
Issue No 111		14 September 2001

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Australian Unionist Lost in New York

A young South Australian trade unionist who worked as an organiser before travelling the world is among those missing from this week's terrorist attack on New York.

Colleagues of Andrew Knox are hoping for a miracle, but beginning to resign themselves to having lost a comrade.

Knox worked as a senior industrial officer for the Australian Workers Union for some five years prior to heading overseas, where he worked with UK unions before finding work in New York.

During his time with the AWU he primarily worked around local government and workers compensation.

"Andrew is the type of guy who has the capacity to touch every person - with the demeanour and personal characteristics of someone without an enemy in the world," AWU colleague Wayne Hanson told Workers Online.

"The outstanding feature was that he was loved by the members, respected by employers he operated with, a person who very quickly established his bona fides and protection of workers within the union," Hanson says.

"There is nothing but praise about the way he conducted himself - a credit to the working class, a credit to the union and a credit to himself.

"We're still hopeful - that Andrew will emerge from the dust and the rubble - but the reality is that those circumstances are becoming more rare and remote."

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Issue 111 contents

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.

» Howard Deserts Ansett Workers

» Trans Tasman Battle for Entitlements

» Qantas Workers Move To Protect Their Entitlements

» Unions Denounce Muslim Attacks

» Fund Established for New York Workers

» Australian Unionist Lost in New York

» 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