
Issue No 5		19 March 1999

Letters to the Editor

Time For Fresh Look

Its time that the labour movement looked at its organisation! Capital has unde gone yet another revolution and left us behind. We need and Industrlla Union organised from the bottom up which every one can join.One with a sliding scale fee structure as some unions use already. The trade-union structure is out-dated and sets worker against worker. Many a union organiser and official have told me they have more trouble from rival unions than they have from the boss! For your average worker this is disconcerting. Also on occasion we seem to have more problems with Trades Hall appearing to be in bed with industry employers than with us. solidarity Uri Ben-Avraham ANF

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Issue 5 contents

Interview: Towards An Information International
FIET general secretary Phillip Jennings talks about the development of the Union Network International and its potential to organise globally.

Unions: The Integral Price of Loyalty
Workers at Integral Energy are asking for their share of the fruits of power reform.

History: A Very Public History
Historian Ray Markey and Public Service Association General Secretary Janet Good take a look at the union�s first 100 years.

Review: Bullworth - Beatty�s Political Rap
Warren Beatty makes some gutsy calls in his new film about a politician who, when all else fails, tries the truth.

Campaign Diary: The Ultimate Punt
As the leaders slug it through the final weeks of the campaign, the armchair critics get their chance to work their pet election theories.

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» Kelty Sees Global Minimum Wage On Horizon

» International Superunion Given Go-Ahead

» FIET Takes Hammer To Debt Wall

» Is The World Bank Anti-Union?

» Lectures Cancelled Over University Pay Claim

» 100 Reasons Why Public Sector Unionism Will Survive

» Maccas Death Call

» Cleaners Time Out Hours Cut