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Unfair and Dismal
As the credibility of the Howard Government sunk under lies and conceit this week, Tony Abbott – for a moment - looked uncharacteristically subdued.
Interview: If Not Now, When?
New Labor Council organiser Adam Kerslake talks about his plans to bring unions back to basics.
Activists: Fighting Back
Jim Marr talks to Keysar Trad, a unionist who's left the security of the Tax Office for a much bigger challenge.
Industrial: Croon And Divide
Fly a kite, obfuscate the issues, divide your opponents and continue to hammer people: the one-card-trick Howard Government’s latest kite is unfair dismissal reports Noel Hester.
Politics: Politics of Extinction
Trade unionism is a spent force; a dinosaur. This alleged truism is often heard these days, in one form or another. Rowan Cahill unpacks the lie.
History: Harry Bridges: International Labour Hero
Zoe Reynolds marks the centenary of the birth of an Australian waterfront worker who went on to lead one of America's largest unions.
International: Rats in the Ranks
The relationship between Britain’s Blair Labour Government and the union movement has hit a new low, as Andrew Casey reports.
Review: Follow The Fence, Find The Truth
Tara de Boehmler reviews a new flick that sheds light on the debate around the Stolen Generation.
Satire: Howard Screws Refugee Kids: G-G Turns Blind Eye
Startling claims that Prime Minister John Howard screwed refugee children prior to the last election, and also during a hunger strike at Woomera, have been dismissed by the Governor-General Peter Hollingworth.
Poetry: Let It Be
When a certain former Minister for Defence visited England recently, he met Sir Paul McCartney. The former Beatle thought there was something strange about him, but he didn't say anything. He decided to just Let It Be.
 Building Workers' Bid to Win Back Lives
Dog-Tired – Long Hours Leave Beagles Buggered
Home Care Workers Reject Sweat
Building Commission's Costly Spin
Caltex Asked To Explain Price Hikes
Palm Sunday Resurrected for Refugees
Dismissals: Labor Blocks The Lot
Company Collapses: Union Wants Bank Powers
Women Wanted for Wharf
Sanity Returns to the West
Big Brother Raises Hackles
Legal Action to Block Job Exports
New Dawn for Dili Workers
Councils Targeted in Contracting Campaign
CFMEU Constructs Lebanese Bridge
Israeli Aircraft Destroy Most Of Palestinian Union HQ
Activists Notebook
The Soapbox
Shorten's Suite
AWU national secretary Bill Shorten outlines his vision for unionism - from the relations with the ALP to its efforts to regain the heartland. The Locker Room
Bunnies in the Headlights
Despite their triumphant return to the League, Souths story won't be the last example of tradition being trampled, writes Jim Marr. Week in Review
Tories in Turmoil
With a constitutional crisis and a dangling mandate, it was compelling viewing for the Howard jeer squad.
Dirty Politics Won't Wash
Tom's Foolery
Give Us a Spray!
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Legal Action to Block Job Exports
Maritime Unions are seeking Industrial Relations Commission sanction for their campaign against the Federal Government’s job exports policy.
Unions launched action in Sydney, this week, aimed at requiring ships working Australian routes to observe minimum working conditions.
Supporting the claim, ACTU secretary Greg Combet, called on the Howard Government to reverse its policy of sending Australian jobs off-shore.
He was particularly scathing on the role played by Deputy PM, John Anderson, whose office must issue permits to foreign vessels operating Australian routes.
"Australian shipping is being destroyed by Anderson's foreign fleet," Combet said. "Many of these vessels are rust-buckets that threaten our marine environment. They destroy Australian jobs and don't pay Australian taxes. How is that in Australia's interests?"
Since Anderson became Transport Minister in 1996 the number of foreign vessels permitted has risen by 350 percent.
Maritime unions are currently in dispute with owners of the Australian flagged and crewed, CSL Yarra, who are trying to sell the vessel to an off-shore subsidiary. The strong suspicion is it will return to the Australian run with a foreign flag and crew.
In 2000, the Yarra's owners pulled a similar stroke on the CSL Pacific, now back working the Australian coast under the flag of The Bahamas with a Ukranian crew.
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