Issue No 60 | 30 June 2000 | |
Letters to the EditorRally for Refugees
I was hoping that Workers Online would advertise a demonstration that is going to occur outside the Department of Immigration at 477 Pitt Street Sydney on the 24th August,2000 at 4.30pm. It's been timed to coincide with a similar rally in Melbourne on the 26th. The rally has been called to express outrage at the current government's treatment of refugees, their racist stereotyping of them as disease-ridden criminals, and the human rights abuses that are a daily occurence in detention centres such as Villawood and Port Hedland. The demands of the rally are: Freedom for the refugees Funding for settlement, not for detention Full citizenship rights, not temporary visas An end to racist scapegoating The rally is being organised by the Refugee Action Coalition, a group of trade unionists, students, families of the detained, former detainees and anti-racism activists. Any word that you can spread would be fantastic. This is an important issue for trade unionists to take up. Thanks, Sarah Gregson School of Industrial Relations UNSW Sydney 2052 Phone: 9385-7151
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Interview: Turning Tides ACTU President Sharan Burrow reflects on the disappearance of the middle class and what the union movement can do about it Unions: Fear and Loathing in Wollongong For four days this week, too much unionism was barely enough. We bring you the highs and lows from behind the scenes and inside the bars of this week�s ACTU Congress. Politics: The Group Hug Opposition leader Kim Beazley came, saw and conga-ed. Here's what he said to the ACTU Congress. History: Unions and Family Trees Trade union records may not be the first port of call for a beginning family historian, but down the track a little, these records could bring to life an ancestor who previously was just a name printed on the page. International: Fiji Bans Lifted Fiji employers are expected to start reinstating all their workers over the next week, now that Australian union bans have been lifted at the request of the local union leadership. Review: Room to Manoeuvre Full employment with a highly skilled well-paid workforce is a realistic goal for Australia, despite the supposed constraints of globalisation. Satire: Satan Subpoenaed To Cricket Inquiry The King Commission of Inquiry into cricket match-fixing yesterday heard evidence from Satan that he never influenced Hansie Cronje to accept bribes.
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