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26 May 2000 |
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Trades HallSarah Kaine on the Workers Support Register
Labor Council's organising coordinator on how ordinary people are joining the union cause.
On Saturday 13 May 2000, thirteen committed unionists and supporters of the trade union movement came together for the second in a series of seminars for members of the Workers Support Register. The Workers Support Register is open to people either in a union, or supporters of unions, who are prepared to assist with organising for the protection and betterment of the lives of working people in New South Wales. The register currently lists over 300 volunteers from unions and the wider community who are prepared to become involved by writing letters, attending peaceful protests and leafleting. The seminars provide an opportunity for those volunteers to find out about current campaigns and issues affecting workers and how they can help. Saturday's seminar covered: � the state of our unions; � workers entitlements; and � jobs with justice. The participants came from a variety of backgrounds and union experiences. Some of them had no union experience, only support for the cause and an empathy with workers experiencing hardship. The seminar was a great success. It was invigorating to be with people who were prepared to give up two hours on a Saturday to consider how we could expand and progress. I can't wait for the next one. If you want to become part of the Workers Support Register please contact our Unions NSW Organising Centre on 1800 688 919 for an application form or go to the LaborNet website.
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   Interview: The University of RupertNational Tertiary Education Union president Dr Carolyn Allport on News Corp's move into tertiary education and the Universitas 21 experiment. International: The Unionist Who Sparked a CoupWorkers Online's Fiji expert Andrew Casey profiles one of the men at the centre of the crisis, detained PM Mahendra Chaudry Unions: The Call to ActionThe Australian Services Union is leading the push into the call centre industry. But winning these new workplaces is a major challenge. Politics: Workplace GladiatorsPeter Reith as Russell Crowe? That's the image Labor IR spokesman Arch Bevis conjured up in a frecent address to the Industrial Relations Society. History: How to be a Good UnionistIt's 1917, WWI rages and federal public servants are given these rules on how to dischare their responsibility as members. Legal: The Price of SolidarityIntimidation, threats and even murder still await many workers who attempt to organize in a number of countries around the world, says a new ILO report. Review: Inconvenient HistoryIn may be cold comfort to Republicans, but the vote for Federation was every bit as tempestuous as this collection of articles shows. Satire: World Bank Caves In In a victory for Seattle protestors, international monetarists have decreed that global utopia to begin immediately.
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