Issue No 35 | 15 October 1999 | |
Letters to the EditorSecond Wave - Are We Playing To Win
What is the difference between a football Grand Final and the Second Wave legislation? In the Grand Final both sides play to win. Reith's plan to shackle the unions will have far more impact on people's lives, than the recent Grand Finals, even than the end of the Balmain Tigers, or possibly South Sydney as Rugby League teams. But after the August union rallies, what next? The ACTU web site's main recommendation is to write to Democrat Senator Andrew Murray. It seems the logic of the ACTU's approach now, is to hope that the Democrats will make Reith's laws a little less evil. This is like the underdog hoping for a draw in the Grand Final - but there can't be a draw. Reith will go to extra time until there�s a clear winner. We can't risk forfeiting Grand Final victory to Reith. And right now, it's very hard for us players and delegates out here, to see that the ACTU has a game plan to win. We the players, the active union delegates, are the best ones to develop a plan to defeat the Government, with industrial action, pickets, further education. In this matter of life and death for the union movement we need a special conference of the union movement to debate and decide our campaign. Janet Burstall PSA member mailto:[email protected]
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Interview: Strategic Responses NSW Police Association president Mark Burgess has worked in the coal mines and the waterfront - now he�s the public face of NSW police Republic: Negative Campaigning If the Republic fails, one of the main complaints which should be leveled against the ARM is its refusal to play dirty. Unions: Interpreter smooths the way for Kosovar Refugees �The people really appreciate what Australia has done for them but they still want to go home," said Ariana Biba, a HREA member who has been worked recently as an interpreter assisting newly arrived refugees from Kosovo. Education: Count Yorga's Evil Plot NTEU president Carolyn Allport looks at Kemp's brazen attack on univestities and warns the battle is not won yet. Safety: Death in the Snowy Beyond the engineering achievements of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, there is the tragic story of those workers killed or seriously injured in the construction of the project. International: Why Is the WTO So Anti-Labour? Driving the cost of labour down appears to be the main priority of the World Trade Organisation History: The Importance of Tradition Historical documents bring us into closer contact with the past and its concerns as this 1945 extract from the NSW Nurses Association journal, The Lamp, shows. Review: McLibel - The Mice That Roared This documentary is the classic tale of the little guys against the system, a battle for the right to dissent. Satire: Government Privatises Numbers Prime Minister John Howard released a new policy on numerals yesterday, to bring them in in line with the Liberal Party's plan to privatise �Pretty much everything before we lose office.�
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