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Democracy Rules
The hysterical response to the ACTU�s blueprint to restore industrial democracy to the Australian workplace only serves to underline what a brazen grab for employer privilege the Howard Government�s changes to IR really are.

F E A T U R E S

Interview: Australia�s Most Wanted
The ACCC is the latest state agency to turn its guns on the construction union. National official, Dave Noonan, discusses the implications.

Industrial: The Fox and the Contractor
With new laws looming for �independent contractors�, Foxtel subbies have had the carpet pulled from under their feet, writes Nathan Brown.

Unions: Industrial Wasteland
A group of inner-Sydney veterans appear to be working to strip their families of retirement incomes. Jim Marr records their desperation.

International: Two Bob's Worth
German and British workers are participating in business decisions while WorkChoices locks Australians out of the conversation, writes Anthony Forsyth.

Economics: National Interest
John Howard claimed that interest rates would always be lower under a Coalition government than under Labor, Neale Towart crunchess the numbers.

Environment: The Real Dinosaur
Economic ignorance remains at the top and the critics are oblivious says Sol Power

History: Only In Spain?
The experiences of self management during the Civil War have been the one positive factor to come from that tragic event, and the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation thrives today.

Review: Clerk Off
Nathan Brown draws solace from some fellow social misfits.

N E W S

Medibank Sale "Critical"

Broken Down and Packaged for Export

Child's Play: New Low for Spooks

Judge Lashes Building Laws

Buy Gum and Masticate on "Associates"

Bosses on the Barbie

No Secrets On Union Agenda

OWS: Better Never Than Late

Youth Workers Beat AWAs

Kiwis Demand Shelf Respect

Meat Man Steaks Claim

Heinemann Chooses Its Laws

Air Safety Crashes

Super-Size Me

Less is More for Dixon

Activist's What's On!

C O L U M N S

Legends
Westie Wing
MLC Ian West ventures beyond Macquarie St and into the desert of the eco rats.

The Soapbox
Testing Times
Former RLPA secretary and Newcastle Knights prop, Tony Butterfield, fires up over dawn raids.

Obituary
Dare to Win
The union movement has lost an inspirational leader of working men and women, writes Jeana Vithoulkas

Fiction
Tommy's Apprentice
Chapter Two - Tommy�s Tale.

L E T T E R S

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Filming of 1998 Patrick Dispute

Event date: 16 September 2006
Location: Patrick, Port Botany
Time: 1.30pm

Filming of the ABC doco-drama mini-series Bastard Boys culminates at Port Botany tomorrow with the recreation of the 1998 Patrick Dispute 'community assembly'. This is the last day of the shoot and your last chance to be part of the remaking of history. The union is calling on all veterans of the dispute to help make the day as true to history as possible. Families and friends welcome.

Parking down at the Docks will be off Penrhyn Rd, Port Botany - it is the boat ramp car park at the end of Penrhyn Rd (right into Penrhy Rd from Foreshore Drive, past the Caltex terminal on your left, straight through the roundabout, still folllowing Penrhyn - carpark is at the end). We will then provide a shuttle from there to the location. A bus will leave the union rooms in Sussex Street at 12.30 pm for those needing transport from the city to Port Botany and back.

Sausage Sizzle 1.30-2.30pm
provided with soft drinks

Strictly no alcohol on location by order of Patrick.

Sydney Branch will be inviting anyone wishing to stay on after the shoot for drinks at a nearby venue.

Dress Casual. Please avoid any obvious brand names on clothing, shoes etc (other than MUA) or anything that would stand out as being post 1998.

Bring your T-Shirts and caps from the dispute. We have also extra replica MUA Here to Stay T shirts available on the day.

Make Life Fair Everywhere

September 20, Wednesday,
Union-Aid Abroad APHEDA Annual Dinner
6.30pm for 7pm start
Petersham RSL (7 Regent St)
More info: 02 9264 6343 or [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):
Doug Eaton on John Manifold & the Communist Arts Group in Brisbane, Brisbane Realists
Bob & Margaret Fagan on Sydney Realist Writers
Mark Gregory on trade union & labour songs/music, nationally/internationally
Lachlan & Sue on international perspectives

5 - 7pm Drinks followed by DINNER

7 - 11pm CONCERT
Combined Unions Choir
Bob and Margaret Fagan
Mark Gregory
Jumping Fences

For more information contact the BLHA President Greg Mallory on [email protected], or Secretary Ted Reithmuller on [email protected], or Dale Jacobsen on [email protected]

Pope Talks IR

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])

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