By Jonathan Singer
Legal industrial action by workers will be virtually impossible if proposed amendments to the federal Workplace Relations Act (WRA) are passed, according to the ACTU. The measures are being presented by federal industrial
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By Marcus Bruno
The fight to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine is at a critical point. On July 12, The UN World Heritage Commission (WHC) will decide whether to list Kakadu National Park as "World Heritage in danger" because of the mine, which is
By John Meehan
DUBLIN — The Protestant-chauvinist Orange Order's annual July march
down the nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, on Sunday,
July 4, has been banned by the British government's Parades Commission.
The ruling class rates our unions
By Jonathan Singer
What makes a good union? According to the Australian, the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers (APESMA) and the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association
Protests condemn Indonesian regime's violence
By Liam Mitchell
SYDNEY — More than 40 protesters gathered outside Garuda Indonesia's office on July 2 in an emergency action to protest against the police attack on democracy movement protesters
Comment by Helen Lobato
Generation Xers feel ripped-off by feminism because they have not been able to fulfil the high expectations of themselves that feminism has created. This is the finding of a recent sociological study of Victorian women aged
By Max Lane
On June 25, the Jakarta daily newspaper Kompas reported that the Indonesian minister of defence and the commander in chief of the armed forces, General Wiranto, had stated that the government would take firm action against anybody
Carr cracks down on pre-Olympic protests
By Bea Brear
SYDNEY — On March 27, Premier Bob Carr's Labor Party was re-elected in NSW with a hard-line "law and order" policy. In a push to "clean up the streets", NSW police have been refusing
Correction
In the article by John Pilger titled "The 'new feminism'" printed in GLW #365, a technical glitch resulted in Natasha Walter's name being misspelt throughout as NatashaWaiter. Our apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
East Timor delegation calls for solidarity
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — Belinda Morieson, branch secretary of the Australian Nurses Federation, and John Cummins, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union construction division branch
Militia violence continues in East Timor
By Jon Land
On June 29, while East Timorese pro-independence and pro-integration leaders were finishing reconciliation talks in Jakarta, a pro-integration gang attacked the recently established United
Gordonstone miners still 'standing tall'
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The miners' union is considering a High Court appeal after the Federal Court ruled on June 25 that, while sacked mineworkers at the Gordonstone mine in central Queensland were
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