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.

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Sydney World Refugee Week Rally

Peaceful rally at Circular Quay and March to Hyde Park

11am Sunday 23rd June

Speakers include Tom Keneally, Neville Roach, Patrick Lee (IEU), Sheikh el Hilali (Mufti of Australia), Margaret Reynolds (National President, UN Association) and Nooria Wazifadost (Afghan refugee)

For more information call 0417 275 713 or 0408 057 779 or 0428 190 276

Labor for Refugees - Western Sydney Meeting

At the next meeting Zachary Steel, a clinical psychologist, will speak on "The effects of mandatory detention"

The meeting is on Monday 17 June at 7.00 pm at the CFMEU, 12 Railway Street, Lidcombe

For more information call Karen Iles on 0412 462 646 or 9749 0400 (work) or email [email protected]

Labour Hire Companies: The Industrial Wild West

Politics in the Pub presents Dave Oliver, Assistant National Secretary of the AMWU and John Buchanan, Assistant Director of ACIRRT to discuss Labour Hire Companies.

Where: Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills

When: 21 June 2002 at 6.00pm

For more information see http://www.politicsinthepub.org

NSW Parliament Amnesty International Group Celebtration for Aung San Suu Kyi's Birthday

Eminent citizen of East Timor and wife of President Xanana Gusmao will be the special guest at an intimate gathering of female friends of Burma's wonderful Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Companion of the Order of Australia and General secretary of the National League for Democracy), to celebrate this remarkable woman on the occasion of her birthday.

This is a small but significant way we can honour this remarkably courageous woman who provides inspiration to all of Burma's people and to the international community.

Venue: NSW Parliament Dining Room

Date: Wednesday 19th June

Time: 12:00PM for 12:30PM

Cost: $40.00

Please pay at the lunch or by cheque payable to NSW House Committee. Telephone The Hon. Janelle Saffin MLC for further information, or to accept on 9230 3306.

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