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Shut It Down!
The CFMEU�s legal bid to have the Cole Royal Commission closed down seeks to prove legally what any dispassionate observer has worked out for themselves: the whole show is biased.
Interview: Australian Worker
AWU national secretary Bill Shorten gives his take on the relationship between the wings of the movement
Unions: Morning Ambush
Rowan Cahill joined the Dayson workers as they took their fourteen week dispute to the doors of an American corproate giant
Cole-Watch: Grumpy Old Men
When the Cole Commission declared closed its second innings in Sydney last night, lasting memories centred around the hands played by two grumpy old men, Jim Marr reports.
International: Arrested (Sustainable) Development
Unions fronting up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development are making clear their views that development can never be considered sustainable unless social justice is made a top priority, reports Tara de Boehmler.
History: Illegal Alien
As we remember the shameful way we turned away a group of people escaping the horrors of a dictatorial regime, the treatment of Egon Kisch by the UAP Government in 1935 highlights yet another.
Economics: The Trouble With PPPs
The Uni of NSW's Christopher Shiel explains why the state's current flirtation with Public Private Partnerships is an ongoing joke
Poetry: Is This 'My Country'?
On the anniversary of the Tampa, and with the help of Dorothea Mackellar and Peter Dodds McCormick, Worker's Online travels back a year to contemplate those moments when eyes were closed to the nature of the Taliban regime.
Review: Garage Days
Mark Hebblewhite reviews a new Aussie flick that brings the indie music scene to the big screen
 Bias Case Clears First Hurdle
Eight Weeks Only for Bomb Survivors
Justice At Last for Woodlawn Miners
Labor for Refugees Put Acid on Crean
Canberra Cash Linked to Hall of Fame Stoush
Osama Poster Sparks Controversy
Underwear Obsession Prompts Rehab List
Community Workers Win Lifeline
Mad Monk Staff in 'Mad Hatter' Protest
Qld Health Win Pay Rise
Education Forum To Spark Public Debate
Activist Notebook
The Soapbox
Is Simon the Likeable?
The United Firefighter's Daryl Snow is back to give the ALP and political leaders in general an almighty hosing down The Locker Room
A Modest Proposal
This NRL salary cap has come in for some debate recently, with many following the lead set by the Murdoch Media and calling for administrators of the game to throw the baby out with the bathwater, writes Phil Doyle. Week in Review
World Domination
They�re right funny critters those Yanks who get their hands on the levers of power and we�re not talking, funny ha ha, here, Jim Marr writes� Bosswatch
The Costello Two-Step
Treasurer Peter Costello's two faces were on display this week - ducking and weaving from enforcing corporate accounting standards while upping the push to cut corporate tax Indigenous
Always Listen To The Wind
Bernadette Moloney & John Hartley report from a conference aimed at getting reconciliation right
Tony Moore is a Four Letter Word
Choral Classics
Sleeping Giants
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Underwear Obsession Prompts Rehab List
A private rehabilitation provider's undie fixation has sparked calls for a list of credible operators.
The NSW branch of the meatworkers union is calling for such a list in the wake of allegations that a provider repeatedly asked an injured worker how she applied bra and pants.
AMIEU organiser Patricia Fernandez says she had witnessed first-hand a rehabilitation provider acting improperly towards a union member.
The rehabilitation provider refused to explain what his role would be in helping the member return to work and failed to ask crucial questions relating to the type of work she performed and what tasks she could and could not do as a result of her injury, according to Fernandez.
"Instead he concentrated all the questions about what she could or could not do at home, including asking her questions about her ability to put her bra and underpants on," she says.
After she asked the provider on more than six occasions to cut out the inappropriate line of questioning, Fernandez says the man became "volatile and offensive" and ordered her to leave the premises.
The NSW branch of the AMIEU has secured the backing of NSW Labor Council in taking its concerns to WorkCover and will lodge an official complaint regarding the most recent culprit.
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