The Politics of Security
Long before the Tampa sailed onto our political stage, politicians of all colours knew security was the hot issue in the electorate.
Interview: Trade Secrets
Federal Labor�s trade spokesman Craig Emerson is on a mission to bring the shady world of trade talks into the open
Industrial: It�s About Overtime, Stupid
An overtime free-for-all is at the heart of Australia�s hours explosion and it's time to look at a cap on hours, reports Noel Hester from the ACTU�s Working Hours Summit.
Unions: Full Steam Ahead
After two weeks of rallies around the state, rural Rail Towns are making a stand for jobs and safety. Jim Marr reports.
Bad Boss: The BBQ Battle Axe
Manly restaurateur, David Diamond, is a shoo-in for this month�s Bad Boss nomination, leaving Workers Online looking for a good employer who can undo some of his damage.
Economics: Different Dimensions of Debt
Professor Frank Stilwell presented the big picture on debt policy at the Evatt Foundation�s Breakfast Seminar
History: Raking the Coals
Labour historians Rae Cooper and Greg Patmore explain why today�s organisers have much to learn from the lessons of the past.
History Special: Wherever the Necessity Exists
Rae Cooper tracks NSW union organising between 1900-1910 to argue that today�s activists should be looking closer to home for inspiration
History Special: Learning from the Past
Ray Markey looks at union membership growth in the 1880s & 1900s to argue that today�s unions must engage to grow.
History Special: A 'Cosy Relationship'
Barbara Webster looks at Rockhampton between 1916 � 1957 to debunk the �dependence� theory of trade union growth.
Politics: Regime Change for Saddam
Labour lawyer Jim Nolan looks at the challenge for the Left in the current geopolitical stand-off in the Middle East.
International: World War
Europe has suddenly come aflame with industrial action, Andrew Casey reports.
Corporate: Industrious Thinking
Neale Towart looks at the influence of German immigration on Australian industry policy in the post-war period.
Review: Jack High
Mick Molloy�s new flick Crackerjack tells the tale of a traditional bowling club struggling to stay afloat in an industry dominated by pokies, pokies and more pokies, writes Tara de Boehmler.
Culture: Duffy�s Song
Former Labor Council official Mark Duffy�s Sydney super band Sundial clocks in a bit of a corker.
Satire: A Nation of Sooks
The Strewth Institute's Tony Moore looks at the spate of defo suits and wonders if Australia has gone soft.
Poetry: Mr Flexibility
One of the key challenges facing unions, as the ACTU celebrates its 75th anniversary, is confronting the problems of increasing working hours and work intensity under the guise of "flexibility". Our resident bard, David Peetz, takes up that theme this week.
We Paid Witnesses Who �Lied�
African Immigration Scam Widens
School Staff Block Parents� Pay
Yarra Operators Dodge Accident Probe
Financial Windfall in Radio Sale
Liza Fights For Her Stud
Vic Anti-Union Campaign Backfires
Car Workers Rev Up For Fight
Coles Myer Breaks Out Of Sweat
Police Sick of Being Kicked Around
Jobless Dumped on Drought Farms
Men Only Scholarships Hit Snag
Vale: Peggy Errey
Activists' Notebook
The Soapbox
Economic Migrants
A man - a worker - risks death by machine gun to escape what he is told is a 'workers' state'. He flees East Berlin through a tunnel, dug beneath a cemetery. Awards
And the Winner Is �
It�s that time of the year when we honour the best. In the past week, both the IR Writers fraternity and ACTU have got in the act with more to come. The Locker Room
More Post-Colonial Madness
Phil Doyle joins the fools and Englishmen out in the midday sun, and finds that it all comes at a price. Bosswatch
Call Waiting
The Howard Government backs off its plans to privatise the rest of Telstra under market pressure. But it�s nothing like the pressure that former HIH directors are under.
Month In Review
Way Down
As Elvis might have said, if he had had a longer-term perspective �ooh, what a month it was, it really was such a month ��
Old Silver
The Golden (Th)Ong
Overtime Cap is Flawed
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Men Only Scholarships Hit Snag
Teachers have opposed a move by the Sydney Catholic Education Office to get an exemption from the Sex Discrimination Act so it can use scholarships to attract male primary school teachers.
While the Independent Education Union union recognises the importance of attracting more male teachers, it says using scholarships in a discriminatory fashion is not the way to go.
NSW/ACT IEU General Secretary Dick Shearman has labelled the plan "simplistic and unnecessary".
"Scholarships should be available to men and women. The Catholic employers are too keen on exemptions from laws which apply generally to protect employees from discrimination," he says. "There is a range of reasons young men are not taking up or remaining in teaching jobs in primary schools."
Shearman says special efforts should be made to visit senior year classrooms in boys' schools to tell them about the profession but says things are unlikely to change until current issues are addressed.
He has named a range of initiatives that would help attract and retain young male primary school teachers, including:
� More professional development opportunities
� Increased salaries
� Increased mentoring
� Lighter workload
� Assistance in classroom management
� Reducing overload of paperwork.
The CEO has applied to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to be exempted from section 21 of the Sex Discrimination Act for a total of five years. It wants to commence offering the scholarships to students who completed their HSC this year.
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