
Issue No 111		14 September 2001

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Letters to the Editor

Message from the AFL-CIO

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I write to thank you for your extraordinary expression of solidarity and support. It is vital at this time that workers across the world stand together against terrorism that targets the innocent.

This heinous attack was aimed at working people. These acts must be condemned by nations, by leaders, and by workers across the world. The perpetrators should find no sanctuary. We urge all workers to aid in bringing them to justice.

We mourn today the heroic sacrifice of working men and women who gave their lives while trying to save others. The full count is not in. But we know that thousands of police, fire and emergency medical men and women gave the full measure of sacrifice in struggling to save others in the catastrophe. The dedication, the solidarity, the courage, and the humanity showed by these everyday heroes will not be forgotten.

September 11, 2001 will live in our memory forever. On this day, working men and women; airline pilots and flight attendants, cafeteria staff, maintenance crews, parking attendants, public employees, secretaries and other office workers were targets of a despicable act of terror. On this day, working men and women risked and gave their lives.

On behalf of the 40 million members of working families in the United States, I want to thank you for the outpouring of support from our trade union family around the world. Workers across this country will always remember your outreach and solidarity. As we move forward in the days ahead, we know, as never before, that we are not alone.

In Solidarity,

John Sweeney

President

AFL-CIO

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Interview: Amidst the Debris
ACTU President Sharan Burrow surveys the wreckage from a week that rocked the world.

Politics: Consequences of Empire
The horror of the events in New York has not led to all American and international observers feeling committed to bloody revenge.

Industrial: Grounded
Ansett workers lay bare their feelings at seeing their company driven into oblivion.

International: Election Results from East Timor
Fretelin as expected has topped the poll in East Timor�s first free democratic election and the violence predicted by some has not eventuated.

E-Change: 3.2 The Electronic Consumerist
In their latest instalment Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel ask how effective has the law become in safeguarding the things that really matter to us?

Legal: Howard's Falkland War
Zoe Reynolds chronicles the bizarre tale of the Tampa and how a group of refugees bacame pawns in a bigger political game.

Compo: Round Two Begins
Nancy Searle reviews the Sheahan Report and highlights some of the areas of concern to injured workers.

Economics: Knowledge, Power, Banking
Raj Patel questions whether a new World Bank initiative is actually designed to control the way the Third World thinks.

Review: Political Theatre
The Naked Theatre Company is a youthful, adventurous, professional, Sydney theatre company committed to the development and production of Australian playwrights.

Satire: Howard US Visit "Marginally Overshadowed"
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has said his US trip was a complete success, if slightly upstaged towards the middle.

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» US Flight Crews Support Ansett Workers

» Compo: Threshold Too High

» Della Moves on Premium Evasion

» Travel Site Severs Burma Links

» Paint Company Wants Strike Declared Illegal

» Casino Staff Locked Out Again

» Tax Staff to Strike Back

» Union Applauds Deet Ruling On Clothing

» Unions Take Message to Migrant Workers

» Get Ready to Wobble

» Activists' Notebook

» STOP PRESS: Howard Rolls Abbott on Entitlements