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Two Wings Flapping
The one element missing from the current debate about the relationship between the labour movement and the ALP is any discussion about what's in it for the unions.
Interview: In The Tent
The Australian Services Union's Martin Foley on the dilemma facing trade unions affiliated to the Labor Party.
Bad Boss: The Desk Nazi
Everyone�s mail is on the money this week. Yep, Australia Post, courtesy of the born-to-rule attitude so beloved by the Workplace Relations Minister has been nominated for the Tony Award.
Media: Hold the Presses
The withdrawal of mainstream news outlets from the reporting of industrial relations is playing right into the bosses' hands, writes Andrew Casey
Workplace: Putting Bullies In Their Place
Ever wonder where the schoolyard bullies from your formative years ended up? Chances are they are still making someone�s life hell in an Australian workplace today. Even worse, one of them might be your direct supervisor.
Industrial: Women and Work
The last fortnight may well prove a turning point for working Australian women and their families, argues ACTU President Sharan Burrow
International: Whine and Dine
The political and industrial wings of British labour are at each other's throats, reports Andrew Casey.
History: Black Adder
Old King Cole had good tutors. Roger Milliss captured the style of conservative government witch-hunts in Serpent�s Tooth, his cathartic apology to his father, Bruce.
Review: Bad Movie
While the search for Australia's worst boss is well underway, Joel Schumacher's Bad Company seems to point the finger squarely at the US Government - albeit accidentally.
Poetry: I Remember
Dermott Ryder knocks our Resident Bard off his podium this week with a little ditty about a bloke called Honest John
 Builder Blows Whistle on Kangaroo Court
Alarm Over Unis in Detention
Unions Spark New Super Push
Abbott Trips on Entitlements - Again
Picnic Day for Union Members Only
Memo: John Travolta - Come Fly With Us!
Cole Comfort to Bodgey Builders
Unions Eye SA Casuals Victory
Burrow: Paid Mat Leave Just First Step
Mayne Warning � But Will They Listen?
Drought Relief Should Extend To Rural Workers
Coca Cola Action Bubbles Globally
The Soapbox
The Royal Circus
CFMEU organiser Terry Kesby gives a first hand account of his experience before the Cole Royal Commission. The Locker Room
Bravely Running Away
Phil Doyle is bewildered by the Australian Cricket team�s reluctance to join John Howard�s War On Terror. Bosswatch
Nothing Exceeds Like Excess
As the world market lurches under the weight of its own amorality, regulators and business lobbies are locking horns over the need for more rules.
Week in Review
A Share of the Action
Sharemarket jitters produce mea culpas from the magnate set but, as Jim Marr discovers, loyal followers in the Howard administration aren�t likely to join the chorus any time soon.
Make My Week!
Real Reform
Hooray for Frank!
Reform or Die
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Alarm Over Unis in Detention
The involvement of the Australian Technology Network of Universities in a bid to take over the running of Australia's immigration detention centres has raised alarm amongst academics.
The National Tertiary Education Union is concerned that the ATN would join with the controversial Danish owned correctional Services Corporation Group 4 Falck in its bid to take on the detention centre contract.
"Universities are public institutions and should speak for the public interest." said Mr Grahame McCulloch, NTEU General Secretary. "As part of this, educational institutions and educators everywhere need to understand the importance of human rights and reflect this in their work."
"Given this, the NTEU would caution ATN campuses against forming alliances with an organisation such as Group 4 and the system of detention in Australia that is perceived to be perpetuating the denial of internationally recognised human rights of asylum seekers."
It was revealed last week that Group 4 Falck had approached Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services to provide education, recreational and sporting activities to asylum seekers, as part of the Danish security corporation's bid to manage Australia's seven active immigration detention centres.
Members of ATN, the body representing five technology universities across Australia, of which RMIT is a partner, have subsequently been invited to be involved and there are indications that two campuses have responded favourably.
"While we understand the importance of providing educational and recreational services to those in correctional facilities, the immigration detention centres are not correctional facilities and are clearly an inappropriate means of housing asylum seekers," said Mr McCulloch.
"We would question the effectiveness of delivering education services in an environment where all freedoms are taken away. As a trade union committed to social justice, the NTEU would request the ATN network to reconsider any decision to enter into Group 4's bid."
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