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Vale: Rule of Law
As the US attack on Iraq continues, the Howard Government fires a $60 million shot at the CFMEU and bemused onlookers begin to wonder what the �Law� means any more.
Poetry: If I Were a Rich Man
Through a distortion in the time-space continuum, we have found a recording showing how people a few years into the future will deal with health care.
Interview: League of Nations
ICFTU general secretary Guy Ryder on the war, core labour standards and why Australia is an international pariah.
Industrial: 20/20 Hindsight
A retrospective analysis of the Accord is needed to help develop future strategies. Is it worth trying again? And if so, what would need to be different?
Organising: On The Buses
A new rank and file leadership team is standing up for the harried bus driver in the run-up to the NSW State Election
Unions: National Focus
A gaze around the country reveals some inspiring and innovative organising initiatives, a fruitful connection with young workers in South Australia and some typically robust industrial campaigns reports Noel Hester.
History: The Banner Room
On the eve of it�s refurbishment, Jim Marr ventures into one of Trades Hall�s best kept secrets; the room that houses relics of labour�s halcyon days.
International: The Slaughter Continues
Chilling new statistics from Colombia's main trade union confederation CUT: nine trade unionists assassinated in the first two months of this year.
Legal: A Legal Case For War?
Aaron Magner looks at the legal implications of the crusade of the Coalition of the Willing
Culture: Singing For The People
When there�s a struggle for social justice, when a war is brewing or rights are being eroded, the first ones to pen, paper and protest are often the folkwriters.
Review: The Hours
On the eve of International Women�s Day Tara de Boehmler follows the tale of three women who would rather choose death than a life devoid of personal choice.
Poetry: I Wanna Bomb Saddam
Scarier than Star Wars, the latest weapon to be deployed in the battle for Iraq is the Singing Dubya.
Satire: Diuretic Makes Warne's Excuses Look Thin
Australian cricketer Shane Warne today admitted that he was still feeling the after effects of the diuretic he tested positive to.
Cole�s Bad Medicine
Unions Condemn Protest Violence
Hospitals Pick Sweatshops Over Chain Gangs
New Faces Part of Labor �Rejuvenation�
Cobar Draws Line in Sand
Test Case � UK 26, Australia 0
Uncle Sam and the Union Busters
Calling All Artists � May Day Poster Comp
Nipping Surveillance in the Bud
Bus Drivers Back Childcare
Forced Labour Prevails Despite Sanctions
Union Gains On Display
Activists Notebook
The Soapbox
Workers Friend
Shock jock Alan Jones snubbed his Liberal mates to bucket the Cole Royal Commission and launch Jim Marr's book The Locker Room
Boer Bore Boring
In the face of oppression Phil Doyle falls asleep in front of the TV Guest Report
Dead Labor
The Hawke and Keating legacy is John Howard, Leonie Bronstein argues. Seduction
Hands Off, Tony
John Della Bosca argues the NSW Industrial Relations System gives his State a competitive advantage.
Bosswatch
Groundhog Day
Another year, another round of corporate excess. Bosswatch returns from its summer slumber to find the same old dogs up to the same tricks.
Statement on Labor's Response to War
Tom's Tantie
Shameless Extremists
Barbarians at the Gate
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Bus Drivers Back Childcare
Childcare is emerging as a major issue in the retention of State Transit bus drivers.
RTBU Bus and Tram Division president, Peter Jenkins, is putting the acid on State Transit to come to the child care party if it wants to retain experienced drivers.
He cited the Waverley depot, where drivers work around a 22-hour clock, as an example where parents face major difficulties in fitting family commitments around ever-changing rosters.
"Most childcare available in this area closes its doors at 6pm," Jenkins said. "Where does that leave someone who starts at 11am and doesn't finish to 9pm? That person could easily be rostered 4pm until midnight the following day.
"Our people work broken shifts and it is not unusual to have three roster changes in a five-day period. That paints a lot of parents, men and women, out of the picture."
Jenkins said the union has been trying to address childcare problems with STA for the past two years. It has been a consistent theme of an organisation representing femaile bus drivers.
Retention, rather than recruitment, is a problem for the STA.
"State Transit emphasises the importance of attracting more women to the workforce. Childcare would be a good, practical first step," Jenkins said.
Labor Council is asking affiliates to provide information on their best childcare arrangements, formal and informal, as the RTBU works towards advancing a specific claim.
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