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Issue No. 307 | 19 May 2006 |
Open for Business?
Interview: Out of the Bedroom Industrial: Cloak and Dagger Unions: Lockout! Legal: The Fantasy of Choice Politics: Labor Pains Economics: Economics and the Public Purpose Corporate: House of Horrors History: Clash Of Cultures International: Childs Play Culture: Folk You Mate! Review: Last Holeproof Hero
Laughing All The Way To MacBank Perth Apartments Go Like a Bomb Andrews Puts Contracts on Families Worker Dumped Over Casual Affair
The Soapbox The Locker Room Parliament
Pleased with Beazley What is Working Class National Day of Protest Tax Cuts Solidarity Independent Contractors Drought Proofing Higher Profile for Labor
Labor Council of NSW |
Economics Solidarity
Solidarity what a word, remember when it meant every thing to a trade unionist? Well for far too many it means nothing today, Howard must love us, the union movement the ALP, we each take our side and rubbish the other. Howard has no need to divide and conquer we do it for him. Let us not pretend that solidarity means something to us all,some just refuse to open a dictionary and read what the word means. This country born unionist thinks it means united we bargin divided we beg,it means we all must work for a Labor victory. Those that came before us demand we unite and fight now. Today we live in dark days tucking our heads in the sand will not do it. Have you been told to only talk on site to union members? and only in isolated places? Have you seen workers in civil construction told to wear raincoats because no blueys will be bought for warmth? at 4am? Fire up Australia not with union busting strikes, with pride and solidarity lets unite against Howard let us all be there that fine day the Labor prime minister SACKS the building industry task group. Those who come here to read our page but do not leave the office to find out why a kid gets $50 a month and bashed! Or cares nothing about docked pays for collecting for a dead man, who are not offended by cold workers wearing rain coats for warmth on clear sunny days but in freezeing cold winds. united we bargin divided we beg lets unite name and shame this mob After all it's still true today workers united will NEVER be defeated! Allan Bell, NSW
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