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Interview: Cowboys and Indians Industrial: Seven Deadly Sins Unions: The IT Factor Politics: Bargain Basement Environment: An Inconvenient Hoax Corporate: Two Sides International: Unfair Dismissals History: A Stitch in Time Review: The Wind that Shakes the Barley
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Unhappy Campers in Court The quartet - crane operators and metal fabricators - are fighting back from a double blow inflicted by John Howard's IR regime. [full story] Gran Backs Beazley Feisty AMWU member, Karen Palmer, hit national headlines as a WorkChoices victim when Greer Industries gave her the punt the day she returned from surgery. [full story] Aunty Strikes at Lakemba Mosque As reporter John Stewart began his cross to newsreader Juanita Phillips from Lakemba - where Muslim leaders were in a crisis meeting over comments by controversial cleric Sheikh Taj Din al Hilaly - the camera trailed off then cut out. The camera operator then packed up his camera and left the scene. [full story] Boeing Clause Flies Delegates at the triennial ACTU Congress want workers to be able to access a �majority rules� trigger in a bid to prevent bitter stand-offs like the one Boeing provoked at Newcastle, last year. [full story] Rissole Burns Joint Venture Safety delegate, Mal Peters, has successfully challenged �operational reasons� in the WA Industrial Relations Commission and won the right to have his unfair dismissal case heard. [full story] US Workers Bush Whacked The AFL-CIO alleges a new definition of supervisor, brought down by the Bush-stacked National Labour Relations Board, will effectively destroy collective bargaining rights and deny millions of Americans union protections. [full story]
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Four Indian building workers are camping at a Lidcombe union office after being booted out of bunk accommodation for refusing to sign wage-cutting AWAs.
The grandma who fought John Howard's IR laws, and won, has endorsed Kim Beazley as the next Prime Minister of Australia.
A lead story live-cross on the ABC's 7pm news bulletin last night was the latest casualty of an on-going industrial campaign for better pay and conditions at the national broadcaster. 
�Majority rules� is at the heart of a sweeping rewrite of workplace rules being advocated for Australia.
One of the Perth workers being prosecuted by John Howard's building industry police force has kicked a hole in laws that appeared to allow employers to sack at will.
The Bush Administration is stripping the right to join unions from millions of its citizens, sparking an official complaint to the International Labour Organisation.
