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While the ABS latest figures show union density is stable, behind the headline rate of 23 per cent lie some interesting trends.
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.
"Grubs" Derail Revolution
Blackouts Hit Sydney
Pig-Out at Restaurant
Smith�s Charity Begins At Work
Air Rage Set To Soar
Boxers Union Lands First Blow
Drug Tests On Hold
"Anarchy" Warning from Builders
Burmese Generals at it Again
Sugar: Sweet Taste of Survival
Workers Endorse "User Pays"
State Water, Forests Face Sell-Off
Pirates and Ports for Classroom
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
Grubby Poseur
Militancy
Tom On Drink
Howard Screws Vets
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Letters to the Editor
Howard Screws Vets
This must be an election year because recently I read, "$267 million increase toward the Veteran's Affairs budget..."
Fair compensation for TPI's has shown no part in Federal government for well over 30 years. Since 1996, 'Honest John' has screwed veterans long and hard and still claims through his Veteran�s Affairs Minister that TPI's are extremely well off, with their weekly compensation income totaling 42 per cent of the Male Total Average Weekly Earnings that is the lowest of the low male average weekly earnings as assessed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
This minuscule compensation payment is an insult today, because it assumes all TPI's were never ever going to achieve anything in life, in or out of the Military. Hence the lowest of the low livable weekly income for doing something government had full knowledge injury would happen, for and on behalf of all Australian people.
Oh, the $267 million? It didn't make it's way in raising the TPI payment above 42 per cent of Male Total Average Weekly Earnings. Nor did it address the $78 per fortnight as Danna Vale Minister for Veteran�s Affairs, claims is lost purchase power. Nor did it adjust any back-payment.
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