BY JONATHAN SINGER
Establishment newspaper headlines still proclaim Australia's “powerhouse
economy”, but have workers really benefited from all the increased wealth
of the past decade?
Measured by growth in gross domestic product (GDP),
409
SEOUL — The May 31 to June 4 general strike by South Korean workers has deepened differences between the reformist Democratic Labour Party (DLP) and militants seeking to build a counter-offensive against President Kim Dae Jung's neo-liberal
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DENIS HALLIDAY worked for the United Nations for 34 years as a specialist in Third World development. In August 1997 he was appointed the UN's chief relief coordinator in Iraq where he supervised the "oil-for-food" program until his very public
BY CAROLYNE BANADOS
SYDNEY — Rallying under the banner “Quality service deserves quality
pay”, community and social workers will strike and rally on June 23, closing
down welfare services and agencies, most of them recipients of state
WINDSOR, Ontario — On June 4, 3000 people demonstrated against a meeting
of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Windsor, Ontario.
 The OAS, which is based in Washington, involves the heads of state
of all countries in the
"Get sorry today, unchain John Howard's heart" was the message on one banner amongst a sea of support for reconciliation and justice for Aborigines at marches in Adelaide and Brisbane, which followed the example of the May 28 half-million people
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — “Kierath says our existence is a 'planning mistake'. We've
been here at Wattleup four decades, Hope Valley a century — that's long
before the heavy industry at Kwinana. So which one is the 'planning mistake'?”
War drums in the Pacific
Coming hard on the heels of George Speight's terrorist coup in Fiji, the
Australian capitalist media's battalion of “analysts” were quick to pronounce
the Malaita Eagle Force's (MEF) June 5 seizure of Solomon
BY SUSAN AUSTIN
BRISBANE — Twelve health unions, led by the Queensland Nurses Union,
are planning to step up industrial action in response to Queensland Health's
refusal to budge in negotiations on a new enterprise agreement.
Work
BY CHRIS SPINDLER
MELBOURNE — Some three weeks after winning the ballot, Craig Johnston was on June 9 confirmed as the new Victorian state secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. Johnston was delayed from taking office by court
Asbestos scare in Parramatta
BY OWEN RICHARDS
SYDNEY — The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union has banned construction work on the old David Jones site in Parramatta here after discovering asbestos. CFMEU state secretary Andrew
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