
Issue No 18		18 June 1999

News

APHEDA Helps Beat The Blockade

By Phil Davey and Kelly Livingston

A Cuban concert is being planned to raise money for medicine for Cuban Hospitals.

A fundraising benefit gig "for the children of the Revolution" is planned for the Harbourside Brasserie early next month. Proceeds from the night will go to the APHEDA/Cuban Children's Fund, a humanitarian organisation which buys medicine and medical equipment for Cuban Hospitals.

For 40 years Cuba has provided an example to the rest of Latin America of how to do things differently. The gains for the Cuban people have been tremendous, in education, health and housing.

The illegal economic blockade of Cuba by the US however has meant that the Cuban Government has had tremendous difficulty in accessing new medical technology.

The July 8 concert starts at 7:30PM and features a superb line up of performers, including Afro- Caribbean salsa supremos "Babalu" and West African master drummer Epizo Bangoura and band.

Tickets are $12/$8 and are available at the door or by calling Kelly on 9262 4330.

Any assistance with publicising the event would be warmly welcome. Please call Phil on 9394 9494.

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Interview: Ballot Boxing
In the midst of a key anti-union ballot, the Finance Sector Union's Geoff Derrick is learning vital lessons about life in a deregulated labour market.

Unions: Psyched Out
Intense competition in the labour market has fuelled a new renaissance in psychometric testing.

History: Rhetoric and Reality
This month will be a big one for Labor Party rhetoric about the "light on the hill".

International: ILO Adopts Child Labor Convention
Child slavery, prostitution and hazardous work have been outlawed in Geneva

Legal: Competing Agendas in Enterprise Bargaining
Recent developments show unions how they can turn the Reith laws on their head.

Review: Sister Power
A new book offers practical help for women who want to be heard.

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» Holiday Bugs: Government Asked to Act on Y2K

» Oakdale Miners Take Message to Canberra

» United Front for Public Sector Pay

» Talking Books Silenced

» Upper House Reform: Lest We Forget Greiner

» Pregnancy Bunfight Looms

» Horta Launches East Timor Mercy Ship

» Sparkies Back Fantastic Plastic

» APHEDA Helps Beat The Blockade

» Torture Support Day, June 26

» Guest Report

» Sport

» Trades Hall

» Piers Watch

» Chardonnay Debate Lacks Class

» GST Rally, Town Hall, Monday June 21

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