSW teachers take on Iemma
NSW TEACHERS will continue rolling industrial action unless the New South Wales government sits down and negotiates on proposed changes to the school staffing...
Engineers battle below inflation scare tactic
IN MAY, around 1500 Qantas aircraft engineers took strike action in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne over a pay claim. They took this action despite...
Unions versus Labor- the 1948 rail strike
Mark Gillespie looks at the Queensland rail strike of 1948, when the Communist Party led workers in a vicious battle with a state Labor...
Crunch time for anti-privatisation campaign
THE CAMPAIGN against electricity privatisation has reached a critical stage in NSW.
Concerted campaigning within the ALP and amongst the public secured an overwhelming vote...
Rudd under the pump?
IS RUDD'S honeymoon coming to an end? Recent weeks have seen him blunder over fuel prices, his Howardesque moralism over Bill Henson and brewing...
Bosses demand pay cut for low paid
When the Fair Pay Commission holds its annual National Minimum Wage Case hearing in mid-2008, the major employers will propose cuts to real wages....
MUA here to stay—The 1998 waterfront dispute
This year marks 20 years since the 1998 waterfront dispute—John Howard’s first attempt to break union power. Mark Gillespie draws out the lessons.
Thousands march against NSW privatisation plans
THOUSANDS OF union members marched last month against the NSW government's plans to privatise electricity. Despite industry claims otherwise, two-thirds of the state is...
NSW teachers to strike against deregulation
On Saturday March 8, 300 delegates at the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) state council voted unanimously to strike in opposition to the Iemma government's...
Victorian teachers fight neo-liberal pay limit
Victorian teachers are fighting to break the Brumby Government's pay cap of 3.25 per cent (below the current inflation rate). Following the state-wide Australian...
ACTU joins Labor government’s ‘inflation fight’
ON MARCH 4, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) announced its support for a new proposal to transfer this year's planned $31 billion...
Union to defy Howard-era watchdog
Noel Washington, an official with Construction Division of the Victorian CFMEU, will be called before a court after refusing to be interrogated by the...
Struggle can reverse union membership decline
NEW FIGURES showing a dramatic drop in union membership in 2007 highlight the challenges facing the labour movement as it attempts to rebuild after...
Victorian teachers show the way to win
After three state-wide strikes and five weeks of rolling stoppages, some Victorian teachers have won large pay increases of 10 and 15 per cent...
Boeing strike beats anti-union laws
WORKERS AT Boeing subsidiary Hawker de Havilland in Port Melbourne have successfully defied anti-strike laws to take action in defence of a sacked workmate....
Dave Kerin faces jail for supporting strikers
Six months after Labor's election, unionists are still fighting Howard's laws. Dave Kerin of Union Solidarity has been summonsed by the workplace ombudsman to...
US union takes strike action against the war
MAY DAY in the US this year was marked by dockworkers along the West Coast taking industrial action against the US-led wars in Iraq...
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