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Terror Australis
When the historians get down to chronicling 2002 their analysis will read simply: the Bali bombing brought the new era of terror home to Australians and heightened our feelings of insecurity and fear at our ill-defined place in the world.
Interview: Taking Stock
Labor Council secretary John Robertson reflects on 2002 and outlines the challenges for the year to come.
Bad Boss: Pushing the Envelope
Ongoing and resolute commitment to principles advanced by Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott have seen Australia Post make history as the first recipient of the Tony Award, recognising Australia's worst employer.
Unions: The Year That Was
From Cole�s witch-hunt to funky union tunes, Peter Lewis reviews the biggest stories from the world of work in 2002.
Republic: Still Fighting
Three years since the constitutional referendum, and despite constant reports of its impending demise, the Australian Republican Movement is still around and active
International: Global Ties, Global Binds
Labourstart's Eric Lee files his annual wrap-up of the year from an international perspective.
Politics: Turning Green
Union support for the ALP is no longer a given, with trade unionists turning to the Greens, as Jim Marr reports.
Technology: Unions Online 2002
Social Change Online's Mark McGrath looks at what worked best for unions online in 2002.
Industrial: The Past Is Before Us
Neale Towart argues that 2003 will be a year where traditional industrial campaigns come back into fashion.
Economics: Market Insecurity
Sydney University�s Frank Stilwell looks back at 2002 from a political economist�s perspective.
Review: Shooting for Sanity
Michael Moore's new movie Bowling for Columbine looks at America's love affair with guns, writes Mark Hebblewhite
Poetry: The PM's Christmas Message
Workers Online has secretly obtained an advance copy of the text of the Address to the Nation that the Prime Minister plans to make. We reproduce the text below.
Culture: Zanger's Sounds of Summer
If 2001-02 was the summer of political and musical terror then this summer 2002-03 is where irreverent Aussie music runs rife.
 Abbott Gears For Grocon Stoush
Delo Brushes Taubmans Pay Off
Restaurateur Takes Knife to Wages Protection
Legal Double Whammy to End Year
We�re Dreaming of a Sweat-Free Christmas
Star Organiser Takes Off
Abbott's Xmas Message: Go To Jail
Nurses Perform Wage Surgery
Woolies Discount Spirit of Christmas
New Collapses Prove Entitlements Farce
Suncorp Ballot Draws Fire
Unions On Big Day Out
UN Migrant Worker Charter Welcomed
The Soapbox
Tread Carefully - Very Carefully
Nick Housten argues that structural weaknesses could keep federal Labor in Opposition for many years to come. The Locker Room
A Year Of Two Halves
It was one of those years. It started with a lot of sport and it ended with a lot of sport. Noel Hester and Peter Moss check the runes and dish out the gongs in this year�s Workers Online Sports Awards. Bosswatch
Footloose Capital
It was a year where the corporate world finally came close to consuming itself with bloated salaries, off the wall options and a string of mega-collapses
Predictions
Into the Beyond
Every year we ask our readers to gaze into the crystal ball. While history shows the view is mirky, we�ve don it again.
Refugee Review
Representative Representatives
Men Only?
Dry Argument
Vale: Phil Berrigan
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Unions On Big Day Out
Unions are set to make their presence felt for the seventh year running at next month�s Big Day Out concert.
A large contingent of young unionists, headed by Labor Council organising assistants Susan Sheather and Glen Hugo, will staff a stall made unmissable by the presence of a large John Howard pi�ata out the front.
Blindfolded revellers can use the pi�ata stick to let out their frustrations against Howard's employment policies, which ensure young workers continue to get the thin edge of the wedge on the shop floor.
Sheather says the pi�ata's contents will be unhealthy but at least they will be palatable, unlike the federal government's youth employment policies.
"Unions and young people share the same concerns about the government's employments policies and this is a chance to show a large group of them what the NSW union movement is doing about it and how we offer the protection that is desperately needed.".
Hugo agrees. "Young workers are the most exploited and disadvantaged, are the most frequently rorted out of wages and conditions, are the most frequent victims of unfair dismissal, are the worst paid, have the least job security and have the most limited career prospects," he says. "Plus, there is the massive level of youth unemployment to contend with.
"Young workers need to be given access to the protection unions provide and the Big Day Out provides the perfect opportunity to do that."
NSW Labor Council has been running Big Day Out stalls since 1996 and Sheather says many people appreciate being shown how to play an active role in issues that affect them.
"It's about young workers talking to other young workers about what it means to be a unionist," she says.
"We are not some fringe group. We represent 25 percent of working Australians and offer the best protection for young workers making their way in the job market. But unless we promote this fact the union movement will not be renewed."
"We are also looking forward to having a lot of fun and listening to some great music," she says.
The stall will contain information about NSW unions, tattoos, copies of the May Day May Day CD, and an anti-war petition. Labor Council's new R U Unhappy At Work T-Shirts will also be on sale.
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