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Issue No. 130 | 05 April 2002 |
Lights Out on The Hill
Interview: Change Agent Industrial: Balancing the Books Unions: Breaking Out Politics: Pissing on the Light on the Hill History: Of Death and Taxes International: Now That's a Strike! Satire: Mugabe Voted Miss Zimbabwe: Denies Election Rigged Poetry: Flick Go The Branches Review: Red, Red Clydeside
Brogden's Worker Creds On The Line Melbourne Faces Budget Day Gridlock Unions Call for Middle East Peace Queensland Casuals Step Forward Worker Stood Down for Dunny Action Indigenous Jobs on Union Agenda Building Workers Honour Fallen Cop Robbo and Latham to Go Three Rounds ACT Health Workers Flex Muscles Casual Rights On Agenda As Full-Time Jobs Collapse Workers Health Centre Offers Affordable Care
The Soapbox Sport Week in Review Postcard
Chikka's Legacy Socialists in the UK Organising Globally Grape Disappointment Union Resignations : Crisis or Opportunity?
Labor Council of NSW |
Letters to the Editor Organising Globally
Dear Sir,
The recent book by ILO publications and edited by A.V.Jose ,"Organised Labour in the 21ST Century" while a weighty tome of compilation by academics , has many easy to understand lessons for not only developing countries , but for activists in developed countries who have been unable to grasp the nettle of corporate trade unionism.
The extensive reference material, a world wide connection of trade union activists, and online discussion groups bringing together many diverse schools of thought give this reflective publication credibility on "Globalisation", and its effects on the labour movement world wide.
Australia was not one of the countries focused on, but, the difficulties facing the Trade Unions know no boundaries, and our isolation has continued to insulate us from the worst excesses of privatisation and our embrace of Globalisation by political parties of all colours, has been to our advantage.
If my memory serves me correctly, I believe Michael Gadiel a Labour Council Officer made several contributions to some of the online discussions which formed part of this study.
Perhaps Workers Online could once a week print some relevant abstracts from this publication, if only to give other perspectives to the generic problems that face Organised Labour , as it attempts to come to grip with Globalisation as a Class, Economic, and Socially fragmented entity.
Tom Collins Ed's Reply: Thanks for the suggestion, we'll look into it.
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