Millions of students and workers marched on March 28 against the First Employment Contract (CPE) law, which allows employers to sack workers aged under 26 years without reason within the first two years of their job. On March 30, France's
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BUENOS AIRES — On March 24, more than 100,000 people gathered at the Plaza de Mayo, made famous by the mothers of the disappeared, who, along with unions, human rights organisations, students and people from all walks of life, demanded justice
Iraq Ablaze: Inside the InsurgencyBy Zaki ChehabIB Tauris, 2005Distributed in Australia by Palgrave MacMillanRRP $45.
REVIEW BY ROHAN PEARCE
Much of the Western media has presented one-dimensional reporting of the armed rebellion gripping Iraq,
Vannessa Hearman
Following Indonesia's withdrawal of its ambassador to Australia, Hamzah Thayeb, from Canberra in response to the granting of temporary protection visas to 42 West Papuans, the Australian government has been at pains to point out
Bronwen Beechey, Auckland
In an historic victory, the Unite workers' union has won a union employment agreement with Restaurant Brands, New Zealand's biggest fast-food chain. The new contract awards significant pay increases and improvements in
Union leaders tell Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly why the June 28 national protests against Work Choices are so important.
Tommy Watson (CFMEU-FEDFA division Victorian state secretary)
We've got to continue these rallies and community actions. We know what
We had a very tragic event in the Brisbane Aboriginal community last Saturday [March 11] and a lot of us didn't feel like coming here today. But because of what the families of Iraq go through each and every day we felt that we should be here, in
Paul Benedek, Brisbane
More than 1000 workers from most unions attended a Queensland Council of Unions "Workers' Breakfast" on March 29, to protest against the enactment of the Howard government's Work Choices laws.
The crowd heard from former
Mel Black, Brisbane
An alleged assault by Professor Richard Fotheringham, the University of Queensland's executive dean of arts, against a Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly reporter who was observing a "Save Arts" forum at UQ on March 21, has added heat to the
The number of trade union members in Australia rose by 70,000 in the 12 months before the federal government gained control of the Senate, according to an Australian Associated Press report on March 28.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
At the 1800-strong Victorian union delegates' meeting on March 29, Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Greg Combet talked about what sort of industrial relations policy the trade union movement should ask the Labor
Emma Clancy, Sydney
Two 17-year-olds from Sutherland have been exploited by an unscrupulous boss in the building industry who owes them more than $10,000 each in unpaid wages, according to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's NSW
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