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Unfriendly Fire
The decision by Rail Corp to invoke Peter Reith�s hardline industrial laws against NSW rail maintenance workers could cause more casualties than intended.
Interview: Baby Bust
Labor's Wayne Swan argues that the plight of our aging workforce is only one side of our demographic dilemma.
Safety: Dust To Dust
Failure by authorities to police safety in the asbestos removal industry is threatening the lives of members of the public, writes Phil Doyle.
Bad Boss: Shaming in Print
Delegates from print shops around Sydney will publicly shame this month�s Bad Boss nominee with a rally outside his new Alexandria operation next Thursday.
National Focus: Work's Cripplin' Us
Noel Hester reports on a spin doctors' talkfest, workplace pain, stroppy teachers and IWD party time in the national wrap.
International: Bulk Bullies
An extraordinary five month struggle over affordable health care, by nearly 70,000 Californian supermarket workers, has just come to an end, writes Andrew Casey.
History: The Battle for Kelly's Bush
Green Bans saved a piece of bush before they saved much of the Sydney�s built environment, writes Neale Towart
Economics: Aid, Trade And Oil
Tim Anderson reveals Australia�s second betrayal Of East Timor is playing out before our eyes.
Review: The Art Of Work
Workers and westies are being celebrated as the cultural icons they are thanks to two Sydney exhibitions reminding us there is a world of art in the everyday, writes Tara de Boehmler.
Poetry: Sew His Lips Together
Wondering where the next porkie is going to come from? Resident bard David Peetz knows.
 Bring It On Costa
Dodgy Tests Cost Drivers
Peeking Dicks Roasted
Serial Killer Cops Fine
Printers Defy Age
Actors Bucket "Crap" Deal
Burrow Lashes Independents
Perth Loses Ugly Fight
Ambos Bans -Free Rides
Millions Rung Up on Telstra
AWU Publishing Coup
Deliveries Scratched
Activists What's On!
The Soapbox
Iraq and Your Mortgage
How high interest rates go will be a key issue in 2004 and if you are looking for a clue, there's no better place to look than the war in Iraq, writes Michael Rafferty. Sport
Hang Onto the Day Job
Show someone else the money, says Phil Doyle.
Politics
Westie Wing
Ian West shows why Eveleigh Street�s not so far away from Macquarie Street Postcard
Don�t Give Up the Fight
Get Up, Stand Up is the logo of choice on a popular range of subversive condoms. Ken Davis from Union Aid Abroad reports from Zimbabwe�s second city
Bring Back Gough
Seven Good Reasons To Save Medicare
Naked Leading The Blind
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Perth Loses Ugly Fight
Perth City Council has been booked for the abuse of parking inspectors referred to as the "ugly sisters" and "women with balls" by colleagues and management.
Parking officer Kay Chaisty was awarded $6000 in compensation for sexual discrimination when the Equal Opportunity Tribunal found she was abused and derided by colleagues.
The tribunal found that Chaisty was subjected to discrimination between 1999 and 2001 that was distressing, humiliating and embarrassing. Chaisty was called a "f ***ing bitch" and "a loose woman" by male colleagues, who also abused her sister Annette Lutz, who also worked in the parking department.
The decision was hailed by Western Australian ASU assistant secretary Merideth Hammat as "sending a message to workplaces".
"It was regrettable that it took so long for the case to be resolved,' says Hammat. "The money could have been better spent, but Perth City Council chose to go down a legal path. Both parties now want to put the matter behind them."
Hammat said that decision would help make Perth City Council parking Department a more positive place to work, and that it showed that the ASU takes seriously issues of discrimination.
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