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Issue No. 125 | 22 February 2002 |
Unfair and Dismal
Interview: If Not Now, When? Activists: Fighting Back Industrial: Croon And Divide Politics: Politics of Extinction History: Harry Bridges: International Labour Hero International: Rats in the Ranks Review: Follow The Fence, Find The Truth Satire: Howard Screws Refugee Kids: G-G Turns Blind Eye Poetry: 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 Legal Action to Block Job Exports Councils Targeted in Contracting Campaign CFMEU Constructs Lebanese Bridge Israeli Aircraft Destroy Most Of Palestinian Union HQ
The Soapbox The Locker Room Week in Review
Tom's Foolery Give Us a Spray!
Labor Council of NSW |
News New Dawn for Dili Workers
A three-person Labor Council delegation, headed by assistant secretary Mark Lennon, was in the territory last week and will present a series of recommendations based on their experiences. Lennon told Labor Council delegates that Timorese workers had put a "basic infrastructure" in place and that unions representing nurses, doctors, teachers and port workers were already operating. East Timor has included key ILO conventions in its constitution and is likely to have a comprehensive labour code in place by May's formal independence date. Lennon, who visited the territory with John Hennessy (Teachers Federation) and experienced Timor hand Pat Lee (IEU), praised the practical contribution made by APHEDA. "Australian unions have played an important role in helping the labour movement become established but there is a lot more to be done, especially in the areas of organising an d communications," he said. Practical help, to this point, has come in varied forms, including buses to transport students from the Teachers Federation; ATBU assistance in delivering another five buses for general transport; and building unions assisting in the construction of a vocational training centre in Dili. Lennon, Lee and Hennessy have been charged with putting together a package of recommendations for consideration by the Labor Council executive.
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