
Issue No 94		04 May 2001

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Letters to the Editor

What About the Workers?

As the title of Barry Cohen's last book reminds us, many workers in large organisations are often the last to know about major decisions affecting their future.

In the recent HIH debacle where the insurance giant went belly up, insurance workers were left in the lurch for some time by management as to the fate of their entitlements.

As you know, Ansett is another large organisation that has been feeling a little heat of late.

Travelling to Adelaide on Ansett last week I was surprised by the high level of staff morale and quality of service provided by the Ansett flight attendants despite the recent adverse publicity about safety on this airline.

For we must remember in every situation where a large organisation is placed under public scrutiny and pressure, it is often the front line workers who have to deal with this scrutiny and pressure.

So when you are out there publicly slagging some of those largeorganisations, just think to yourself "What about the Workers?"

Cheers

Zanga

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Issue 94 contents

Interview: Global Action
The CFMEU has been a world leader in fighting the war on global corporations. John Maitland has been one of the generals.

Unions: Sisters United
In her May Day address, Bus Union state president Pat Ryan looks at the role women have played in the labour movement.

Politics: M1 and the Trade Unions
Phil Davey was one of the forces behind S11 but chose to sit out M1. He looks at this week's action.

History: Il Duce Roberto?
His modern-day fan club might not like it, but Rowan Cahill argues wartime PM Robert Menzies sailed close to the winds of Fascism.

International: Cuban Call for Global Labour Rights
An international meeting of union representatives in Cuba has vowed to start a campaign to defend workers rights from the effects of globalisation.

Economics: The G-Word
ACTU President Sharan Burrow asks if there's a better way forward for global trade.

Media: Birth Of A Nation
East Timor's young journalists are struggling with language barriers and technical difficulties most Australian media professionals wouldn't be able to comprehend. But they're keen and eager to learn.

Review: The Tremulous Hopes of the Fifties
Behind the the good times mythology of the 1950s was a desperate quest for the ordinary.

Satire: Teen Angst Poems a �Danger�
The Teen Angst Gun Massacre Affair has broadened, with staff at the NSW Department of Education revealing that �gangs of conspirators� have been found operating out of high school poetry competitions.

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