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Sucking the Oranges
Every three years the Australian union movement comes together for a gathering that is part policy forum, part Jamboree, the ACTU Congress.
Interview: Cowboys and Indians
Finance Sector Union national secretary Paul Schroder is standing between the big banks and a bucket of money.
Industrial: Seven Deadly Sins
Chris Christodoulou gives seven reasons why WorkChoices is bad for business
Unions: The IT Factor
The future of Australian IT looks grim as big companies lead the rush to India and China, writes Jackie Woods.
Politics: Bargain Basement
Simple principles of democracy underpin the ACTU's collective bargaining proposal, insists ACTU Secrteary Greg Combet.
Environment: An Inconvenient Hoax
Al Gore may be warning of climate breakdown, but what hope the truth when he's up against such a well-oiled machine? asks Paul Sheridan
Corporate: Two Sides
Bilateral trade agreements are a good idea � just ask the US multinationals. The rest of us should strongly disagree says Pat Ranald
International: Unfair Dismissals
Nearly 10,000 workers were fired for their trade union activities in 2005, an annual trade union survey shows.
History: A Stitch in Time
Neale Towart takes some lessons from female textile workers while considering the case for recognition ballots.
Review: The Wind that Shakes the Barley
A film charting the turmoil of the Irish war for independence against British occupation during the 1920s might seem an odd choice for top honours at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.
 Bananas in the Mail
Dragons Slay St George
Collective Contracts Still Rule
Boeing Bombs Individual Contracts
Multis Raid Nest Eggs
"Guests" Stood Over, AMWU
Aunty Off the Air
Ban Ki-Moon, Koreans Warn
Super Shafting at Telstra
Qantas IT calls Bangalore home
Three Question Method
AWAs: Kids Stuff
Parliament
The Westie Wing
Ian West takes a walk around the backyard with the Prime Minister� The Soapbox
Rise Up
Hugo Chavez's explosive address to the United Nations Culture
The Fear Factor
A new analysis of the history of fear takes us from the war on terror all the way to the modern workplace.
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Bananas in the Mail
Australia Post is treating staff who delivered them a half billion dollar profit like monkeys, offering them the equivalent of four bananas a week in wage talks.
That's the math done by an Australia Post mail officer, when confronted with a wage offer of three per cent per annum.
""this would not even buy a banana a day to consume at the morning tea break - if we are still going to have a morning tea break," the CEPU member wrote in an email to the union.
Annual report figures released this week confirm a before-tax profit of $515.6 million, up nearly 10 per cent on the previous year, with productivity up 3.7 per cent.
CEPU national secretary Ed Husic says the figures show that Australia Post's workers are putting in the hard yards for the company.
"Across the board Australia Post is performing well and continues to be seen as a world class service," Husic says.
"But this performance is not a fluke - and it's not delivered by one or two people."
"It's delivered on the backs of nearly 35,000 employees who have worked together, made changes to their operations and put in many long hours - and now Post reaps rewards."
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