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Altered States
OK, so it wasn't unpredictable to see the High Court bow down at the altar of expanded federal powers this week, but in ruling this way our most senior judges have betrayed something more profound.
Interview: Common Ground
Nature Conservation Council director Cate Faehrmann on the fight against global warming and how unions and greens can learn from each other.
Industrial: A Low Act
The Low Paid. The Fair Pay Commission knows who pays them. We can do something about it as they will not.
Unions: The Number of the Least
Forget 666 - 457 is looming as the scariest number for Aussie workers and their families, Jim Marr writes.
Politics: The Smoking Gun
Hayek's henchman, Raplph Harris, goes to free market heaven, writes Evan Jones
Economics: Microcredit, Compulsory Superannuation and Inequality
They are supposed to ensure the wealth of well-being of individuals. Whats wrong with that? asks Neale Towart
Environment: Low Voltage
Nuclear Power and Prime Ministerial pronouncements are seriously short of a few volts, wrties Neal Towart
History: The Art of Social Justice
Tom Martin was a terrific cartoonist and part of a great tradition in labour movement history and culture, swrties Neale Towart.
Review: Work’s Unhealthy Appetite
It pays the bills – usually – but going to work should come with a warning, wrties Jackie Woods.
Culture: A Forgotten Poet
There is little information on the public record about the radical working class poet Ernest Antony, writes Rowan Cahill.
 Westpac Banks on Aussies, No Joshing
Coal Miners Go Green
TAFE Chiefs Want WorkChoices Cut
“Elephant” Knocks Over Unicentre
Bosses Strike Fair Deals
NSW Swings to Rights
Sparks Fly Over Electrical Interference
States Quarantine Remaining Rights
Carpeted Victorians Fight AWAs
Golden Geese Rule - Have a Gander
Super Result for Industry Funds
Smithfield Packers Shelved
The Soapbox
Robbo Goes Green
John Robertson's speech to the Walk Against Warming Parliament
The Westie Wing
Ian West takes a look at a former public institution and its contribution to NSW.
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Westpac Banks on Aussies, No Joshing
Westpac workers are celebrating after forcing the bank to abandon plans to offshore the jobs of 485 staff handling sensitive customer information to India.
The announcement came after a public backlash to plans to transfer work from the Concord Transactions and unsecured Lending Originations (TULO) Centre to India became public in October
Finance Sector Union national secretary, Paul Schroder, says the campaign workers waged to save their jobs had helped shift the public debate around off-shoring of white collar jobs.
" This is a victory for workers, communities and customers across Australia who stood up for workers rights and have saved jobs and sensitive data from being sent off shore, "Schroder says.
Westpac now joins the Commonwealth Bank in rejecting the off-shoring model of cutting wages and conditions.
"Westpac's decision to invest in Australian jobs and protect the privacy of their customers prove that banks can make choices that are good for business, good for workers and good for customers," he says
"It is now time for ANZ, NAB and St George to step up to the mark and make the same commitment to Australian workers and customers by abandoning any plans to off shore jobs'
FSU member would be planning to build pressure on these banks during the up-coming round of Annual General Meetings.
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