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I Don�t Like Sprouts
I've always thought brussel sprouts tasted like reconstituted vomit, so the latest smart-arse advertising campaign for the Clearview pension fund doesn�t really wash with me.
Interview: Clean Hands
Susan Ryan was Labor's first female Minister, today she represents the trustees responsible for our super funds, where the move to socially responsible investment is happening, albeit slowly.
Corporate: Out of Asia
The decision by America�s biggest employee pension fund to pull out of a number of Asian countries because of their poor labour rights and civil liberties standards has sent shock waves through the region.
Unions: Tears, Real And Crocodile, At The Ansett Wake
It�s ended in heartbreak but the campaign to keep Ansett flying should really be remembered for the courage, determination and decency of the airline�s devoted staff writes Noel Hester.
Economics: Labour�s Capital: Individual Or Collective?
More Australians own shares than ever before, asks Frank Stilwell, but is it the best way to share the wealth?
History: Mardi Gras: The Biggest Labour Festival?
The struggle for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers has been part of the wider struggle for workers rights, in Australia and internationally.
International: Driving A Hard Bargain
Public sector workers in Korea are using the last twelve months before local and national elections � and the up-coming soccer World Cup � as bargaining chips in their campaign against privatisation of public utilities.
Review: In Bed With a Sub-Machine Gun
In this extract from his new book, Night Train to Granada, GB Harrision travels from Drepression era Newcastle to Spain under Franco's heel.
Satire: Whitlam Forgives Kerr: "At Least He Didn't Dismiss A Rape Victim"
Gough Whitlam claimed today that the man who dismissed him is no longer Australia�s worst Governor-General. �Sure he dismissed me, but at least he never dismissed a child rape victim like Governor-General Hollingworth,� said Whitlam.
Poetry: Dear Mother
Thanks to the generosity of the Defence Signals Directorate, Workers Online has obtained intercepts of recent communications between Australia and London. A transcript is below:
 Unions Stats Snow Job
BHP Strike Over Super Control
Some Light Reflects Off Ansett
Net Porn Highlights Privacy Lag
Mad Monk To Float Down Oxford Street
Burma the Next Chernobyl
Govt Breaches Its Own Guidelines
Sartor Policies Irk Council Workers
Service Fee Push Hots Up in Qld
Casino Workers Show Their Hands
Hotel Bosses Have Full House But Cry Poor
Airport Screeners Win Training Rights
CFMEU Korean Activist Honoured
Support For Fijian Union Battle
Beer Cold and Prawns Peeled
Activists Notebook
The Soapbox
Grumpy Old Men (And Bettina)
Scratch the surface of most conservative commentators and you'll find a lapsed Leftie, Paul Norton argues. The Locker Room
Black and White
The Australian way of playing rugby union, cricket and the development of our own game, Australian Rules, were profoundly influenced by a forgotten man. Week in Review
Gridlocked
Jim Marr loooks at a week when trains, planes and ships of shame all threatened to come to a grinding halt.
More on Harry Bridges
Well Done, Splitter
Repeating History
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Beer Cold and Prawns Peeled
Tops are being knocked off cold ones at the Austbelt Splicing Services employees social club in Brisbane as former workmate, Allan Gabel, is welcomed back after winning an unfair dismissal case.
Gabel was sacked last July for selling second-hand conveyor belt to raise $400 for social club funds. The second-hand belts are of no use to the company but find a market amongst people who use them to line utilities or make mudflaps.
Austbelt had known that Gabel and other workers had, for years, swapped useless belt for cash, beer or prawns which all went into building up the workers' social club.
The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) found the sacking of the AMWU member had been "harsh, unjust and unreasonable". It ordered his reinstatement with full back pay to July 31, 2001.
"Mr Gabel and other Austbelt employees were not making personal gain, they were building up their social club. I would have thought that was good for morale and the company would have encouraged their initiative," AMWU Queensland secretary, David Harrison, said.
"This decision highlights the importance of strong unfair dismissal laws and shows how easily workers can have their lives turned upside down for the simplest things. All workers need protection from companies acting in this way, not matter how big or small the business is."
Harrison pointed out the Federal Government was trying to remove this protection, presumably with the support of National Party Member for Hinkler, Paul Neville.
The AMWU called on Neville to support working people in his electorate by voting against the Tony Abbott legislation when it comes before parliament.
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