Issue No 52 | 05 May 2000 | |
Letters to the EditorPropaganda or News?
Oh dear. "Wrestling with Reith" (Workers Online 28 April 2000)was nothing but propaganda for the Caird team in the upcoming CPSU elections. Given her bellyaching about how we Public Servants have lost so much, (too true), I wonder when Wendy will lead a real union campaign to defend jobs, wages and conditions. My guess is never. John Passant CPSU member
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Interview: War Stories from the Shakey Isles After being flat-earthed, New Zealand unions are making a comeback under a new progressive government. Darien Fenton is at the forefront of the resurgence. Unions: Laying It On the Line A complex international legal web underpins a long-running South Coast picket. International: Alive and Kicking Those representing right wing political forces and strategists for multi-national corporations would be disappointed by the success of the recently concluded Congress of the WFTU in Delhi. Economics: Fair Trade not Free Trade The successful MAI and Seattle campaigns have sparked a new debate about the role of the World Trade Organization. History: The Manchester Movement Manchester, in Asa Briggs memorable phrase, was the shock city of the early nineteenth century, a small and obscure market town that in a matter of a few years had become a huge city. Satire: Passing the Buck Government report tells bosses how to lie and pass the buck: Reith blames Kemp Review: A Book to Set the Left Right The Australian Finacial Review's Stephen Long gives his verdict on 'Tales from the new Shop Floor'.
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