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Issue No. 140 14 June 2002  
E D I T O R I A L

Abbott's Rule of Law
Tony Abbott has had a bit to say about the Rule of Law in recent times; how respect for the law should be at the centre of industrial relations and that anyone who flouts it is a national traitor.

F E A T U R E S

Interview: Party Girl
Former ACTU president Jennie George on women in politics, life in Canberra and the ALP-union relationship.

Unions: Touch One, Touch All
The tribes of the union movement gathered outside the Cole Commission this week to repay the CFMEU for its generosity.

Industrial: Condition Critical
Nurses have taken their claim for financial recognition from the hospital ward to the courts, Jim Marr reports

International: Innocence Lost
There are nearly 250 million child labourers in the world, and every one has a story. As the ILO launches the first World Day Against Child Labour, here are just three.

History: Strange Bedfellows
Women�s first successes in adult suffrage came without much campaigning, and was in fact supported by Mormons, in defence of polygamy.

Organising: Just Say No
How would you react if you had to run a "no vote" campaign to oppose a non-union agreement issued by a company whose 3000 strong workforce was spread over 3500 kilometres. React quickly and expect to travel is Will Tracey's advice.

Review: Choosing Life Beneath The Clouds
Ivan Sen's Beneath Clouds is a road movie of the highest order, in which the destination becomes secondary to the choosing of a path.

Poetry: Did We Make a Big Mistake
It's one hundred years ago this week that Australia gave women the vote, and jumped early onto a bandwagon than would roll across democracies world-wide.

N E W S

 Building Workers Gagged By Commission

 Labour Hire Veil Lifted

 Unionists Hit HP Fire Wall

 Combet Drives Car Industry Summit

 Green Ban Protects Aussie Timber Jobs

 Unions Launch Gucci Boycott

 Della Picks Up Manslaughter Baton

 Jockeys Crisis Worsens

 Billions Of Reasons For Reasonable Hours

 Swans in Dark as Lights Go Out

 Workplace Wishes Walked All Over

 Airport Security Flies High

 Canucks Boycott Starbucks

 Campaign Steps Up To Stop Child Labor

 Activists Notebook

C O L U M N S

The Soapbox
The Conviction Unionist
In his speech to the National Press Club, ACTU secretary Greg Combet expands on his breed of unionism and charts the resurgence in the movement.

The Dressing Room
Give Greg a New Look!
We have converted the Tool Shed into a Dressing Room to give you the opportunity to give ACTU secretary Greg Combet a make over.

The Locker Room
The Other Les Murray
Those pesky colonials have been making life difficult for the natural order of things again, reports Phil Doyle.

Week in Review
Quelle Horreur
Jim Marr drags himself away from a four-yearly fascination with people of one name � Raul, Rivaldo and co � to discover fouls are still being committed on the international stage.

Bosswatch
The Great CEO Swindle
Breath-taking figures from the USA show the extent to which executives are taing a bigger and bigger slice of the corporate pie.

L E T T E R S
 Luke and Learn
 Due Credit
 Tom's Foolery
 More Latham
 More Tom
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News

Jockeys Crisis Worsens


A looming crisis in the racing industry has worsened with jockeys being told there are no insurance companies prepared to cover them public liability cover.

The Australian Workers Union, representing the jockeys in negotiations with insurers, says jockeys will cease riding at the end of the month if they are not be covered.

Jockeys are required to take out insurance from being sued by racehorse owners and other jockeys, before they can ride. All but the elite jockeys, negotiate a group insurance through brokers Jardines.

AWU NSW vice president Matt Thistlewaite says that, after warning jockeys their premiums would double, Jardines has now told them they can't find an insurer to cover them.

A crisis meeting will be held with NSW Gaming and Racing Minister Richard Face on Tuesday. If this does not resolve the issue, racing will come to a halt on July 1 when policy are due for renewal.


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