Issue No 103 | 20 July 2001 | |
NewsUnions Cash in on Big Brother
Dutch trade unions have capitalised on the global phenomenon of 'Big Brother' to promote global labour standards. Named the 'Big Other', the FNV put five actors in a glass house in a public place for two days. The actors represented people from different countries struggling with issues like globalisation, child labour, workers rights, and so on. The audience was invited not to vote on the players, but on the products they had in their house, such as Nike shoes -- but also products that are made in a somewhat more ethical manner (i.e., not using slave labour). They also placed the different products on the web and ask participants to vote online. The resulting site is Labourstart's website of the week and definitely worth a look - despite being in Dutch: http://194.109.206.218/bigother/ Given that the Big Brother juggernaut is likely to keep rolling on in Australia - and has clearly capture the imagination of a key target demographic - the twenty-somethings - maybe it's something we should be emulating here. We're interested in hearing from anyone with a creative idea of cashing in on the reality TV show in the coming months.
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Interview: Political Witch Hunt CFMEU national secretary John Sutton on the mooted Royal Commission and what is really needed to clean up the building industry E-Change: 1.3 The Nation State in Crisis In the latest instalment in their study on the new politics, Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel looks at the rise and fall of the institutional State. Unions: Industrial Violence Rowan Cahill agrees with Tony Abbott that thuggery and violence are part of Australian industrial relations landscape - but it's the bosses who do most of the bashing. History: Total Recoil Neal Towart looks at how Royal Commissions designed to kick unions have typically come back to haunt their architects. International: Behind the Eight Ball Jubilee Australia's Thea Ormond looks at the international activity being generated around this week's Group of Eight Summit in Genoa Politics: Now We The People A new group believes there is an alternative to corporate gobalism and economic rationalism Satire: Marsden Now to Sue Himself Sydney solicitor John Marsden is suing himself for defamation, claiming the recent libel case he brought did irreparable damage to his reputation. Review: In The House Resident Four-Eyes Mark Morey attempts the impossible with this attempt at a serious analysis of Big Brother.
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