
Issue No 4		12 March 1999

Letters to the Editor

Focussed On Training

I found your site through LabourStart and it is very impressive. Really well produced and full of interesting & useful information. I thought the interview with the younf ACTU Organiser was good. We have 13 young trainees with GPMU - all trained by the TUC Organising Academy.

I will be in Australia in April with a team from the TUC in the UK visiting the ACTU Organising Works and I am looking forward to meeting up with plenty of union activists in Australia.

I will add a link to our web site, how about a links section on yours?

Best wishes

Tony Burke

Deputy General Sec.

Graphical, Paper & Media Union UK and Ireland

Chair TUC New Unionism Task Group

Eds' reply: A links engine is part of our Stage Two plans. Until then check out LaborNet's links at:http://labor.net.au/links/

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  Issue 4 contents

Interview: Jennie George - Eyeing 2000
The ACTU President looks to the future and erects a few new signposts for her last 12 months in office and beyond.

Unions: Trade Unions Thinking Globally
How do you put people first in a global economy? That's the question for an international trade union conference in Sydney this week.

History: The Pioneers: Trade Unions Before 1850
Labour historian Greg Patmore looks at the early days of unions in Australia

Review: Opening Spaces For a New Labor
A new book by Sydney academic McKenzie Wark looks at how Labor must adapt to the popular culture.

Campaign Diary: On The Bus - A Tale Of Two Campaigns
As the State election campaign moves into full swing, Workers Online looks at how the management of the media by the two main parties is reflecting their strategies.

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