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Interview: Agenda 2003 Peace: The Colour Purple Industrial: Long, Hot Summer Solidarity: Workers Against War Security: Howard And The Hoodlums International: Industrial Warfare History: Unions and the Vietnam War Review: Eight Miles to Mowtown Poetry: Return To Sender Satire: CIA Recruits New Intake of Future Enemies
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Cole Commission: The Rort Goes On The Attorney General�s office has knocked back bills from the three-person legal team that represented around 40 individuals before the Commission, after the union�s NSW branch was denied representation. [full story] Penalty Rates Under Attack Under the plan, the definition of ordinary hours would be extended to 6am to 10pm Monday to Sunday, while the loading for hours outside this time would be significantly reduced. [full story] Abbott Brushes Ripped Off Aussies The policy, revealed in a paper released by the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry, means rogue employers can help themselves to up to $10,000 worth of workers money without fear of departmental prosecution. [full story] Overworked Seaman�s Painful Hangover The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Marine Safety Investigation report, blamed chronic fatigue and systems failure for an accident that left a Ukranian seaman in hospital with a fractured pelvis, broken vertebra and ribs, a dislocated hip and groin damage, after being trapped in moving equipment, off Melbourne, on February 18. [full story] Australia Snubs International Body International Confederation of Free Trade Unions secretary-general Guy Ryder told Workers Online the Australian Government had failed to nominate for any positions or committees at the ILO for the past four years. [full story] Women Attracted to Unions The nationwide survey of 1,032 workers conducted by ACIRRT found women more receptive to unions than men, 20 per cent of whom believed Australia would be better off if there was no organised labour. [full story]
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CFMEU lawyers are being denied legal aid as the Federal Government lavishes millions on Counsel Assisting the Building Industry Royal Commission.
NSW employers have embarked on a radical assault on late night and weekend penalty rates, seeking to drastically reduce entitlements in a key state award.
Tony Abbott�s Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is washing its hands of workers who have been ripped off by less than $10,000.
An overworked crew member was so fatigued he might as well have been drunk when a �guest worker� was seriously injured on Ship of Shame, the CSL Pacific, an official investigation has found.
The Howard Government stands accused of ignoring its international obligations after walking away from the International Labour Organisation.
Australian women have more positive attitudes to trade unions than men, with just 13 per cent believing Australia would be better off without unions, according to new research commissioned by the Labor Council of NSW.
