Issue No 104 | 27 July 2001 | |
NewsUnions Will March at CHOGM
The QCU and the Queensland union movement will engage in a peaceful rally and march at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in October. At an Executive meeting today it was decided that the Queensland union movement would hold a peaceful march and rally in support of raising the labour standards of workers and their families across the Commonwealth. "It is important decision that we would be part of such an event to highlight and raise the awareness of the poor working and labour standards in some of the countries that will be represented here in October," QCU Acting General Secretary Chris Barrett said. "We welcome discussion and debate on human rights, indigenous rights and issues and democracy within the Commonwealth," Mr Barrett said. "However, it is also our role to highlight the issues of labour standards, governance, debt and environment issues as well as human and union rights violations," he said. "Our key issues are ones that have an effect on the working lives of Australians," Mr Barrett said. "Globalisation and third world debt impact on workers' rights and core labour standards across the Commonwealth," he said. "It is crucial that the union movement in Australia and especially Queensland have a voice at this time," he said.
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Interview: A Super Agenda Labor's federal spokesman on superannuation Kelvin Thompson outlines the challenges a Beazley Government will face in managing the nation's savings. E-Change: 1.4 The Shifting Sands of Ideology Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel conclude the first part of their study of new politics by looking for core Labor values in a post-Cold War environment. Corporate: Locking Horns The same names keep cropping up in the business pages as the web of corporate control stays tied to a few big players. Georgina Murray has been looking at the extent and depth of the connections. Unions: The Workers Bank With banks on the nose, David Whiteley looks at how unions and super funds have got together to create the real deal � the workers bank. International: Phil Davey's Amazon Postcard The CFMEU's Boy Wonder has downed the megaphone for three months in South America. Here's what he's been up to. History: Faded Vision of The American Bounder King O'Malley was an American ex-pat who dreamed of a people's bank. Neale Towart looks at what happened to his vision. Activists: The Big Gee-Up With the big guns of the anti-corporate movement in town, Mark Hebblewhite goes looking for a definition of globalisation. Indonesia: Where to the Workers After Gus Dur? At the end of a turbulent week, Jasper Goss looks at the impact of the overthrow of Wahid on Indonesian workers. Review: Mixing Pop and Politics 'The Bank' is a new Australian film that takes a contemporary political issue and transforms it into a piece of compelling popular culture. Satire: Milosevic's Defence: "I Was Just Issuing Orders" Disgraced former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has brushed off against charges for war crimes against humanity and mass genocide.
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