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A Values Call
Opposition leader Kim Beazley has copped a bit of flak in the past week for his Aussie Values Pledge, but we reckon he got it at least half right.
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.
 From Comrades to CUBs
Workers Demand Right to Know
Flying Kangaroo Eyes Passage to India
It�s A Secret: Ballot Boosts ABC Campaign
Brake WorkChoices, NSW Urged
City or the Bush? It�s Telstra�s Call
Compo Rights a Burning Issue
2500 Get Coles Shoulder
Hardie Payrise Stiffs Victims
WorkChoices Reverse Somersault with Pike
Qantas Workers Ground AWAs
Latest Import: Childcare Workers
Let Tem Eat Cake!
Mugabe Thugs Mug Unionists
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.
Fair Crack
Aussie Values DOA
It�s Not Cricket
Kim�s New Platforms
Reaping What You Sow
Roll Out the Tanks
Auntie Hijacked
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2500 Get Coles Shoulder
Coles Myer has sacked 2500 workers days after taking out newspaper ads urging them to �take a bow� for an 82 per cent profit boost.
The retail giant - which pocketed $1.16 billion in 2005-2006 -revealed last Friday the jobs were to go under a restructure designed to fight a takeover from a foreign investment group.
Coles's restructure will see Melbourne-based administration staff for K-mart, Bi-Lo and Liquorland made redundant - with the outlets being replaced by Coles SuperCentres.
The Australian Services Union Secretary Ingrid Stitt said Coles had not complied by its industrial obligations to negotiate with the union and workers ahead of the restructure and job losses.
Earlier in the week, Coles took out full page advertisements in newspapers across Australia.
"A big thank you to every one of Coles Myer's 164,000 team members for helping to achieve the challenging financial goals we set ourselves five years ago," according to the ads.
Despite the sackings, CEO John Fletcher and two former senior managers trousered $111.2 million in bonuses.
Analysts believe Coles is following the lead of international retail giants, particularly the infamous US chain Wal-Mart, in its restructure.
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