Issue No 43 | 24 February 2000 | |
Letters to the EditorDesperately Seeking Lithgow Ladies
I am a student who is currently undertaking an honours thesis in Industrial Relations throughout 2000. I would be most appreciative if you would let the editors and advertisers know of my thesis. In other words, would you be able to publish the following request ? " Ruby Eunson -Cottle of the University of Sydney seeks any women and men who were situated in :Lithgow, N.S.W. during the years 1942-1945. These people can be inhabitants or workers who were employed in the coal mines, the hospital and the small arms factory.Please contact the writer on ph: (02) 9569 2158 if anyone is available to discuss their experiences of life in Lithgow during these years." Thank you for considering my request and I look forward to your reply. Yours Sincerely, Ruby Eunson-Cottle.
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Interview: Parting Gestures Outgoing ACTU president Jennie George looks back on her time at the helm and charts some challenges for young women in the union movement. Unions: While We Were Sleeping It�s been a long hot summer for Australian workers - from the showdown in the Pilbara to the victorious National Textile workers. We look at the stories Workers Online missed while we were in the banana chair. Media: Freudian Slips The coverage of Jennie George�s final days as ACTU President were a case study in the art of psycho-tabloid. Legal: Cookies� Fortune The breakaway union led by a man personally backed by the Prime Minister has been refused registration in a ruling that raises questions over the whole enterprise. Politics: True Deceivers In his controversial new book, Andrew Scott argues that Labor's rhetoric has outstripped its achievements. Review: Rebel With a Cause A new Michael Moore has emerged at the frontline of subversive television. His technique? Combining organising with silly suits. Satire: Victorian ALP shock: "Apparently We're in Power!" A recent survey conducted by the Victorian State ALP has revealed that the party is in government. International: Right Hand Drive The rise of the extreme Right in Austria carries some important lessons for our own society.
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