
Issue No 82		20 December 2000

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Summer for Social Justice

By Alison Peters

Young activists will come together this summer to work for social justice and the rights of working people in a program arranged by the ACTU Organising Centre.

Based on the successful American scheme run by the AFL-CIO, the activists will spend three weeks working with NSW unions on campaigns as well as receiving education and training in organizing and union issues.

The 16 interns start in late January with two days of training. They then move into campaign mode with 6 different unions and the Labor Council where they will get hands on experience in organizing around workplace rights. There is further training throughout the three week placement.

Union Summer gives people interested in social justice the opportunity to work with the union movement . The response to places in the program has been excellent with lots of interest shown by student activists.

Unions involved in this summer's program believe that it is important to encourage interest in union issues and to build our capacity to campaign around workers' issues. Union Summer increases support for unions and allows the interns to develop their skills in a practical setting.

It is the Organising Centre's intention to run Union Summer each year and to build on what looks to be a very successful debut.

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Issue 82 contents

Interview: Being Michael Costa
Labor Council�s secretary on the 2KY sell-off, the Olympics and his plans for the future.

Unions: Millennial Milestones
In a year of highs, some trade union stories stuck in the collective consciousness. Here's ten of the best.

International: Eric Lee's Year in Review
The editor of Labourstart looks back on the global issues that mobilized labour in the past 12 months.

Organising: Dispatches from the Field
Despite the 'Botsmanesque' critiques which have been levelled at Organising, it would be hard to deny that the year 2000 has seen more and more unions in NSW latch onto the approach - at least in principle anyway.

Economics: Who Gets Gold??
At the end of this Olympic year, Sydney Uni's Frank Stilwell charts the winners and losers in the new sport of redistribution of income.

Politics: Election 2000: The Winner is Gridlock
In the last in his series on the US Federal Election Campaign, Michael Gadiel, our roving reporter, gladly signs off.

Satire: Chaser Launches Book
In the great tradition of repackaging old material to cash in on Christmas, the team from The Chaser & Silly 2000 has produced its first book.

Review: Cultural Wasteland
The spotlight was on Australian culture in 2000. But was it a missed opportunity, asks Peter Zangari.

» Mad Monk's Secret Union Past

» New Life for Trades Hall

» Top Cop is Our Organiser of the Year

» All We Want for Christmas

» Summer for Social Justice

» Unions Return to Mosh Pit

» Unions Head West

» Big Bastard Censors Dissidents

» South Coast Labor President Steps Down

» As a Died in the Wool Westie Steps Up

» Dying Workers' Asbestos Plea

» Workers at Centre of Turn Of the Century

» Truth about S11 Starting to Come Out

» The Soapbox

» The Locker Room

» Trades Hall

» Tool Shed

» The Greatest Team Ever?

» ABC Online Did Strike

» Why Nader Vote was not Wasted

» John Scrooge's Christmas Gift

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