The International Labour Organisation (ILO) could not be clearer: 聯The right to strike is one of the essential means available to workers and their organisations for the promotion and protection of their economic and social interests聰 (1983).
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On May 13, the Left party won 8.4 % of the votes in Germany鈥檚 smallest state, the adjoining north-western cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. This was sufficient for the party to enter a west German state parliament for the first time, with seven MPs.
May 27 will be end of the 20-year concession granted by the Venezuelan government to the RCTV corporation 聴 owned by multi-millionaire Marcel Granier 聴 to use the state-owned Channel 2 broadcasting signal. The Venezuelan government has announced that the channel will become a public station, similar to a number of stations in Europe, based on programs made by independent producers
While public support in the US for Washington聮s counterinsurgency war in Iraq has collapsed, the Pentagon has drawn up plans to almost double the number of US combat troops deployed in the oil-rich country by the end of this year.
Tom Lewis, 83, is a long-time 麻豆传媒 Weekly subscriber in a small town between Bundaberg and Gin Gin, Queensland. His eyesight is rapidly failing and he can no longer read. But last week he renewed his subscription to the paper and made a $100 donation to our fighting fund.
John Howard was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for his 聯friendship and commitment聰 to Israel at a gala dinner at Melbourne聮s Crown Casino on May 20. The award, by the Zionist Federation of Australia, the State Zionist Council of Victoria and the World Zionist Organisation, includes the 聯John Howard Negev Forest聰, which will be planted by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) over an ethnically-cleansed Bedouin village.
On May 20, a group of women activists in Indonesia聮s northern-most province of Aceh declared the formation of a new local political party 聴 the Acehnese People聮s Alliance Party for Women聮s Concern (PARAPP).
鈥淎ustralian Tamils demand protection not persecution鈥 was the theme of a gathering of more than 500 members of the Tamil community outside the Victorian parliament on May 22.
鈥淎 social movement is essential for changing government and opposition policies to halt the climate crisis鈥, Dr Mark Diesendorf told a May 22 public meeting at the University of NSW to launch his book Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy. Diesendorf told the audience of around 200 people that individual and household solutions are not sufficient.
Documentary maker Michael Moore has made headlines again with his latest film, SiCKO!, which premiered at the Cannes Film festival on May 23. The documentary is a loaded gun aimed at the US health-care system, which is the most expensive in the world and yet provides the worst cover in the First World, according to the latest World Health Organisation scorecard.
On May 10, British PM Tony Blair finally made his long-awaited resignation statement. Blair will stand down as prime minister with effect from June 27. He will also stand down as leader of the Labour Party, and preparations for the election of the next Labour leader 鈥 who will simultaneously become PM 鈥 got underway immediately.
In June, Australia will host the largest military exercises ever undertaken in peacetime. Talisman Sabre 07 will involve 12,400 Australian and 13,700 US troops converging on various locations for their biennial 聯war games聰.
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