Zane Alcorn, Newcastle
Plenty of young workers don't know much about unions, and there's a trend among people my age 鈥 in their early 20s 鈥 to see unions as pretty pointless.
As one friend of mine, who works part-time at K-mart said, "You pay
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Ian Jamieson, Fremantle
On May 1, 100 trade unionists attended the May Day toast hosted by the WA branch of the Maritime Union of Australia. The toast was addressed by Indigenous rights activist Jan Cowan, MUA assistant state secretary Ian Bray and
Sue Bolton, Brisbane
Over the last four months, 麻豆传媒 Weekly has been covering the campaign by the more activist trade unions for the union movement to hold another national day of protest and stoppage against the Howard government's new
Zoe Kenny
A May 2 Sydney Morning Herald article reported federal Treasurer Peter Costello's warning that Australia may need to turn to nuclear power as the "solution" to greenhouse-gas driven climate change. Costello has joined the chorus of
Greg Adamson
In his Peace War series, science fiction writer and mathematician Vernor Vinge suggested that we are approaching a technology singularity, a point at which the rate of technological development is so great that humanity is no longer
ALP
Kim Beazley's May 3 speech to the National Press Club confirms that Labor is just another conservative party. The address overwhelming focused on "middle Australians" who have "real and legitimate needs". Beazley specified that, by middle
May Day this year was something special.
In France, workers and students celebrated their tremendous victory against the French government's attempt to give employers the right to sack young workers at will.
In the United States on May 1, more
Dale Mills
The national push for more police officers and powers has led to a public clash between Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Mick Keelty and ACT minister for police Simon Corbell.
Keelty, a regular on TV concerning the "war on
CANBERRA 鈥 On May 5, Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union members protested outside the swish Holy Grail restaurant. The restaurant's owner owes $10,000 in unpaid wages to Dario DeGuzman, a Filipino guestworker.
"Community pressure is
Chris Kerr
Twelve-thousand people marched on April 16 when the National Movement Against the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement held its first mobilisation. The coalition brings together around 270 different organisations, including the Korean
Doug Lorimer
On May 4, by 28 to 22 votes, the Solomon Islands parliament elected Manasseh Sogavare as the country's prime minister. The Solomon Islands is a South Pacific archipelago-nation of 552,000 people 鈥 80,000 of whom, mostly young men,
Nick Everett, Canberra
On May 2, 60 people attended an eyewitness report on Palestine co-sponsored by 麻豆传媒 Weekly and Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine. The forum was addressed by James Crafti, a member of the socialist youth
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