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Governing the Corporates
Suburban branch manager Joy Buckland�s bid for a position on the ANZ Board raises important questions about the way our major companies are governed.
Interview: Union for the Dispossessed
The Welfare Rights Centre's Michael Raper on 20 years of activism, the politics of punishment and how to make Australia egalitarian again.
Unions: Joel's Law
Building Workers have overcome powerful forces to push workplace safety back up the national agenda. But, Jim Marr writes, their "success" has come at an unacceptable cost.
National Focus: Spring Carnival
It must be spring: punting in Victoria, singing in South Australia, fighting in America. It�s all there in the national wrap from Noel Hester plus an Australian union movement rugby world cup class consciousness poll.
Bad Boss: Fina and Fiends
They sacked the job delegate, reinstated him after an IRC hearing, and sacked him again two weeks later. But that was just the beginning.
Industrial: The Price of War
Mass industrial action is brewing in Israel as the policies of the right-wing Sharon Government come home to roost, writes Andrew Casey.
Economics: Who's Got What
Frank Stilwell pours over the latest BRW Rich List to build a picture of the increasing gap between the haves and have-nots.
History: Containing Discontent
Racism against minorities has always been a stock in trade of politicans, writes Phil Griffiths
Review: An Honourable Wally
Most Australians probably look at our politicians and feel they could do a better job but when redundant meatworker Wally Norman gets the chance to find out he realises getting elected is a major hurdle, writes Tara de Boehmler.
Poetry: The Colours of Discontent
A thousand blossoms bloomed during the US President's spring-time colonial visit last month.
 Taskforce Sleeps As Cranes Crash
Scabies, Filth in Upmarket Annandale
ANZ Jumps For Joy
Race That Couldn�t Stop Nangwarry
Mandarins in $120m Disappearing Act
BAT Stubs Out Junta
Millions on Entitlements Line
Workcover in Hold-Ups Gun
Phoenix Rises � Again
TAFE Takes To Thong Slapping
Casual Work Is Health Hazard
Activists Notebook
The Soapbox
Bush's Faith-Filled Life
The President's conversion, 'sense of divine calling' and struggle with sobriety are subjects of a forthcoming book, writes Bill Berkowitz Sport
The Not So Smart Money
Phil Doyle is sick of big money ruining grass roots sport, and he�s taking his bat and going home. Politics
The Westie Wing
The ongoing challenge for Labor members of parliament is to make what the Premier calls the �creative partnership� between the Government and the union movement a reality, writes our favourite MP Ian West. Postcard
Behind the Junta
Saw Min Lwin, Secretary for Trade Union Rights/ Human Rights for the Federation of Trade Unions Burma (FTUB), outlines the struggle for workers in his country.
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Casual Work Is Health Hazard
A recent Australian study has shown a direct link between casual employment and poor health.
The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health showed that job strain and insecurity, hallmarks of casual employment, show strong links with poor health, particularly mental health.
"These results are worrying as these adverse job conditions are on the increase; particularly insecure or casual employment," say the report's authors.
Adverse job conditions were relatively common as 23% reported high job strain (high demands and low control over the job), while 7.3% and 23% reported high and moderate job insecurity respectively.
The study showed that insecure employment and high job strain showed strong, independent associations with physical and mental health, which persisted after adjusting for factors such as gender, education, employment status and personality.
As the labour market becomes more globalised and competitive, these adverse job conditions are on the increase, particularly insecure employment, say the authors. Therefore the influence of work on health is an important focus for future population health research, policy, and intervention, they conclude.
The researchers assessed 1,188 employed professionals, aged
40-44 years in Australia, for depression, anxiety, physical, and self rated health.
The study, entitled 'Work and health in a contemporary society: demands, control, and insecurity' was conducted through the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at The Australian National University
A full copy of the study is available at the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
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