Seoul's High Court ruled on February 7 in favour of the 153 members of the SsangYong Motor Company branch of the Korean Metal Workers Union who were unlawfully laid-off in 2009.
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As approaches its 1000th issue, more than 20 years after it first hit the streets, we will be looking back at some of the campaigns it has covered and its role as an alternative source of news. This week we look at women's liberation.
In a closely-watched election, the United Autoworkers Union (UAW) tried to break into the anti-union South to organise a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The union lost the February election among the plant鈥檚 1550 production workers. There were 626 votes in favor and 712 against.
The negative vote was something of a surprise, because Volkswagen management did not threaten workers鈥 jobs if they voted yes, and was officially neutral. Generally, bosses intimidate workers and pay for a barrage of anti-union advertising to stop workers voting in favour of unionising.
Outside the city of Port Augusta in South Australia, the firm Alinta Energy runs the ageing brown coal-fired Northern power station. Environmentalists and local campaigners want the plant replaced with state-of-the-art solar power generation.
A byelection was held in the Queensland state seat of Redcliffe on February 22, following the resignation of the sitting Liberal National Party member, Scott Driscoll, over fraud allegations.
Terry Barnes, a former adviser to Prime Minister Tony Abbott, is credited with coming up with the bright idea of introducing a $6 payment when people visit their GP.
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine is living up to his new nickname, 鈥淣aptime鈥, as the Hazelwood coalmine fire continues its terrible impact on the town of Morwell in the Latrobe Valley.
Police have not responded to a petition Taser victim Sheila Oakley handed to them a week ago. In response, a community assembly was held outside Logan police station on February 22.
Oakley was in hospital and could not attend the rally. Paul Butterworth, an Aboriginal elder who had called the assembly, told the crowd: 鈥淲e will keep coming back until something鈥檚 done about this.鈥
He also said harassment of the local community continued, including children in Oakley鈥檚 family. Oakley鈥檚 brother expressed his thanks for the support they were receiving.
鈥淵ou don't want a wimp running border protection,鈥 Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on February 21. 鈥淵ou want someone who is strong, who is decent, and Scott Morrison is both strong and decent.鈥
About 140 people attended Manningham City Council鈥檚 forum on February 20 to hear speakers discuss the case for a railway line to Doncaster, Victoria.
Members of the Socialist Alliance have taken part in O-week stalls, which is not only resulting in a boost for 麻豆传媒 Weekly sales and subscriptions in the lead up to its 1000th issue, but also a boost for the Socialist Alliance and Resistance.
An anonymous post to the Facebook group 鈥淧arenting Payments for Parents 鈥 not Newstart鈥 (PPPNN) on February 26 read: 鈥淚t鈥檚 been a very long, long, tiring road with no help from police regarding the violence ... I am now settled in a new private rental of $355 a week but I just can鈥檛 get back on track 鈥 I can鈥檛 put food on the table or nappies on my children鈥檚 bottoms this week.
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