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From Clarrie O'Shea to the ABCC- the struggle for union rights
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The campaign against the jailing of tramways union leader Clarrie ... to a September 17 Brisbane forum organised by the Socialist Alliance.] October 11, 2008 770 Analysis ...
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Unions pledge to fight privatisation threat
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 350,000 Queensland workers plan to fight Labor Premier Anna ... Energex and Ergon, the Port of Brisbane, Queensland Rail and government-owned toll roads among others. The ...
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Forum discusses 鈥榮ystemic crisis of capitalism鈥
Magan-djin/Brisbane 鈥淔acing the world economic crisis: From Greece to Australia鈥 was the title of a public forum, ... and Socialist Alliance candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane Ewan Saunders spoke. MacLennan ...
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Marches mark May Day
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane More than 10,000 unionists marched through Brisbane's streets ...
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Power workers march for pay and conditions
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane More than 1000 electricity workers, employed by Energex, Ergon ... top of the Bligh Labor state government's offer of a 4.5% rise, according to the May 15 Brisbane ...
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QR National slashes a further 500 jobs
Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane QR National announced on June 5 it would cut ...
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Newman takes axe to public sector jobs
Workers & unions Jim McIlroy jobs Queensland Campbell newman Magan-djin/Brisbane June 29 was ...
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Queensland rail freight privatised
Economy Jim McIlroy Electrical Trades Union of Australia (ETU) Queensland Rail Magan-djin/Brisbane ...
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Queensland Nurses union quits ALP
Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) has decided ...
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Film highlights life under Gaza siege
Middle East Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane 鈥淧eace is not just the absence of violence; but the ...
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Rally: Don鈥檛 pay Hurley鈥檚 legal bill
Indigenous Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Aboriginal community leader Sam Watson called a rally ...
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Nobody expects the Spanish revolution
International solidarity Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane "Since May 15, tens of thousands of ...
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Protests confront Gillard on coal seam gas, refugee rights
Mining Coal Climate crisis Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 200 protesters ...
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Mine union outraged at fly-in, fly-out agreement
Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union ...
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Sam Watson: We need a new royal commission into black deaths in custody
Imperialism & war Indigenous Environment Economy Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane November 19 ... Watson, a prominent Queensland Murri leader and Socialist Alliance member. In Brisbane, supporters of ... into particular cases, such as the death in Brisbane of Daniel Yock in 1993, the Mulrunji case in 2004, ...
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Qld recognises same-sex civil unions
LGBTIQ Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane A bill recognising same-sex civil unions passed through the ...
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Qld teachers still prepared to strike
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) is assessing a new pay offer ...
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Unionists rally against asset sell-off
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Thousands of workers rallied on March 9 in protest against the ...
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Feminism: theory and action
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane "The feminist movement was one of the strongest parts of the ...
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'Stop mining Straddie'
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane "Save Straddie: National park, not mining", was the main ...
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鈥楽ave lives; protect refugees鈥
Melbourne Perth Magan-djin/Brisbane 鈥淪top trampling rights to win votes鈥; 鈥淪top breaking laws to win votes鈥; ...
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Qld: call for abortion law reform
Feminism Jim McIlroy Abortion Magan-djin/Brisbane Pro-choice group Children by Choice has written ...
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Unions challenge Work Choices in local councils
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane new front in the battle against the Howard government's ...
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QUT threatens free speech
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Well-known left-wing academic Dr Gary MacLennan and his Queensland ...
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For free speech and ethical research
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane "There are two big issues in this dispute: the right of ...