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Issue No. 141 21 June 2002  
E D I T O R I A L

Bitter Pills
It had to be one of the greatest frauds of history, we had reached a stage of evolution where we no longer needed to be regulated.

F E A T U R E S

Interview: The Fels Guy
ACCC chair Professor Alan Fels on big business attacks, the waterfront dispute and where unions stand under the Trade Practices Act.

Solidarity: Life or Death?
Ka mate, ka mate, ka ora, ka ora � the eternal warriors� dilemma - filled the Sydney air this week. Jim Marr was there.

Unions: Back to Basics
Tony Papa made it to the top of the Australian union movement; now he's back at the frontline organising building workers. And he's never been happier.

International: Global Terror
The annual report into violence against trade unionists was released this week. But, as Andrew Casey reports, the killings continue.

History: Sorry Business
Dr Rosalind Kidd lifts the lid on the use of forced labour of Aboriginal people in Queensland right through to the 1960s.

Technology: Future Active
In his new book on net activism, Graham Meikle arges that ideas will ultimately triumph over assets.

Satire: Executive Presents PowerPoint Eulogy at Mother�s Funeral
A corporate affairs manager from a leading Sydney company yesterday delivered a moving presentation at his mother�s funeral, utilising the many features of Microsoft�s PowerPoint software.

Poetry: Santa Claus Was Coming to Oz
As we commemorate world refugee day, what can we learn about our treatment of refugees, from the case of one man from far away who tried to enter Australia last Christmas?

Review: Dial 'M' For Minority Report
Imagine a place where everyone knows your name, the streets are filled with smiling faces, and murder has all but been obliterated. Anyone who finds this scene idyllic has clearly not seen Minority Report.

N E W S

 Fair Share: Link Executive Pay to Wages

 Abbott�s 'Rule of Law' Faces Court Challenge

 Royal Gaze Averted as Bosses Shut Down and Fined

 Molten Metal Sparks Safety Probe

 Consumer Boycotts Don't Break Law: Fels

 Korean Own Goal in World Focus

 STOP PRESS: Court Ticks Off on Service Fees

 Zero Tolerance on Casino Violence

 GIO Workers Challenge Bosses' Union Wages

 Nurses Reject Band-Aid Solution

 Saving Lives In Killer Productions

 McDonalds Vandal Becomes Global Hero

 Debate Rages Over Chinese Unions

 Paul Howes' Activist Notebook

C O L U M N S

The Soapbox
Jock or Janus?
Roland Stephens looks at Labor's progression through the eyes of 'Jock' the legendary David Williamson character.

The Locker Room
The World Game
Former Socceroo Dennis Yaager gives his take on the Cup Finals while Labourstart's Andrew Casey rates the labour performance of the nations left in contention.

Week in Review
A Law Unto Themselves
Law, domestic and international, is centre stage but Jim Marr discovers 7.1 billion reasons why big business seems to rise above it.

Bosswatch
Who Wants To be a Millionaire?
There are more of them than ever before, according to a new global survey of the world's richest.

L E T T E R S
 Tanya Inc
 Tom Bites Back
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Debate Rages Over Chinese Unions


The International Labor Organisation has baffled proponents of a free and democratic labour movement by electing the authoritarian All-China Federation of Trade Unions to the ILO Governing Body.

A divided Workers' Group at the International Labour Conference elected the Federation as an 'alternative worker delegate', prompting some union bodies to question whether the ILO is suffering from amnesia.

The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association (IUF) says it has been well known for decades that the ACFTU is a "component part of the Party/state structure in China".

It says the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is well known to represent the State and to have the backing of police and military force in the nation.

Far from championing the rights of workers, the ACFTU exists to do little more than support the Chinese State's economic policy objectives, according to the IUF. It says the ACFTU continues to stand by Chinese workers are imprisoned for attempting to exercise their rights to protest.

The ACTFU has been pushing for some time to gain international legitimacy; a goal that appears to have been achieved in the eyes of the ILO if no one else.

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