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American pollster Vic Fingerhut has been in Australia this week with a reassuring message to the labour movement - it's OK to stand up for what you believe in - and it might even win you elections.
Interview: Battle Stations
Opposition leader Kim Beazley says he's ready to fight for workers right. But come July 1, he'll have to be fighting by different rules.
Unions: The Workers, United
It was a group of rank and filers who took centre stage when workers rallied in Sydney's Town Hall, writes Jim Marr.
Politics: The Lost Weekend
The ALP had a hot date, they had arranged to meet on the Town Hall steps, and Phil Doyle was there.
Industrial: Truth or Dare
Seventeen ivory towered academics upset those who know what is best for us last week.
History: A Class Act
After reading a new book on class in Australia, Neale Towart is left wondering if it is possible to tie the term down.
Economics: The Numbers Game
Political economist Frank Stilwell offers a beginners guide to understanding budgets
International: Blonde Ambition
Sweden can be an inspiration to labour movements the world over, as it has had community unionism for over 100 years, creating a vibrant caring society, rather than a "productive" lean economy.
Training: The Trade Off
Next time you go looking for a skilled tradesman and can�t find one, blame an economist, writes John Sutton.
Review: Bore of the Worlds
An invincible enemy has people turning against one another as they fight for survival � its not just an eerie view of John Howard�s ideal workplace, writes Nathan Brown.
Poetry: The Beaters Medley
In solidarity with the workers of Australia, Sir Paul McCartney (with inspiration from his old friend John Lennon) has joined the Workers Online resident bard David Peetz to pen some hits about the government's proposed industrial relations revolution.
 PM Rallies on Spin
Crafty Boss Bytes Staff
Andrews Faces "Thuggery" Challenge
Delta Blues
NRL Plays Man Not Ball
Boeing Hits Turbulence
Whole Truth Eludes Rev Kev
Correct Weight Caulfield
Business Nervous Over IR Changes
Last Weekend Gets a Lift
Free Pass for Death Doctors
Activists Whats On!
The Soapbox
State of the Union
Unions NSW secretary John Robertson lifts the lid on �The Nine Myths of Modern Unionism� The Locker Room
Wrist Action
Phil Doyle trawls the murky depths of tawdry sleaze, and discovers Rugby is behind it all. Culture
To Hew The Coal That Lies Below
Phil Doyle reviews Australia's first coal mining novel, Black Diamonds and Dust. Parliament
The Westie Wing
Our favourite State MP, Ian West, reports from Macquarie Street that the Premier is all the way with a State Commission.
Do It Yourself?
Goodthink
The vision thing
True Lies
You C.A.N. Do It
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Last Weekend Gets a Lift
Free public transport will be laid on for thousands attending the Last Weekend free family picnic day at Homebush on Sunday, August 7.
The day has been designated a 'Special Event' by the NSW Government and extra public transport will be put on all lines, from Scone in the north to Bomaderry (Nowra) in the south and west to Lithgow.
Extra bus services will also be provided to ferry people from across Sydney to the landmark event, featuring entertainment from The Hooley Dooleys, Tim Freedman, Kid Confucius, free rides, face painting for the kids and more, running from 11am - 2:30pm at The Overflow at Sydney Olympic Park.
The venue has been chosen because of its symbolic association with the success of the Olympics that saw co-operative industrial relations help deliver what has been labelled the "best games ever".
"All people have to do to access the free public transport is to say they are going to the Last Weekend event,' says Unions NSW secretary John Robertson.
Writing On The Wall
Meanwhile councils are getting behind the promotion of both the last weekend and the campaign to fight for the community's rights at work.
Leichhardt Council has erected a large banner on Sydney's busy Victoria Road and Parramatta Council is also lending its support with banners promoting the campaign displayed in prominent locations.
Other councils are expected to follow suit.
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