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Issue No. 300 | 24 March 2006 |
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Of Milestones and Millstones
Interview: Organising In Cyberspace Industrial: How Low Is Low Industrial: Cloak and Dagger Unions: Bad Medicine History: Right Turn, Clyde Economics: Long Division International: Union Proud Politics: Howard�s Sick Joke Indigenous: The year of living dangerously Review: Lights, Camera, Strike! Culture: News Front
The Soapbox Parliament The Locker Room
 Bully for UsOnya, Pete!Blind Johnny
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Activists Activists What's On!
The South Coast Labour Council has launched its web site at www.sclc.com.au One for the bookmarks! Louise Markus wants a rally Dear Fellow Greenway Activists, Louise Markus is organising a rally with special guest NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam to attend. Her rally is about land valuations, yes another State Issue. She states in her letter "But we need your support to force Government to make these changes for our community." Well lets give her support for the rally but I am sure we want to known where Peter Debnam stands on WorkChoices and hear Louise Markus justify her stance. She won't come to our meetings so lets go to her rally. Rally details: Saturday 25 March 2006 3 pm Riverstone Bowling Club located on Riverstone Parade, Riverstone Please let your friends know and it would be great to fill the club. Regards Stephen Bali 0414 525 007 Workers' breakfast Wednesday 29 March Brisbane To mark the passing into law of the Howard Government's IR laws, the QCU will be holding a workers' breakfast in King George Square on Wednesday 29 March from 7:00am. Guest speaker will be Tim Brunero (Tim from "Big Brother"). "GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK" The Katoomba Branch of the ALP presents the Oscar-nominated story of CBS journalist Edward R Murrow, who took on the malevolent power of muckrating Senator Joseph McCarty. In a climate of fear, Murrow and his dedicated staff defied corporate and sponsorship pressure to examine the lies and scaremongering tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist 'witch-hunts'. Newsweek has called it 'a passionate, serious, impeccably crafted move tackling a subject Clooney cares about deeply: the duty of journalism to speak the truth to power.' Written and Directed by George Cloonet. Starring David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, george clooney, Jeff Daniles, Robert Downey Jr and Frank Lagella. Introduced by Roger Milliss with champagne supper and discussion. At MT VIC FLICKS 7.30 pm - Thursday 30 March Bookings essential - Tickets $20/$15 concession Available from Megalong Books & Mt Vic Flicks Or phone 0401 369 935 or 4782 3429 Email: [email protected] A fundraiser for Katoomba ALP "We cannot defence freedom abroad by deserting it at home." Edward R Murrow APHEDA VICTORIAN ACTIVISTS MEETING Tue 4th April, 6.30 PM. The first meeting of the Victorian Activist Group will be held 6.30 PM, Tuesday 4th April 2006. Meeting Room 9, Community & Public Sector Union (CPSU), 11th Floor, 575 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP to [email protected] by Monday 3rd April. The Activist network enables members and supporters to meet and share recourses locally as they support Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA's overseas projects and campaigns. Saving Medicare Politics in the Pub 2.00 pm Saturday April 8th, 2006 Hotel Gearin 273 Great Western Highway, Katoomba Speakers: Bruce Childs ex Senator and Save Medicare Alliance Dr. Con Costa Doctors Reform Group Call on the Federal Government to use the record budget surplus to restore Medicare to world-class standards. While the big end of town clamber for yet another tax cut, federal government under-funding continues to threaten our healthcare system, in particular Medicare. With almost daily revelations about poor staffing levels at hospitals, declining bulk billing rates and escalating costs of medicine, thousands of hard-working Australians face ever-increasing health costs in the family budget. Those that try to ensure high quality healthcare by joining private funds face a rat race of spiralling costs that bear no resemblance to wage growth. Palm Sunday Ecumenical service March and Rally Sunday 9th April, 1pm at Prince Albert Park Parramatta, finishing at Parramatta Town Square Organised by the Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition
More info at www.nswpeace.org
APHEDA MELBOURNE MOVIE FUNDRAISER Thu 20th April, 6.30 PM Make it a date to remember! Join Melbourne members and supporters at the Cinema Nova for a night of film and fundraising. Raising much needed dollars for Union Aid Abroad-APEHDA's overseas projects, tickets are just $20/$15 to see the Academy Award nominated film Tsotsi in it's first week of release (see below for movie blurb). Thursday 20th April 6.30 PM at the Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street Carlton. Contact Steve Mullins for bookings (payment MUST be made before the night) Mobile: 0413021412 [email protected] Tsotsi - (m) nominated for Academy Best Foreign Language Film Set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto - where survival is the primary objective - Tsotsi traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who ends up caring for a baby accidentally kidnapped during a car-jacking. Tsotsi is a gritty and moving portrait of an angry young man living in a state of extreme urban deprivation. His world pumps with the raw energy of Kwaito Music - the modern beat of the ghetto that reflects his troubled state of mind. The film is a psychological thriller in which the protagonist is compelled to confront his own brutal nature and face the consequences of his actions. It puts a human face on both the victims and the perpetrators of violent crime and is ultimately a story of hope and a triumph of love over rage. Winner, 2005 Toronto Film Festival, People's Choice Award STRUGGLES, SCABS + SCHOONERS is BACK 29th April 2006 from 1:30pm. This year it is all about the history - and ongoing battles - of working class women. Join us for stories, memories, hope, singing and beer. Tickets are $30, which includes dinner. If you wanna get on board the bus (walkers are welcome & free), please let us know ASAP - you'll have a confirmed seat if you get us the money before the day - please make cheques payable to the PROUD TO BE UNION COMMITTEE INC (send to Struggles, Scabs & Schooners - c/- FSU, PO Box A2442 Sydney South 1235).
RSVP to Chris ([email protected] POLITICAL FICTION With the country on the edge, what can one person do? A new Australian play crashes through at the Old Fitzroy in April with a story of intrigue and crisis in personal and public life. Political Fiction, by Geoffrey Sykes, is a parable of Australia now, in which hope and despair are pitted against each other... with surprising results. A disgruntled member of the government, a young singer and a free thinking staffer in Foreign Affairs. Their journey, through sex, power, intrigue, betrayal and - finally - clear vision, is a graphic exploration of what faces us all in our fallible attempts to relate to the wider world. Political Fiction plays and replays with the myths that control our public world � when the country is on the brink, what can one person do? Playwright, documentary-maker and academic, Geoffrey Sykes has put words in the mouths of some of Australia's finest actors and has written for some of our most provocative exhibitions and theatre events including those at the National Gallery, Art Gallery of NSW, MCA and the Powerhouse Museum. Directed by Robina Beard (NAISDA, Ausdance, Belvoir, Adelaide Festival) and starring Sarah Doyle, Alan Popely, Karen Cobban and Marc Kay, Political Fiction moves at pace from Australia to South America and back as conspiracy brings people together, then blows them apart... POLITICAL FICTION by Geoffrey Sykes April 18 to May 6 THE OLD FITZROY THEATRE Cnr Cathedral and Dowling Streets, Woolloomooloo Tues-Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm Tickets $27 ($19 concession)
Book (02) 9294 4296 or online at www.oldfitzroy.com.au Beer Laksa and Show deal (from 7pm) $33 Cheap Tuesdays and Previews (April 18 and 19) Presented by Southview Projects May Day Toast Monday, 1st May at 6pm at Souths Leagues Club Tickets cost $30 each and are available from Jaime Midson on 02 9264 5024
May Day March and Rally Sunday 7th May at 11am at Hyde Park North More info from Warren Smith on 02 9264 5024 Dave Peetz in conversation with Jennie George Brave New Workplace: how Individual Contracts are Changing our Jobs By David Peetz The federal government's new industrial relations laws were passed just before Christmas: will the High Court challenge from the NSW state government overturn them? If they remain, how much is going to change anyway? Foremost IR expert David Peetz peels away the claims and counterclaims to examine the 'big picture' and explain who benefits and who loses under the new system. Once employees knew they would be paid properly for working nights and overtime and that they couldn't be dismissed on a whim. Now employees are being asked to do their own bargaining, one on one. Employers and government claim this will lead to higher productivity, while unions and church groups cry foul. What's really going on? The push for individual contracts for employees overturns a century of collective efforts to create basic rights and a 'fair go' in Australian workplaces. David Peetz closely examines the corporate and government doublespeak to uncover what's really happening in relations between employers and employees. Explaining who benefits from individual contracts and who doesn't, and how this is already changing the way we work, Peetz locates individual workplace contracts in a wider debate about whether we are moving away from collective ideals towards individualistic values. ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Peetz is Professor of Industrial Relations at Griffith University. He worked for ten years in the former Commonwealth Department of Industrial Relations, and is author of Unions in a Contrary World. Thursday 23rd March Cost: $9/$6 conc. gleeclub welcome Venue: Upstairs @ 49, gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe
To book: 9660 2333 or [email protected]
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