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Issue No. 308 | 26 May 2006 |
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If the Answer is Nuclear �.
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
The Soapbox The Locker Room Parliament
 Spotlight on WorkChoicesNoll OnRiders on the StromNo Gerry CanInsight Fires Up
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Activists Activists What's On
A Bill of Rights for Australia? Speakers include Hon Bob Debus NSW Attorney-General & Member for Blue Mountains Susan Ryan New Matilda (former Senator and Minister) Professor George Williams Director, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law UNSW Saturday 27 May, 4.30pm to 6.30pm Katoomba Civic Centre For more information contact John Derum, 4751 3298 Inner West IR forum to fight WorkChoices Greens MP and industrial relations spokesperson Lee Rhiannon says an upcoming public forum in Annandale, with high profile speakers like environmentalist and unionist Jack Mundey, is designed to help overturn Howard's WorkChoices laws. "The Greens will be using our local community networks to bolster the ongoing campaign against WorkChoices, with the aim of winning back the working and living conditions that unions have established over the past century," Ms Rhiannon said. "Following on from our major forum last June, before WorkChoices became law, we have organised speakers from a broad range of areas including the church, academia and the union movement. Greens Ban leader Jack Mundey said John Howard has with one fell swoop destroyed every person's right to fight for better working conditions and the environment. "The movement against WorkChoices is far from over. We need to keep mobilising support in the community for unions' right to represent workers," Mr Mundey said. Greens Councillor for Leichhardt and candidate for Balmain in the 2007 NSW elections, Rochelle Porteous, said the Greens were committed to working with unions and the community to oppose the Liberal's attack on wages and conditions. "We are inviting the community to come to our forum and help build a broad based movement to defeat these regressive WorkChoices laws," Cr Porteous said. Community and Unions: Defeating Howard's WorkChoices Forum: 2-5pm, Saturday 3 June 2006, Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St. Speakers include: Jack Mundey, Rev Dr Ann Wansbrough Uniting Church; Professor Frank Stilwell; Adam Kerslake Unions NSW, Brett Holmes General Secretary NSW Nurses' Association, Rochelle Porteous Greens Councillor Leichhardt and others from transport, building, hospitality and cleaners unions. Pre-forum photo opportunity: Lee Rhiannon, Jack Mundey and Rochelle Porteous handing out forum leaflets to Inner West residents. Banner Making Workshop A banner making workshop is being held in preperation for the June 28 rally in Blacktown. Where: Katoomba Neighbourhood Centre When: 2pm, Friday, June 16 For more information call Dianne on 4782 1117 Work, Industrial Relations and Popular Culture Conference Monday 25 September 2006, Brisbane Work and Industry Futures QUT, and the Department of Industrial Relations Griffith University are convening a one-day conference that explores Work, Industrial Relations and Popular Culture. David Pope, the cartoonist behind the Heinrich Hinze cartoons will be Keynote Speaker with his presentation - "Is the pen mightier than s356? Cartoons and Work" (www.scratch.com.au) We welcome any paper that explores the manner in which popular culture is used by unions, management or policy makers or alternatively, how work and industrial relations is represented within popular culture. Sub-themes for the conference include: - Policy, Influence and Modern Mediums - Which is Reality, Work or TV? - Popular Music: Is it the End of the Working Class Man? - Working in the Movies: What do we see? - Popular Culture as a Teaching Tool. Call for Papers. Abstracts are due 14 July 2006 Full papers are due 11 September 2006 Location; Southbank, Brisbane. The convenors would welcome participants to submit proposed titles earlier to assist in preparations. For further information please contact Keith Townsend ([email protected]) or David Peetz ([email protected]) Rekindling the Flames of Discontent: How the Labour and Folk Movements Work Together A CONFERENCE / DINNER / CONCERT The Brisbane Labour History Association is holding a Conference/Dinner/Concert on Saturday 23 September. This event will explore the historical relationship between the labour movement and the folk movement in Australia with a particular emphasis on Queensland. Why? To celebrate the history of the interaction between the Folk and Labour movements, and promote its longevity. When? Saturday 23 September. Conference from 1pm. Concert from 7pm. Where? East Brisbane Bowls Club, Lytton Rd, East Brisbane, Next to Mowbray Park It is still in the formative stages, but to date the following are confirmed:
1-5pm CONFERENCE (will include music with the presentations): 5 - 7pm Drinks followed by DINNER
7 - 11pm CONCERT 
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