
Issue No 97		25 May 2001

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Activists' Notebook

Action on Burma, politics in a mountain pub and a rally for public education are all on this week's activists' agenda.

BURMA - an end to forced labor

Burma is ruled by one of the world's most brutal and corrupt military regimes. The regime is forcing 2 million Burmese men, women, children and elderly people to work for the military.

Burma's regime ruthlessly crushes any threat to rule. It denies workers the right to organise.

In November, the ILO agreed to an international campaign of action against forced labor in Burma. The ICFTU has backed the campaign by issuing a Global Unions Action Plan for Burma.

A key part of the campaign is pressuring companies to withdraw trade and investments in Burma, or face public exposure and union-driven consumer boycotts.

The ACTU is calling on affiliate unions to pressure Australian trade out of Burma.

Unions in NSW are establishing a Burma Unions Caucus to support the campaign in 2001

Come to a meeting on:

Wednesday 30th May 5pm CFMEU, 1st Floor, 15 Wentworth Ave, Sydney

We will hear from Burma activists and plan how we can coordinate across our Unions to support the Global Unions Plan for Burma [see attached].

For more information :

� contact Kate Lee [ASU] on 02 9310-4000, 0419 433 309 or

� check out these websites:

http://www.icftu.org - for the ICFTU's Global Union's Plan for Burma

http://www.freeburma.org - for more info on Burma

Politics in the Pub

Speakers: SHARAN BURROWS and ALISON PETERS

Topic: WOMEN IN UNIONS

Date: SATURDAY, JUNE 16TH

Time: 2.00-4pm

Place: ROYAL HOTEL, SPRINGWOOD. (Almost opposite Railway Station,

shopping Centre side).

Unite to defend public education

At the same time the Howard government is putting the boot into pubic education by dishing out an extra $700 million to private schools, the NSW education minister John Aquilina is planning to sell off Marrickville, Maroubra, Hunters Hill and Vauclause High schools. Four local primary schools, Erskinville, Redfern, Waterloo and Alexandria are to be closed and merged into a single school at Cleveland St High.

Do the bureaucrats in the department of education have any idea what this will mean for parents who have been able to send their children to local schools?

The NSW Parents and Citizens Federation has called a monster rally outside State Parliament on Wed May 30. 6pm, State Parliament, Macquarie St

Phone 9690 1977 for details

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Issue 97 contents

Interview: The Big Bribe
ACTU president Sharan Burrow emerges from the Federal Budget lock-up to ask where is the Howard Government�s vision for the future?

Compo: Where To Now?
As the dust settles in the WorkCover war, we look at what's been achieved and what still needs to be resolved.

Unions: The Real Big Brother
Have you ever got the feeling someone is watching you? If you work in one of the 4000 Call Centres in Australia then you�re probably right.

International: The Not-So Shakey Isles
NZ Council of Trade Union secretary Paul Goulter looks at life for the workers under a Labour Government.

Corporate: BHP: The Bit Australian
The BHP Billiton merger was an act of corporate tyranny. And, as Zoe Reynolds report, humanity does not figure on a corporate balance sheet.

History: A Proud Tradition of Mediocrity
Budgets always generate hype and a media circus, especially in the lead up to elections. This one is no exception and the Coalition consistency in panic and lack of ideas is reassuring in its lack of ideas.

Review: Ideologically Sound
Mark Hebblewhite trawls through the CD rack to dispel the notion that there's no politics left in pop.

Satire: HIH Recovers Own Losses
The collapsed insurance company HIH has lodged a claim with another insurer to be reimbursed for its $4 billion loss.

» Spotlight on HIH�s WorkCover Link

» Construction Industry Faces Safety Crisis

» Statewide Strike Off But Della on Notice

» David and Goliath Battle at IBM

» Natasha�s Democrats Face Senate IR Test

» Howard Abandons Working Families

» City Councils Recognise Birth � Now for the Bush

» BHP Forced to Back Off Kembla AWAs

» Impulse Bores Workers Into Submission

» Coach Drivers Win Permanency

» Boss Pockets Compo Payment

» Union Wins Battle in AWA War

» Publicans Want to Reduce Bar Pay

» Abbott Agrees to Ban Asbestos

» Union Acts to Save Leichhardt Refuge

» Trade Union Choir Turns Ten

» Activists' Notebook

» The Soapbox

» The Locker Room

» Trades Hall

» Tool Shed

» Thanks from Indonesia

» Hester Spot On

» Fuelling Voter Anger

» May Day - The Debate Continues

» Not a Chaser Fan

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