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  1. Waterfront death provokes national stop work

    nation's waterfront came to a halt on March 23 when more than 11,000 wharfies walked off the job. The stop ... Toll's Westernport wharf on March 16. There have been four deaths in four years on the waterfront, three ... inheritance for existing and future stevedoring workers on the Australian waterfront." March 23, 2007 704 ...

  2. DP World escalates attacks on workers

    important questions for workers’ rights beyond the waterfront. First, it demonstrates just how much ...

  3. Wharfies walk off over death

    Melbourne's Appleton Dock on July 14. The 24-hour stopwork also called for special national waterfront safety ... for national waterfront safety regulations. Some particularly dangerous industries, such as mining and ... federal government has still not committed to national waterfront safety regulation. The 24-hour stoppage ...

  4. Vic Williams: a life as an activist

    a founding member of the WA Greens. He worked on the Fremantle waterfront for many years and was involved in ... CPA's wharf branch and produced its regular waterfront bulletin Smoko. In 1956, Vic became the Secretary ...

  5. Fremantle port privatisation: lessons from the Wheatbelt

    government's Elizabeth Quay waterfront project. In 2010 Brookfield announced it would close 720 kilometres of ...

  6. Strike action heralds ‘Year of the Wharfie’

    WA MUA branch secretary Chris Cain has vowed that this year his members on the waterfront will make ...

  7. Time to put Qantas back in public hands

    employers are using the current disputes at Qantas, on the waterfront and elsewhere to bang on about their ...

  8. Has Rudd's anti-unionism handed Howard a lifeline?

    the Fremantle waterfront have stopped work — both over serious safety issues, the most recent over ...