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  Issue No 43 Official Organ of LaborNet 24 February 2000  

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The Bald Truth - Unions Hit the Campuses


Unions are moving to raise their profile amongst university students, with a four-campus tour to be held early in the first semester featuring Labor Council secretary Michael Costa.

 
 

The Bald Truth

Dubbed 'The Bald Truth' the tour will involve a series of forums on issues facing the labour movement in the information age.

The Labor Council will also distribute information about Unions 2000, the Worker Support Register and LaborNet to students who attend the forums.

The tour will coincide with a push by the National Union of Students to educate students about their rights at work. NUS state president Dom Rowe has produced a booklet that was distributed at O-weeks around the state.

Labor Council secretary Michael Costa says the tour is a great way to connect with future union members, particularly as many students worked their way through uni in casual work.

"We're about portraying unions as vibrant organisations that are relevant to all young workers, whether they be blue collar or white collar," Costa says.

"By engaging in some of the broader debates, we hope to convince younger people that unions are worth investing a commitment in."

Dates for the "Bald Truth" campus tour are:

Monday March 6 - University of Technology

Tuesday March 7 - University of New South Wales

Thursday March 9 - Macquarie University

Monday, March 13 - Sydney University

Click here if you want to help promote the forums on any of these campuses


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In this issue
Features
*  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.
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*  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.
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*  Media: Freudian Slips
The coverage of Jennie George�s final days as ACTU President were a case study in the art of psycho-tabloid.
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*  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.
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*  Politics: True Deceivers
In his controversial new book, Andrew Scott argues that Labor's rhetoric has outstripped its achievements.
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*  Review: Rebel With a Cause
A new Michael Moore has emerged at the frontline of subversive television. His technique? Combining organising with silly suits.
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*  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.
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*  International: Right Hand Drive
The rise of the extreme Right in Austria carries some important lessons for our own society.
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