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Moral Victories
The release of the Jackson Inquiry into James Hardie may represent the completion of one chapter of Australia�s largest corporate scandal, but it is by no means the end of the story.
Interview: True Matilda
Former senior bureaucrat John Menadue coordinated the group of 43 calling for truth in government; and now he has bigger fish to fry.
Politics: State of Play
Are all political parties the same? Workers Online tries to cut through the jargon to compare the major parties' approaches to key policy areas.
Industrial: Capital Dilemmas
Public Private Partnerships amount to privatisation by stealth. Or do they? Jim Marr investigates.
Unions: Rhodes Scholars
Tim Brunero discovers how the Electrical Trades Union is doing its best to ease the national apprentice crisis.
National Focus: Rennovating the Lodge
Noel Hester previews how unions will be fighting the federal election - on the ground and online.
International: People Power
Over the next four years there is a real potential a major struggle will take place for workers� rights and the creation of truly democratic unions in China., writes Andrew Casey
Economics: A Bit Rich
Who Gets What? Why? And So What?, Frank Stilwell reviews the BRW's Rich List
History: Mine Shafts
It's 25 years since Nymboida passed the baton to United, writes Peter Murray
Safety: Sick Of Fighting
Former RAAF engineers could be sitting on a health time bomb, Tim Brunero reports.
Organising: Building a Wave
Community groups, unions and social movements all practice organising, wrties Tony Brown and Amanda Tattersall.
Poetry: Anger In The Bush(es)
How dare any Liberal suggest that the Prime Minister is a lying rodent! Resident bard David Peetz reports on the outrage that this slur has justifiably caused.
Review: The Battle Of Algiers
Tim Brunero writes The Battle of Algiers is a coldly objective, almost scientific anatomy of revolution.
Culture: The Word On The Street
Phil Doyle reports on how the Australian working class experience lives on through the words of the remarkable Geoff Goodfellow.
 Delta Parties Like It�s 1994
Shot In The Arm for Dealers
Corporates Vote for AWAs
Mind Game for the Discriminating
Electrolux "Try On" Rebuffed
Cultural Revolution Purges Howard
Xerox On The Blink
Billions Hidden Behind the Veil
Customs Crosses the Border
Toolbox Gimmick Threatens Awards
Cleaners Clean Up
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Unions Join Power Surge
Vulnerable Lose Shot At Life
Activists What's On!
The Soapbox
Hail to the Metro-Sexual!
If the cultural shift required in the workplace to give greater security to working families was broadly accepted the ACTU would not be locked in an adversarial Work and Family test case argues Sharan Burrow. Politics
The Westie Wing
In his latest missive from Macquarie Street our resident Parliamentary commentator, Ian West, walks us through issues around the PBS. Postcard
How Bush Lost His Wings
Tracking the National Guard Career of the Fatuous Flyboy from New Haven, Jeffrey St Clair. The Locker Room
The Name of the Game
Phil Doyle wonders whether we are barracking for the sponsor or the team. Postcard
Women to Women
APHEDA-Union Aid Abroad is working to create opportunities for Palestinian women living in Lebanese refugee camps.
I Say I Say I Say
I Say I Say I Say II
Vote Early, And Often
No Surplus Of Generosity
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A new breed of cyberbully is using SMS, email and mobile phones, leaving employers open to prosecution under workplace safety laws.
A national law firm issued the warning after Unions NSW exposed bullying and harassment as a breaches of laws requiring employers to deal with psychological hazards in the workplace.
Law firm Sparke Helmore says high-tech harassment is emerging as a threat to employers because it provides stalkers with an immediate and relatively anonymous form of abusive communication.
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) this year reviewed sexual harassment complaints in Australia and found computers, mobile phones and the internet were a growth area.
HREOC recorded how staff had been harassed with sexually explicit emails, pictures and SMS messages.
Unions NSW recently launched it's Dignity and respect in the Workplace Charter, which offers a five point plan to tackle bullying and harassment in the workplace.
Copies of the charter and extensive information on the Unions NSW anti-bullying campaign can be found at the UnionSafe website.
Whistleblower Lands Seven In Court
The news comes amidst allegations that Channel Seven management tapped a helicopter pilot's phone calls and placed his family under surveillance after he tried to blow the whistle on workplace harassment.
Helicopter pilot Tim Boase accused news director Shaun Menegola and news producer Howard Gretton of harassing and bullying female reporters, editors and other newsroom staff in a six-month period.
He told the Supreme Court that his immediate suspension on full pay in April arose from his allegations.
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