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UNITED STATES: Lessons from the United Airlines pension plan negotiations

Malik Miah, San Francisco The latest setback for US workers' right to secure retirement pensions occurred in the airline industry with the termination last month of four defined benefit pension plans at United Airlines (UAL), the world's second

Make the IR laws 'inoperable'

NEWCASTLE — "The trade union movement is at a crossroads — we can stick or heads in the sand, we can throw up our hands and promise to be good or we can lead the fight against Howard and make these laws inoperable." This is what Steve Murphy

Radical TV now on DVD

BY JOHN REYNOLDS Help support the development of progressive and radical TV — Actively Radical TV is offering the Art Resistance Community TV weekly program for purchase on DVD or VHS. The Art Resistance hour is broadcast 9.30-10.30pm on Sunday

Local council opposes detention centre

MELBOURNE — At a meeting to launch its social justice charter for 2005, Hume City Council reaffirmed its opposition to the proposed Broadmeadows immigration detention centre. Councillor Gary Jungwirth, the HCC's portfolio councillor for social

A woman's place is in the struggle: Fighting Howard's anti-women, anti-worker agenda

PM John Howard and the federal Coalition's anti-union legislation will be disastrous for all workers, but some are likely to fare worse than others. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly spoke to Jenny Kruschel, Victorian assistant secretary of the Textile, Clothing and

Building a fighting spirit in Geelong

Sue Bull, Geelong Long-time political activist and socialist Tim Gooden was declared elected unopposed to the Geelong Trades Hall Council's secretary position on June 21. His tenure will be for five years. This is a significant victory for union

Sue Bull, Geelong

Long-time political activist and socialist Tim Gooden was declared elected unopposed to the Geelong Trades Hall Council's secretary position on June 21. His tenure will be for five years.