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Our Historical Mission
It has often been argued that unions would cease to exist when employers civilised workplaces. Our historical mission would have been fulfilled and we could pack up and spend out time enjoying the equitable society that would be the fruit of our victory.
Interview: Something Smells
The Postal Union's Jim Metcher lifts the lid on the very strange goings-on in Australia Post
Cole-Watch: Credibility Crisis
Counsels Assisting the Cole Royal Commission face a humiliating public back down in an effort to bring some balance to proceedings, reports Jim Marr.
Unions: Union Cities
Labor Council's Adam Kerslake has returned from the USA with some new ideas on community unionism
Industrial: Lib Men Gang Up Against Working Mums
Working women are in danger of missing out on an adequately funded paid maternity leave scheme, if recent bleatings are acted upon says ACTU President Sharan Burrow.
History: Eureka!
Neale Towart finds an alternative to Baden-Powell�s imperialist scouting movement, where the youth of Australia was fed such radical ideas as solidarity, collective action, equal rights and internationalism.
East Timor: Don�t Rob Their Future
After 24 years of often brutal Indonesian occupation East Timor on 20 May 2002 finally achieved their independence, writes HT Lee.
Review: Black Chicks Say It All
Dorothy can be whatever colour she wants to be and black chicks can talk about anything, writes Tara de Boehmler
Poetry: Self Regulation
While President George W Bush,leader of the heart of
unregulated capitalism, has responded to the recent
spate of corporate cowboydom by whipping out a swathe
of new corporate controls, Australia's Prime Minister
has responded with a feathered touch.
 Cole to Hear of Criminal Takeover Conspiracy
Mad Monk Stamp on Aussie Post
Calls To End Woodlawn Logjam
ANZ Fined Over Freedom Of Speech Breach
Hotels Eat Up Living Wage
Qantas Union's Gorilla Tactics
Shearers Black Ban Their Hall Of Fame
Democrats Fire Shot for Workers
Teachers Walk Out At Aust College of Technology
Rail Operators Off Track
Airport Security Worker Spat At And Assaulted
CBA Workers Say Enough Is Enough
Union Made Songs For Masses
Doco Dishes Dirt On Howard�s Gas Wrangle
Activist Notebook
The Soapbox
Cole Comfort
The election of a federal coalition government in 1996 marked the advent of an aggressively anti union agenda that continues to be played out to this day, writes Paul Davies The Locker Room
Salary Crap
Phil Doyle goes wading through the hypocrisy and hubris, and discovers where the smell is coming from. Postcard
All At Sea
It�s on again - the coastal battle between the maritime unions, the government and the shipowners, reports Zoe Reynolds. Week in Review
The Dogs of War
The battle drums were a-rattling across this wide, brown land and Jim Marr was getting a bit tetchy Bosswatch
Speak No Evil
The majority of Australian firms stay silent on options they offer their executives as John Howard continues to stonewall corporate law reform.
Shit Sheets
Susan's Soccer Outrage
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Union Made Songs For Masses
The Sydney Trade union choir is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the release of a CD of workers' classics.
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Picture the scene: you pull up at the traffic lights on the corner of Sydney's Goulburn and Sussex Streets, your windows are down and your car stereo is blasting the tunes of the Trade Union Choir.
People crossing the street cannot help but fall into step with the Choir's catchy beat. Others tip their hats to you in appreciation.
If this scene appeals to you now is your time to make it a reality.
The NSW Trade Union Choir is celebrating tenth year with the release of their first ever CD, Union Made.
The CD provides a musical tour of Australia's proud union history, including a song from the 1891 shearing strikes, the 1951 ballad of Eureka, and Bring Out the Banners, a tune inspired by the nineteenth century Eight Hour Day parade.
It also provides the musical backdrop to such contemporary events as Sydney's 2000 Olympics, with Don't Buy Nike, alongside timeless classic anthems like Solidarity Forever.
Choir member and ACTU Organising Centre educator Cathy Bloch says there are many union events where the choir's music adds to the occasion.
Whether you want to use it to lift your spirits on your way to work, gear your comrades up on the way to a picket, or use it to provide a union flavour between meeting or training breaks, these numbers are sure to be well received.
For your chance to win a free copy of the CD email Workers Online with your suggested locations where you would most like to hear Union Made played.
For everyone else, copies are available from the Organising Centre for $20. For more details, call Cathy on (02) 9264 9744.
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