Issue No 121 | 30 November 2001 | |
NewsOrganiser of the Year Nominations Open
Union organisers and activists have a month to bid for an overseas trip and the chance to work for an overseas trade union organisation as the winner of the third annual Organiser of the Year award. Labor Council has put up $2000 to go towards air travel for the winner of the organiser of the year competition, which will be awarded at the executive dinner in early December. To enter, just write 500-800 words about an experience where you've put the principles of organising into practise. Send it to Workers Online via the button below. Entries received by December 2 will be judged by our panel of experts, with finalists announced prior to the dinner. Previous winners are the Transport Workers Union's Bruce Penton and the Police Association's Bob Morgan. For further details contact Peter Lewis on 9264 1691 or mailto:[email protected]
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Interview: Back to the Battle Federal Labor's new industrial relations spokesman Robert McClelland outlines the challenges for the next three years. Politics: The Baby and the Bath Water ACTU secretary Greg Combet gives his take on the debate over the ALP's relations with the union movement. Unions: We're Solid Bradon Ellem charts the history of the Pilbara dispute, and finds a revitalised grass-roots unionism challenging BHP's individual contracts bulldozer Organising: Benidgo Pioneer Comes Up Trumps ACTU Delegate of the Year, Leonie Saunders, is living proof of the way unions are adapting to life under the strictures of a hostile Government. Technology: India: Cricket, Computers and Corruption Russell Lansbury cuts through the hype to look out the so-called hi-tech revolution on the sub-continent. International: Soul Searching The party of labour in Canada � the NDP - is right now undergoing a massive struggle for its heart and soul. History: A Timeless Debate The ALP and unions - it's a debate that's raged for years as this extract from a 1947 Lloyd Ross pamplet shows. Review: In Fear of Security Launching his new book, Anthony Burke argues that the cry of "security" is the last refuge of the political scoundrel
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