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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
More War Comment
Back-Slapping Bob
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Forced Labour Prevails Despite Sanctions
The International Labour Organisation is reviewing its ground-breaking sanctions against Burma for its use of forced labour.
Unions are calling for an extension of the sanctions, which call on all member nations to review trade with Burma, claiming forced labour is still being imposed by the regime.
Maung Maung, General Secretary of the FTUB (Federation of Trade Unions-Burma), an underground Burmese union with close links to the ICFTU, says international pressure over the past two years has had an impact.
Maung says that while the military junta had curtailed the use of forced labour when ILO inspectors were in Burma, it is now on the increase.
"The ILO needs an enforcement action," he says. "We would like the ILO to ask international financial organisations to stop funding the "Programme for the Greater Mekong sub-region"."
This programme funded by the Asian Development Bank involves six countries which the river passes through, including Burma.
"The bank is not pouring money into the coffers of the regime, however the junta is benefiting indirectly from the Programme, both through increased trade across its borders and through the studies its experts can undertake.
Re-election of ILO Director General Somavia
Meanwhile, ICFTU has welcomed the re-election of Juan Somavia as Director General of the UN's International Labour Organisation.
The further five-year further mandate for Somavia was decided in a 53 to zero vote at the ILO's Governing Body which is currently meeting in Geneva.
In a message of congratulations to Somavia, the ICFTU affirmed its readiness to continue and strengthen its cooperation with the ILO under his leadership.
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