Pickets
Contact your local Trades and Labour Council or union if you want to be on the picket roster. Your local Democratic Socialist Party or Resistance branch also has relevant details.
Demonstrations, meetings and forums
Darwin: John Coombs to speak at May Day rally. Monday, May 4. Fremantle: TLC delegates and members' meeting. Tuesday, April 21, Fremantle Town Hall, 6.30pm. Parramatta: Defend the MUA public meeting sponsored by Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly. Friday, April 24, Parramatta Town Hall, Church St Mall, 7pm. Sydney: Meeting of delegates of Labor Council affiliates, Tuesday, April 28, Sydney Town Hall.
Community speak-outs
Every Friday, 4-7pm
Adelaide: Rundle Mall (Gawler Place). Brisbane: Queen Street Mall (opposite Myer Centre). Canberra: Garema Place, Civic. Melbourne: Bourke Street Mall (Swanston Street end). Sydney: Town Hall steps, every Saturday, 11am-1pm. Darwin: Parap Markets stall. Hobart: Salamanca Markets. Newcastle: Hunter Street Mall (outside McDonald's). Fremantle: Fremantle Mall (South Terrace end). Western Sydney: Parramatta mall (near Town Hall). Wollongong: Crown Street Mall (in front of Gateway). Lismore: Every Wednesday, noon, Goodman Plaza, Southern Cross University.
Concerts and fundraisers
Burnie: Family picnic at Burnie site, Sunday, May 3. Hobart:
Benefit concert, Wednesday, April 23, Republic Hotel.
Defence and support committees
Adelaide: Contact SA UTLC on 8212 3155. Brisbane: Contact ACTU (Qld) on 3846 2468. Canberra: Contact ACT TLC on 6247 7844 or DSP on 6247 2424. Darwin: Contact NT TLC on 8941 0001 or DSP on 8981 4714. Hobart: Contact DSP on 6234 6397. Melbourne: Maritime Defence Committee meets Thursdays, 6pm, Trades Hall, cnr Victoria and Lygon Sts; ph 9662 3511 or 9329 1320. Newcastle: Contact THC on 4929 1162. Sydney: MUA Defence Committee presently confined to senior NSW officials. Attend February 28 affiliates rally at Sydney Town Hall. Wollongong: Contact DSP on 4226 2010.
Women of Waterfront
Wives and women supporters of the wharfies have launched Women of Waterfront Australia (WOW) to work on raising the profile of women and families affected by the dispute. For further information about the group's activities in Sydney, contact MUA NSW on 9264 5024.
Web sites
War on the Wharfies homepage: MUA phone numbers
Sydney: 9264 5024. Newcastle: 4929 7202. Port Kembla: 4228 7057. NT: 8981 6830. North Qld: 4721 2459. Brisbane: 3831 0177. SA: 8447 1779. Burnie, Tas: 6431 3312. Victoria: 9329 5477. WA: 9430 6234. MUA national office: (02) 9267 9134.
To report intimidation of union members in their workplace over issues related to the waterfront dispute contact the communications unit at the ACTU on (03) 9664 7340.