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Peak Performance
Leaders of the NSW trade union movement gathered this week to consider the role of their peak council in an increasingly deregulated labour market.
Interview: Labor Law
NSW Attorney General Bob Debus expands on how he's bought a Labor agenda to the justice system
Unions: Critical Conditions
Jim Marr looks at one man's story to expose the workers compensdation rorts that are rife in the building industry
Bad Boss: Shifting The Load
Barminco, the biggest mine operator in Tasmania, has put its name forward for a Tony after being labeled the �boss from hell�.
History: Peeking Out
As unions push for workplace privacy, Neale Towart argues that its not just employers who might be peeking.
Safety: Flying High
Blaming the individual worker has always been at the heart of calls for random drug and alcohol testing, Neal Towart reports.
Corporate: Salaries High, Performance Low
As part of Labor Council's inquiry into executive pay, Bosswatch's Chris Owen has compiled this overview.
International: War on the US Wharves
Thousands of US dockworkers held rallies this week up and down America�s West Coast as well as in Hawaii, as the Bush Administration threatened to break one of America�s most powerful unions by using troopers as strike breakers.
Review: And the Signs Said...
Philip Farruggio argues the new horror flick 'The Signs' has a subtext that should resonate with working families.
Poetry: Tony Don't Preach
Melbourne car park attendant and LHMU delegate Tony Duras rewrote the Madonna and Kelly Osbourne hit Papa Don�t Preach.
Satire: Latham Dumps Rodney Rude as Speech Writer
ALP front-bencher, Mark Latham has fired speech writer Rodney Rude after calling the Prime Minister an 'arse-licker'.
 Qantas Dressed Down Over Uniform Backflip
Virgin Threatens Delegate Over Net Use
Email Protection Hits Firewall
Yarra Gets Rowdy Welcome Home
Cole Snubs Injured Worker
Victorian System Needs Reform: AIRC
First NEST Payout to Workers
Qld Public Sector Battle Heats Up
Community Workers Eye Canberra Show Down
Lift Techs Face Redundancy Lock Out
Council Workers Win Picnic Day Fight
School Support Staff Demand Recongition
Black Chicks Talk At Refuge Fundraiser
Colombian Left MP Applying For Asylum
Activist Notebook
Politics
Colour By Numbers
Labor council secretary John Robertson argues that the 60-40 debate ignores the real changes necessary in the ALP. The Soapbox
Peas in a Pod
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Go Dogs Go
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Rayland And Other Adventures
More evidence emerges in the HIH Royal Commission of the joys of life at the Top End of Town. Human Rights
Tampa Day
Monday 26th August is no celebration, but the first anniversary of a National Shame should be recognised, writes Amanda Tattersall.
Miranda's Not Fair on Outworkers
Another Capitalist Party?
Justice For All?
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Yarra Gets Rowdy Welcome Home
Australian seafarers replaced by foreign labour by the CSL shipping company protested the return of the reflagged Yarra to Australian shores.
Now known as the Stadacona, the vessel was at the centre of a dispute with maritime unions in May when the ship�s Australian registration was transferred to the Bahamas and its Australian crew replaced by Ukrainian seafarers.
Evidence to the Federal Court in April stated that the Ukrainian seafarers' wages were $19,600 a year compared to $52,100 a year for Australians.
The Stadacona is carrying cement materials for Queensland Cement Limited (QCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swiss-based multinational Holcim Ltd. Protesters are expected to greet the ship after it docks at Melbourne's Fisherman's Bend wharf.
ACTU President Sharan Burrow says unions want Australian companies to stand up for Australian jobs by supporting shipping companies that employ Australian seafarers and comply with Australian wage, tax, safety, environment and immigration laws.
"QCL says it is committed to being a good neighbour and caring about the communities in which it operates, but it is using a flag-of-convenience ship that has replaced Australian seafarers with a foreign crew on lower wages."
Burrow says Australia's merchant shipping industry is being wiped out by the Federal Government's policy of allowing more flag-of-convenience ships like the Stadacona onto domestic trading routes.
"Countries like Britain and the US act to limit the use of flag-of-convenience ships, but the Howard Government is issuing more and more permits for these vessels to work in Australia with low-wage foreign labour," Burrow says.
"Federal Transport Minister John Anderson could solve the problem by refusing to issue voyage permits to flag-of-convenience ships like the Stadacona, which do not have to pay Australian wages or taxes while working in Australia.
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