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That�s All Folks!
Perhaps the most depressing part of this federal election campaign has been the Howard Government�s success, with the willing assistance of the media, of typecasting the union movement as some sort of cartoon bogeyman.
Interview: The Last Bastian
AMWU state secretary Paul Bastian has been at the centre of the three year battle to bring James Hardie to account.
Unions: High and Dry
Jim Marr unpacks the recent High Court Electrolux decision to test whether the ruling matches the media hype.
Security: Liquid Borders
The Howard Government loves to trumpet its national security credentials but a close look at its record in shipping sinks the myth argues MUA�s Zoe Reynolds.
Industrial: No Bully For You
Phil Doyle reports on how bringing dignity and respect to the workplace is undermining bullies.
History: Radical Brisbane
Radical Brisbane extends the 'Radical City' series into the Red North. Two experienced activists, academics and writers turn South East Queensland history on its head.
International: No Vacancies
More than 1400 hotel union workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 2, are on strike at four major hotels in San Francisco, California, writes Andrew Casey.
Economics: Life After Capitalism
A situation that all anarchists dream of? Michael Albert has been more than dreaming., writes Neale Towart
Technology: Cyber Winners
Labourstart's Eric Lee looks at a good news story of global online campaigning that has delivered a victory.
Poetry: Do It Yourself Poetry
Teaser: Wondering why the polls are all over the place? Ask our resident bard and psephologist.
Review: Hard Labo(u)r
The Voice of Southern Labor highlights the role music played in the 1930's US textile strikes, but more than that it provides a lucid insight into the roots of modern capitalism and some truly organic organising, writes Tara de Boehmler.
 Telstra Dogs on Injured Woman
Strike Three and We�re Out
Boxall Beats Hasty Retreat
Ashfield Moves on Home Truths
Pratt in Warwick Farm Plunge
Robert Reich's 2020 Vision
Numbers Racket at Yandi
Executive Pay Blue Looms
Crazy Mike�s Fire Sale
Kids Remember Kids
DIY Security For Child Care
Canada�s Asbestos Outrage
Aussie Kids Thrown Overboard
Politics
True Lies
Labor Council secretary John Robertson argues It�s Time � for an IR reality check. Parliament
The Westie Wing
Much work has been done in the past to ease the plight of clothing outworkers in New South Wales. It's time to step up the pressure, as sweatshops and clothing contract work are thriving stronger than ever, writes Ian West. The Soapbox
Who Started the Class War?
Evan Jones looks across the Australian political landscape and asks who are the real class warriors? The Locker Room
First Past The Post
Phil Doyle is coming up in class and is all the better for recent racing
Parliament
Westie Wing
Our favourite state MP returns for his monthly Macquarie Street wrap. Postcard
Positive Action
Australian unionists are helping give hope to Filipino workers living with HIV/AIDS.
Invest In Dignity - Part II
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DIY Security For Child Care
Childcare workers are being forced to organise and pay for their own child abuse police checks, before prospective employers will even look at their job applications.
THE LHMU has blown the whistle on the practise, which can cost low-paid workers up to $30, saying that employers should foot the bill.
"The employers are legally responsible to ensure these police checks are made, but too often they are shifting this cost onto their low-waged employees," LHMU Child Care Union Assistant National Secretary, Jo-anne Schofield said.
"When you earn between $13 and $15 an hour the nearly $30 cost for these checks are a significant whack out of your pay.
Schofield has called on the Federal Government should back up the Federal Police crackdown on child porn by insisting that employers pay for these checks; or that a compulsory allowance be paid to all childcare workers to cover the costs of these checks.
"Unfortunately this government has ignored the plight of childcare workers - having fought any claim for wage and allowance improvements that childcare workers have put forward in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
"Victorian and ACT childcare workers have been waiting nearly two years for a work value case decision by the AIRC.
The Federal Government joined with employers to argue against any improvements for nearly 25,000 childcare workers in this case."
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