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I'm No Economist, But �.
I'm no economist, but there a few things about the national economic debate right now that I don't quite get.
Interview: Rock Solid
Bill Shorten gives the inside story on the Australian Workers Union's involvement in the Beaconsfield rescue.
Industrial: Eight Simple Rules for Employing My Teenage Daughter
Phil Oswald bought up his kids to believe in their rights; so when his 16-year old daughter was told to cop a pay cut she was never going to take it quietly.
Politics: The Johnnie Code
WorkChoices is encrypted deep in the PM's political DNA, writes Evan Jones
Energy: Fission Fantasies
Adam Ma�anit looks at the big business push behind the 'clean nuclear' debate that is sweeping the globe.
History: All The Way With Clarrie O'Shea
The WorkChoices Penal Powers are the latest in a long line of penal sanctions against trade unions, writes Neale Towart
International: Closer to Home
If Australia can forgive its debt to Iraq, why not to Indonesia and the Philippines, write Luke Fletcher and Karen Iles
Economics: Taking the Fizz
While the Treasurer has been popping the post-Budget champers, Frank Stilwell gives a more sober assessment.
Unions: Stronger Together
Amanada Tattersall looks at the possibilities of strengthening alliances between unions, environmental and community organisations
Review: Montezuma's Revenge
Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in a film about racism and retribution, writes James Gallaway.
Poetry: Fair Go Gone
Employers in the land rejoice, for we are girt by greed.
Grandmother Fights Fabrication Company
Bog Standards, Hanssen Exposed
Foxtel Channels Contracts
Telstra Dials Up A Shocker
Viva La Resolution
Smirk Boss Loses Control
Iemma Told To Change At Central
On The Tiles
APHEDA Offices Attacked
Vanstone Sits On Wages
PM Slap for Battered Women
"Spineless" Andrews Apologises
Howard Lags �Best Practice�
Harper's Bizarre Theories
Process Abused - Call Peter McIlwain
Activists What's On!
The Soapbox
The Beaconsfield Declaration
As the Prime Minister feted Brant Webb and Todd Russell, their colleagues were outside with a message to the rest of Australia. The Locker Room
Run Like You Stole Something
Phil Doyle observes that there are some tough bastards out there. Parliament
The Westie Wing
That fun-loving friend of the workers, Ian West, reports from the red leather of the Bear Pit. Education
Class Action
Phil Bradley draws the lines between education funding and the current skills crisis.
Her Honour Judge Judith Scheindler
Greens Are Good For You
Calling All Micks!
Coming Up Swinging
Belly's Bit
Mining For Gold
Blood Spangled Banner
Never To Be Repeated Offer
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Letters to the Editor
Greens Are Good For You
The CFMEU wishes to thank the attendees at the Greens industrial relations forum in Annandale who generously donated $600 to assist five young men who had been exploited by their employer.
The five young Cook Islander's, all teenagers when they arrived in Australia, were regularly beaten by their employer who paid them only $50 a month for two years and forced them to live in his Sydney home.
One of the boys, Sam Kautai, has thousands of dollars in medical bills after he was blinded in one eye, had his jaw and nose broken, partially lost his hearing and was hit with a claw hammer.
The $600 donated will assist these young men as they attempt to rebuild their lives, pay medical costs, undergo training and find new employment with decent employers.
The sad truth is that under the Howard Government's radical work laws many young workers and recent immigrants will suffer similar mistreatment and the hands of greedy employers.
The generous support shown by Inner West residents at last weekends Greens forum proves that despite the cruelty of Howard's workplace laws the community will still stick together to protect the most vulnerable among us.
Peter McClelland
Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union NSW President
12 Railways St, Lidcombe NSW 2141
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