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End of Ignorance
The tragic events in Bali have touched all Australians, brought the human face of terrorism into our lives and created a few brief moments of political bi-partisanship.
Interview: The Wet One
NSW Opposition industrial relations spokesman Michael Gallacher stakes out his relationship with the union movement.
Bad Boss: Like A Bastard
Virgin Mobile is sexy and funky, right? Well, only if those terms have become synonyms for dictatorial or downright mean.
Unions: Demolition Derby
Tony Abbott likens industrial relations to warfare and, like a good general should, he is about to shift his point of attack � from building sites to car plants, reports Jim Marr.
Corporate: The Bush Doctrine
For the powerful, consumerism equals freedom, and is all the freedom we need, writes James Goodman
Politics: American Jihad
Let�s get real. The origins of modern Islamic terrorist groups are in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Langley, Virginia not Baghdad, argues Noel Hester.
Health: Secret Country
Oral history recordings are an inadequate tool in trying to find out what happened to Aboriginal stockmen and their communities on cattle stations in Northern Australia, writes Neale Towart
Review: Walking On Water
On the 20th anniversary of the first AIDS-related death, Tara de Boehmler witnesses the aftermath of losing a loved one to the illness in Walking On Water.
Culture: TCF
Novelist Anthony Macris captures life on the shop floor in this extract from his upcoming novel, Capital Volume II
Poetry: The UQ Stonewall
The University of Queensland has sought to join the ranks of union-busting companies like Rio Tinto in trying to sack the president of the local union - and made the mistake of thinking they were dealing with an array of acquiescent academics.
 No Night Shift for Sunset Workers
Workmates Back Kamal�s Right to Pray
Unions Target Corporate AGMs
Nurses Short-Changed On Parking
Abbott Makes Grab for Broken Hill
Unions Get Ready to Wobble
Brogden Flags Assault On Injured Workers
�Build a Life� Gathers Steam
The West Gets with the Best
Child Carers Get $18 Living Wage
Victorian Workers Rally for Kingham
Woolies in Redundancy Fight
Unions Call for Peace
Clown Nearly Shuts Darwin Hospital
Teachers Eye Historic ATSIC Alliance
Support Grows for US Waterfront Workers
Work Stress Kills The Healthy
Unions Back Sinn Fein Mandate
Activists Notebook
The Soapbox
I Walk The Line
American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has weighed into the Hilton Hotel dispute with this special message to the workforce. Postcard
Mekong Daze
Union Aid Abroad's Phil Hazelton fires off a missive from Laos where he is spending a year working with the community. Month In Review
Bush Whackers
It was a month where the world teetered on the brink of peace, no thanks to the leader of the free world, writes Jim Marr The Locker Room
The Laws Of Gravity
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Snouts in the Trough
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Songs of Solidarity
There has been a proud history of pro-worker tunes dating back to the early days of the 20th century, which will be continued in a new CD, writes Dan Buhagiar.
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Memo to Junior
Defence Signals
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Unions Call for Peace
Union Aid Abroad � APHEDA calls for peace and justice on National Day of Mourning for the victims of the Bali terror.
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Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is appalled by the act of terrorism in Bali on October 12. With our project partners in Indonesia, we offer our condolences to the victims of the bombing and their loved ones and condemn those responsible for this tragedy.
On this National Day of Mourning we remember the many Australian victims and other visitors who were caught up in this horrific act. We call for special remembrance of the Balinese and Indonesian workers killed while at work that night.
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA calls for tolerance at this time of great distress for many Australians. We recognise that most Indonesians and Balinese are peace-loving people with the same aspirations as Australian working families.
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA takes pride in its work with the Labour Education Centre in Indonesia, training workers in the skills needed to build free and democratic trade unions. We believe that strong unions in Indonesia can play a critical role in ensuring that working men and women enjoy a fair standard of living and in strengthening civil society and security for all Indonesians. This work lays the foundations for human rights and justice which are the long term solutions to the violence unleashed on the weekend.
Through our development work in Indonesia we build understanding and friendship between working men and women in our two nations. Our partners in Indonesia extend their condolences to victims of the bombing tragedy and write: "May we walk together hand in hand to create a peaceful world to live in".
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA echoes these calls for peace as we face enormous uncertainty and tension globally. We believe that we will only have peace when human rights are respected and when justice for all people is realised.
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