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Issue No. 325 | 22 September 2006 |
A Values Call
Interview: Australia�s Most Wanted Industrial: The Fox and the Contractor Unions: Industrial Wasteland International: Two Bob's Worth Economics: National Interest Environment: The Real Dinosaur History: Only In Spain? Review: Clerk Off
Flying Kangaroo Eyes Passage to India It�s A Secret: Ballot Boosts ABC Campaign City or the Bush? It�s Telstra�s Call WorkChoices Reverse Somersault with Pike Latest Import: Childcare Workers
Legends The Soapbox Obituary Fiction
Aussie Values DOA It�s Not Cricket Kim�s New Platforms Reaping What You Sow Roll Out the Tanks Auntie Hijacked
Labor Council of NSW |
News Mugabe Thugs Mug Unionists
Two hundred and fifty trade unionists and other civilians were arrested on September 13, after protests around the country. Around 90 remain in custody and at least 12, including leaders of the Zimbabwean Council of Trade Unions (ZCTU), have been arrested and injured. The unionists have been beaten, with reports of head injuries and broken bones, according to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. The September 13 protest called for decent wages, action on Zimbabwe's 1000 percent inflation rate and access to life-saving anti-viral drugs for AIDS sufferers. "These latest reports of brutality must be condemned by the entire international community, and the world trade union movement will do everything within its power to mobile international pressure to put a stop this reign of terror," Guy Ryder, the General Secretary of the ICFTU said today. "History has shown time and time again, that such brutal treatment of people trying to exercise their democratic rights will simply backfire. "With each act of repression the Mugabe regime is further isolating itself from the international community and those who continue to pay the price are the Zimbabwean people," Ryder said.
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