Issue No 16 | 04 June 1999 | |
Letters to the EditorKids Know Best
I guess we all worry that our youg ones are going to turn bad and vote Liberal when they grow up. Our fears have been lessened in the case of Jack, our 4 year old. Crashing cars together on the verandah, he explained that it was robbers. "Who are the robbers, Jack?"
We expect to have to do a bit of social education at this point but he is way ahead of us. "John Howard, of course". It will be interesting to hear how he judges Meg Lees. Michael Bourchier
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Interview: Opening Australia Lindsay Tanner talks about new ideas, new policy and new politics in the Information Age. Unions: An Educated Fightback A visiting US trade unionist reveals how training better union delegates is the key to reversing the membership slide. Legal: A Fair Case for Free-Rider Laws The proposal to enable unions to charge non-members a service fee for negotiating enterprise agreements is consistent with the principle of freedom of association. History: New Ideas in Labour History See the latest from the May issue of Labour History, A Journal of Labour and Social History. International: Tiananmen Square Ten Years On We remember the massacre and the role that working people continue to play in fighting injustice. Review: Organising Our Future - What Use the US?? A new paper looks at what Australian unions can learn from the experiences of their American colleagues.
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