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By Peter Montague Bill Gaffey's work is finished. He died suddenly of a heart attack at age 71 on October 6, 1995, in St Louis. As a result, his libel lawsuit against Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly, and its editor, Peter Montague, has been
Leading WomenBy Eva CoxRandom House, Australia, 1996. 326 pp., $19.95Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg Society has changed considerably in the 25 years since Eva Cox became involved in the women's liberation movement. The strong activity of the second wave
Subject: Melbourne Sympathy Orchestra The unit attended a performance of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, and observed the following: 1. For considerable periods, the oboe players had nothing to do. Their number should be reduced and their work
By Michael Bramwell FREMANTLE — July 26 marked the fifth anniversary of the Kirkis shipping disaster. The Kirkis, an unseaworthy ship not inspected by unions, broke up off the WA coast, spilling 20,000 tonnes of oil into the Indian Ocean. To mark
Tree planting memorial SYDNEY — The next tree planting in the HIV/AIDS Memorial Groves in Sydney Park, St Peters, will take place on Sunday, August 18, from 10.30am to 4pm. Friends, lovers and families are invited to plant native seedlings in
CHARLESTON, Illinois, USA — Union members locked out for five months at Trailmobile Corporation here have ratified a new contract which turns back all company demands for concessions and makes gains in wages and other improvements. Members of
By Pip Hinman Heatwaves and the spread of infectious diseases are likely to result from a business-as-usual approach to greenhouse gas emissions, a report by the world's leading health and climate experts has warned. "Climate Change and Human
Until the mid-1940s, apprentices were forced to undertake their training at night and unpaid, often after long shifts of work. The Melbourne Apprentices Committee was set up to campaign for the paid, daytime, training of apprentices. GEORGE CRAWFORD
Detroit strike a test for unions By Barry Sheppard July 13 was the first anniversary of the Detroit newspaper strike, which is the most important labour struggle taking place in the United States today. This war of attrition pits 2000 workers
By Peter Norford Johnston WOLLONGONG — In the latest sequence of undemocratic moves initiated by the vice-chancellor, the last meeting of the university council decided to decrease student representation on the Board of Management by half. The
By Dennis White Australian National workers face serious doubts about their future following moves by the federal government to investigate the performance of the government-owned enterprise. A letter from AN's chairperson, Jack Smorgen, to federal
A key plank of the Howard government's attacks on the public sector is its proposed partial privatisation of Telstra. In preparation, the job cuts are rumoured to be around 24,000 within 18 months. In South Australia the Keep Telstra Public Alliance,