
Issue No 92		20 April 2001

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Della’s List: Dissident MPs Targeted

The campaign against ALP members who refuse to pledge support for amendments to the Della Bosca workers compensation package will move to the suburbs this week.

Already several MPs have hosted protests outside their electorate offices but this week, they face concerted action, with individual trade unions "adopting an MP":

Actions will be held outside the following offices:

Monday April 23

Midday: Cherie Burton, Member for Kogarah

178 Regent Street, Kogarah

Sponsored by: NSW Nurses - contact Brett Holmes 0414 550324

1.30pm: Barry Collier, Member for Miranda

Suite 2, 50-25 Urunga Parade, Miranda.

Sponsored by: AMWU - contact Steve Johnson 0419 282177

Fare Free Day:

Fliers will be distributed outside the following railway stations: Central, Parramatta, Tonw Hall, Wynyard, Strathfield, Museum, Martin Place, north Sydney, Granville, Flemington, Clyde, Chullora, Burwood, Campbeltown

Tuesday, April 24

George Thompson, member for Rockdale

Shop 3A, 452 Princes Highway, Rockdale

Sponsored by NSW Nurses

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Issue 92 contents

Interview: Beyond the Accord
Simon Crean cut his teeth in the trade union movement, now he's gearing up to run the economy.

Politics: In Defence of Della’s List
The proposition that trade unions should ask members of the ALP for a commitment that they uphold Party policy should hardly be controversial.

Corporate: The Real Rorters
The unspoken sore of the WorkCover Scheme is non-compliance by employers. None more so that in the construction industry, as this CFMEU paper details.

Legal: In the Real World
Lawyer Ross Goodridge exposes the defficincies in the new medical assessment guidelines for workers compensation by looking at real case studies.

International: The Docklands and Global Labour
Ma Wei Pin and Jasper Goss recount how the struggle of a group of Indonesian hotel workers effected a lucrative Melbourne contract.

History: Sweatshops in America
Since the dawning of the Industrial Revolution, many generations of Americans have toiled in sweatshops.

Unions: Losers Never Start
At the end of her six week vigil, Grenadier delegate Michelle Booth gave her heartfelt thanks to the trade union movement.

Review: Working Classes: Global Realities
The Socialist Register 2001 looks at class realities and the lives of workers in the new century.

Satire: Democrats Change Leader
The Democrats have a new leader after belatedly discovering that Meg Lees had become the second Democrats leader in a row to defect to another party.

» Costa To Join Della’s List

» Compo Campaign Gathers Steam

» Della’s List: Dissident MPs Targeted

» Day of Mourning to be Compo Focus

» Small Steps in Negotiations – But Hard Yards Still to Come

» Important First Step for E-Mail Privacy

» Outraged Cleaners Continue AXA Axings Protests

» Grenadier Picket Ends – But Legacy Lives On

» Entitlement Dramas in Health and Printing

» Nurses Still Waiting on Olympics Bonus

» IRC Delays Hit Eight Month Barrier

» Claims of Dirty Tricks Conspiracy at Mobil

» Sydney Water Workers On Strike

» MUA Rides Anti-pollution Wave

» Governments Urged On Child Slavery

» Time To Act on Pay Discrimination

» Construction Union Supports Folk Festival

» Activists Notebook