Issue No 58 | 16 June 2000 | |
NewsUnions Urged to Reignite Republic Debate
The new head of the Australian Republican Movement has appealed to trade unionists to stand for elected positions to help broaden it image and focus.
Former army officer Jim Terrie told this week's Labor Council that the ARM has undergone major changes since "it came to a grinding halt in March". A new constitution is being written with all national and state executive positions to be fully democratic. And the ARM is now not supporting any particular Republican model - and is directly appealing to Republicans who voted No in the Referendum to come on board. Conceding that the trade union constituency was one group that the Yes case struggled to win at the Referendum, it was now important to engage with ordinary workers. Terrie says the ARM is also seeking new members to breath life into the organization, that now faces a long haul of five to ten years before the proposition is put to the electorate again. In the meantime, Terrie says community discussion and education are vital. One project currently underway is the development of a workplace education kit. A full interview with Jim Terrie will appear in next week's Workers Online
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Interview: After the Gold Rush NSW building union leader Andrew Ferguson on life after the Olympics and why Che Guevara is his political hero. Unions: MUA Women's Policy Back on Course A hard hitting report by the Maritime Union's women's delegate Sue Gajdos prompts the union to, once again, promote its female members. Politics: Raising the Rafters Opposition leader Kim Beazley delivered a stirring address to last weekend's NSW ALP State Conference. Here's every word of it. History: Time and Tide Greg Patmore surveys the themes of Working Lives in Regional Australia in this introduction to the latest issue of 'Labour History' International: Fair in the Land of the Free More than 20,000 immigrant workers, union members and community and religious leaders packed a Los Angeles Sports Arena on June 10 in support of immigrant workers' rights. Environment: Life's a Beach Workers are invited to join an environmental campaign to protect the coastal communities and coastline from exploitation by multinationals. Satire: More Pacific Coups Forecast The popular holiday resort of Great Keppel Island is bracing itself for a bloody coup, following the rash of rebel uprisings in other parts of the Pacific. Review: At the Barricades Denis Evans' photo essay on the Patrick dispute captures the camaraderie on the Melbourne picket lines - solidarity that, like solder, welded workers and their communities together into a human barricade.
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