
Issue No 39		12 November 1999

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SOS From New York

Hi, I got your address from a union watch site here in the States. I belong to a small local#24 Nabet/CWA in a small town in upstate New York near the St. Lawarence River across from Canada. Watertown New York has Two commercial Television stations.

I work at WWNY TV7 a CBS affiliate here in Watertown. We are under attack by the Corporation that owns us. They live in Kenosha Wisconsin. We have been without a contract for one year with no sign of getting one. We are currently in a state of Mobilization but our unit is broke. CWA is sending money to continue our struggle. We only have 16 members left in our unit, down from 41 members when this Corporation purchased us in 1981.

They have whittled away at us and now they want the rest of our job jurisdictions. This spells the end of the union. Any ideas from you to help bring these people back to the table would be appreciated. Mabey a different perspective from around the other side of the planet is what we need.

This company should be ashamed of theirselves as they had $40,500,000.00 in sales last year according to Dun and Bradstreet report. Thank you for taking the time to read our plea for help.

John Pierce - mailto:[email protected]

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Issue 39 contents

Interview: Let Sleeping Dogs
Republican campaigner Jason Yat-Sen Li dusts off after Saturday�s vote. We ask him: where to now?

Republic: Readers Speak - Kerry the Face to Deface
We asked and you have spoken; Sydney heiress Kerry Jones is the Workers Online choice for desktop doodling, as the official winner of our Defacement of a Nation competition.

Economics: Understanding the Economy
Who was voted thinker of the millenium in a recent BBC Online poll? Karl Marx shooed it in. And another socialist, Albert Einsten, came second.

Unions: Come Fly Away!
With just four weeks to go, Labor Council's Organiser of the year Award is up for grabs. We've only had the one entry ...

Work/Time/Life: Better Times for Casuals in the Sunshine State
The Queensland Council of Unions has mounted a case in the Queensland IRC to increase wages for casual workers by up to $2.00 extra per hour.

International: All Black Fate Looms for New Zealand Right
The New Zealand economic experiment � for many years the cherished role model of the Australian Liberal Party � is just about to face an angry jury.

History: Who Remembers Egon Erwin Kisch?
Egon Erwin Kisch was a well known progressive journalist living in Germany when he was invited by the Australian branch of the world committee against war and fascism to speak at a conference in Melbourne in 1934.

Review: Bizarrism - Strange Lives, Cults, Celebrated Lunacy
The strange story of Donald Crowhurst or how to cheat and become a God.

Satire: Support Surges for Armenian Republic Model
The assassination by gun crazed extremists of the Armenian Prime Minister has been cautiously backed by Ted Mack and the Direct Electionist lobby as a possible new Republican model.

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