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Snap strike at Dandenong Letter Centre
Truck held up outside the letter centre Most mail to Melbourne residents will not be delivered today [Fri June 13] after an impromptu strike by postal workers at the Dandenong distribution centre last night. The strike began at 5.30pm yesterday, just before the 6pm shift began, with workers picketing the letter distribution centre on Nathan Road for several hours. Australia Post spokeswoman Nadine Lyford said a small amount of mail had been processed yesterday before the strike, but four million letters wer ... [more]
Elliots Engineering Court Case
Rally outside of court 9.30am Monday 23 June Ringwood Magistrates' Court 39 Ringwood St Ringwood Anthony Elliott, boss of Elliots' Engineering is the defendant in a trial arising out of a community assembly in May 2007. Elliot faces a number of charges relating to driving a truck through a picket line. Of course it is the proud boost of English justice that someone is innocent until proven guilty. Lets hope that justice is more than done on this occasion. more info: Background to dispute | Voilence ... [more]
“Sorry” about the NT Intervention? Community Forum
1-3pm Friday 20th June The Annex Victorian Trades Hall cnr Lygon & Victoria St Carlton South Meet with two representatives from communities affected by the NT Intervention and hear first-hand the impacts. Mitch is an Eastern Arrernte/Luritja representative from Alice Springs and Lyle Cooper is a Health clinic worker and President of Bagot Town Camp. We will start with some presentations and then have space for questions and discussion. more info: Michaela 0429 136 935 [more]
Dave Kerin Update
Union Solidarity Coordinator Dave Kerin was issued with a "Notice to produce documents" order on April 24 in relation to Union Solidaritary's involvement with the recent strike at Boeing . Since that time Union Solidarity has been overwhelmed with personal messages and individuals signing up to the Defend Dave Kerin list . We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have expressed their support throughout this difficult period. [more]
Fair Deal for Solar Power Rally
8.30am-9.30am Thursday May 8 Parliament House Spring St Melbourne Download Rally Leaflet This coming Thursday tell Premier John Brumby and the Victorian Government that we want a REAL Feed-In Tariff for Victoria's solar future. The Victorian Government is about to make a decision on the price of energy generated from renewable sources (called a feed in tariff). This will greatly influence the uptake of solar and other renewable energy technologies. The Governments decision is expected to be unfavorable. ... [more]
Community Assembly at Visy in Coburg
A Community Assembly was held 20th March between 6am - 10am at Visy in Charles St, Coburg [Melbourne]. The action was in support an AWMU member who was unfairly dismissed by Visy. The community assemblies could escalate if Visy do not reinstate the sacked worker. [more]
Vale Sid Spindler
It is sad news that former Victorian Democrat Senator Sid Spindler has died after a fairly long battle with cancer. Sid was 75. He was born in Poland, experiencing the horrors of Nazi occupation and World War II. He came to Australia as a seventeen year old in 1949 – yet another example of the immense benefit Australia has gained from migrants. He was heavily immersed in Indigenous issues during and after his time in the Senate. Sid Spindler also worked on child labour issues and conditions faced by outwo ... [more]
The right to strike
Union Solidarity’s goal is overturning all anti-union laws especially the harsh laws facing building workers under the ABCC . Strikes will always be a feature of an advanced economy. While repressive laws seek to stop workers fighting we will cite our right to rebel and support those workers even if that activity is deemed illegal... more... [more]
Constructing Fear
Constructing Fear is a documentary exposing the activity of an industrial inquisition targeting building workers across Australia [the ABCC]. “ Constructing Fear ” shows how these workers are the front line in an attack on civil liberties that has implications for every Australian. [more]
Libs defeated by community outrage over Workchoices
The fantastic November 24 federal election result is definitely worth celebrating. It’s now time to reflect on the significance of the victory and face the challenges ahead. Firstly the stunning swing to Labor was the product of mobilising the community. The huge nation wide Your Rights at Work rallies, public meetings, community protests, strikes and pickets against unfair dismissals all played a role in stopping the worst excesses of Workchoices being carried out. They also demonstrated the unfairness o ... [more]
Council drops charges against Ken Mooney
Brimbank Council has dropped charges against community activist and key Union Solidarity supporter Ken Mooney. Ken was contesting a fine imposed by the Brimbank Council for allegedly interjecting from the public gallery during a meeting considering the future of the site of the Sunshine Swimming Pool . more... [more]
Stop the attacks on building workers
The CFMEU and other construction unions are under enormous pressure from the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC). more Today (Fri 13 July) the Uniting Church issue a press release about safety standards and anti-union policies at Woodside gas plant in Port Campbell. In August there is planned public meeting Melbourne raising concerns about ABCC and the harsh laws facing building workers. Details soon. New Warrnambool Group : Warrnambool Solidarity group has started in Warrnambool Victor ... [more]
Rally Save Posties Jobs
download leaflet 4.30pm Wednesday August 1 Crn Exhibition & Latrobe Sts Melbourne. Australia Post wants to close the Fitzroy Mail Centre. Management has informed staff many with several year service that: * they are no longer required * that they are splitting their jobs and * replacing them with new people (on less wages) to do their work. 17 jobs are on the line, rally to defend jobs, working conditions and decent postal services in the inner city... more. [more]
Defend Our Rights at Work! Tear up all of Work Choices!
Union Solidarity has endorsed the following motion and petetion: We [therefore] call on the ACTU and state, territory and regional labour councils to immediately call a day of protest that demands: The full repeal of the Howard government’s Work Choices and Workplace Relations Act (including the abolition of all Australian Workplace Agreements in whatever form and the immediate dismantling of the Australian Building and Construction Commission), the abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Co ... [more]
IR Questions for Candidates
As part of its social justice campaign the Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church has set up an Industrial Relations group. They plan to develop seven questions on IR to ask our federal candidates for the up and coming election. They plan to publicise their responses (or lack of) as widely as possible. Some questions that come to my mind are: Will you support the removal of legislation that has given the building industry task force such extraordinary powers. Will you support the right for a worker to wi ... [more]
Looking the other way
Woodside and safety at the Otway Gas Plant construction site United Church: June 2007 Since December 2006 the Justice and International Mission Unit has been in dialogue with Woodside Energy regarding serious allegations that employees at the Otway Gas Plant construction site in Port Campbell , Victoria, have been fired for raising safety concerns at the site, on suspicion they have raised safety concerns at the site and for union membership ... more more info: Write a protest letter to Woodside | Community ... [more]
OK fellas, let's go home
ONE of the Latrobe Valley's longest running industrial protests has ended. Former employees at Mechanical Engineering Corporation's (MEC) Yallourn workshop left the site at the weekend after a 277 day protest. The protest ended when the AMWU and 32 former MEC workers last week commenced legal action against their employer, Mechanical Engineering Services (MES), to secure their full redundancy entitlements. more... [more]
Community Assembly to Save Seafarers Jobs.
This morning’s community assembly was held in solidarity with the crew of the Ormiston , who expected to be told this afternoon that their boat is to be decommissioned, and replaced by a ship bearing foreign flags, crewed by foreign workers. About 100 supporters assembled around 11am this morning, Tuesday June 5th, outside the CSR property on Lyell St, Yarraville, where the Ormiston is docked. The crew were notified during the morning that they were expected to bring the boat to Webb Dock at 3pm this afte ... [more]
We stand in open rebellion
On Tuesday 14th of November 2006 the High Court of Australia ruled that the Workplace Relations Act, as amended by Workchoices, is constitutional. Unionists in Australia can now be jailed for six months for refusing to attend a hearing; six months jail for refusing to answer questions at that hearing... Given that such abuses of our human rights are now legal, Union Solidarity stands in open rebellion. more... [more]
We are Union
" We Are Union " A collection of inspiring union songs by Union Maid. Union Maid is Lita Gillies Lita was born in Melbourne in 1969, and grew up in a family of strong personalities with strong political views. Her CD, We Are Union , is her way of vocalising her protest against governments who don't listen and greedy employers who treat workers badly. It is also a celebration of workers who understand that unity brings strength and the capability to fight injustice. “Fighting the IR laws and ... [more]
Warrnambool Solidarity
Next meeting: Tuesday July 31, 2007 contact: Gary 5565 8723(h) | 5560 3712(w) | glucas@comconnect.com.au Important Forum Latest Developments in Human Rights 8.00pm Tuesday 24 July 2007 Vision Australia Building Moore St Warrnambool Download leaflet KURT ESSER Chair of The Justice Project (TJP) is conducting this informal talk for Amnesty International . Prior to that talk, TJP also wants to engage with local community organisations concerned with Social Justice in order to plan two very important Human Righ ... [more]
Right to strike
Union Solidarity’s goal is overturning the current repressive Industrial Relation laws. At the moment that means the Liberal Government’s Workchoices and the harsh laws facing building workers under the ABCC. We are also vitally concerned with other attacks on working class communities such as Welfare to Work. In the short term we hope to see the defeat of the Howard government and the election of a Federal Labor government. In the long term we are committed to seeing the full realisation of worker righ ... [more]
Union Solidarity Supporters Card
Become a financial supporter of Union Solidarity for 6 months. Cost $20 The supporter’s card will raise much-needed funds to continue the vital work of Union Solidarity. We aim to start with 1000 financial supporters. To become a financial supporter of Union Solidarity purchase the supporter’s card from AAWL (Australia Asia Workers Links)#. Distribution Point Jiselle Hanna - Mobile: 0411054859 | Email: aawl@aawl.org.au | Landline: 9663 7277 Website: www.aawl.org.au AAWL Office : Victoria Street Wing, 1s ... [more]
Link Union Solidarity to your site
Home page http://www.unionsolidarity.org SMS alert list http:// contact.unionsolidarity.org Write for the website http:// publish.unionsolidarity.org Network pages: Community sector solidarity http:// community.unionsolidarity.org Darebin Workers Rights & Social Justice Campaign http:// darebin.unionsolidarity.org Western Suburbs Community and Unions Coalition http:// western.unionsolidarity.org Pictures Small Icons path: http://www.unionsolidarity.org/USlogotransparent.gif Transparent GIF No matte 100 ... [more]
Community Solidarity [Western Australia]
Community Assembly at National Foods Friday 6am October 19 86 Radium St Bentley 20 - 40 people stopped milk trucks both supply and Woolworths delivery at National Foods. The action organised by Fremantle Community Solidarity included rank and file AMWU and MUA members. Members at the site got a great boost from the action and all involved were happy it went well. Background Workers employed by National Foods (Pura Milk, Yoplait, Berri and other brands) are negotiating their EBA and are locked in a struggle ... [more]
ANF supports the International Day for the elimination of violence towards women
Source: ANF/QNU [more]
Paid maternity leave not negotiable in 2009 federal budget
Source: NSWNA [more]
Teachers to continue action despite strike ban
Source: ABC [more]
Labor's Fairness Test
Source: Canberra Times [more]
OZ cuts mining jobs amid crisis
Source: Burnie Advocate [more]
Spate of mine bulldozer crashes puts operators in danger
Source: Mackay Daily Mercury [more]
Cbus super fund brawl over leadership
Source: The Australian [more]
Bad manners rife on Cbus board
Source: The Australian [more]
Former senior federal court judge Rod Madgwick condemns controversial workplace law for construction workers in union TV ad
Source: Melbourne Age [more]
Construction union leadership voted back
Source: ABC [more]
Broadband network bidders must make sure workers and consumers are not ripped off
Source: CPSU [more]
Pacific island worker scheme to start in December
Source: ABC [more]
Government cost cutting hits student enrolments
Source: NSW PSA [more]
Geelong Ford plant and 400 jobs saved
Source: Geelong Advertiser [more]
Workers 'caked' in uranium at Ranger
Source: NT News [more]
Unions seek access after construction site accident
Source: The Australian [more]
Ford workers overjoyed
Source: Geelong Advertiser [more]
Ratepayer exodus avoided as Ford plant stays
Source: ABC [more]
Lawyers threaten legal aid ban over pay rates
Source: Melbourne Age [more]
Our plan kept Ford factory open: ALP
Source: The Australian [more]
Unions seek access after site accident
Source: The Australian [more]
Ford gets extra gear with jobs
Source: Melbourne Herald-Sun [more]
Teachers call off strike pending appeal
Source: Adelaide Advertiser [more]
Teachers better paid than cops, nurses, paramedics
Source: Sydney Daily Telegraph [more]
Workers show mixed feelings
Source: Ballarat Courier [more]
Ford U-turn saves factory
Source: Melbourne Age [more]
John Valves goes under
Source: Ballarat Courier [more]
UNITE submission to International Student Taskforce
Click the link below to read UNITE’s submission to the Victorian State Government Overseas Student Taskforce. We hope that our submission helps to highlight some of the problems that international student workers have in regards to coming forward about workplace issues. UNITE Submission [more]
UNITE & CWU protest against greedy bosses
On Thursday October 23 the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and UNITE will join forces to protest against two of Australia’s worst employers – Australia Post and 7-Eleven. There will be a rally outside Australia Post HQ at 321 Exhibition Street at 3pm and a rally outside the 7-Eleven store at 237 Exhibition Street at 4pm. The CWU, [...] [more]
7-Eleven: Bullying and intimidation
UNITE has received several reports in the past few weeks from 7-Eleven workers who say they have been bullied by their franchise owners. The workers have told us that there has always been low level bullying taking place but this has been stepped up as a result of the Workplace Ombudsman’s investigation into employment practices at [...] [more]
Audio: UNITE against 7-Eleven
National radio interview from The Wire 17/10/08 Click the link below to listen to an interview about UNITE’s campaign against 7-Eleven. It features UNITE Secretary, Anthony Main; 7-Eleven Chief Operating Officer, David Ginsberg and the Director of the Young Workers Advisory Service in Queensland, Diedre Morrow. It was produced by Gemma Snowdon from The Wire. [...] [more]
Another 7-Eleven shut down for an hour!
No public support for 7-Eleven’s dodgy behaviour! UNITE successfully blockaded another 7-Eleven store in the Melbourne CBD yesterday. UNITE is calling on 7-Eleven to stop breaking the law and start paying their workers properly. The response on the picket was perhaps the best we have received yet. Practically no one supports paying people as little as $8 [...] [more]
Better OH & S laws will save lives
Every Australian has the right to go to work and to come home safely. With this basic aim in mind, unions have launched a new campaign to deliver the highest standards for harmonised workplace health and safety laws. [more]
Time to deliver!
You voted for your rights at work - now it's time to have them passed into law. The Rudd Government has banned new AWAs but is yet to scrap the rest of WorkChoices and restore fair and balanced IR laws. [more]
UNITE set to hit 7-Eleven again
Say NO to $8 per hour! From 5pm – 6pm this Thursday October 16, UNITE will stage an action outside the 7-Eleven store at 391 Swanston Street Melbourne. This store is directly across the road from the RMIT University City Campus. While a few 7-Eleven workers have told us that they have had slight improvements made to [...] [more]
CMY International Students Forum
Know your rights at work! UNITE has been invited to participate in an international students forum that is being organised by the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY). UNITE organisers will be speaking on a panel about international students and workplace rights. We will also be conducting a workshop on organising in the workplace. The forum will also [...] [more]
7-Eleven: Carlton store shut down for an hour!
UNITE held another action outside a 7-Eleven store in Carlton yesterday. The store, which was located very close to Melbourne University, was successfully blockaded for an hour. UNITE was protesting against 7-Eleven’s employment practices which include underpaying staff and asking people to work on trial without wages. Hundreds of leaflets were handed out to university students as [...] [more]
UNITE action against 7-Eleven in Carlton
Meet from 5pm – 6pm Thursday October 9 at 743 Swanston Street Carlton. The store is near the corner of Swanston and Grattan Streets (close to Melbourne Uni). This week, as university students are back on campus, UNITE has decided to target the 7-Eleven store in Carlton closest to Melbourne University. We will be letting students [...] [more]
Video: Stop the 7-Eleven rip-off!
Click the link below to check out this short video clip about UNITE’s campaign against 7-Eleven. Many thanks to UNITE supporter Diana Beaumont for producing the clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK37ShmycJI [more]
Our goals and progress so far
Read about our goals and progress of where Your Rights at Work currently stands in terms of our six major campaign goals. [more]
Stop the employer push back
Employers like Telstra and Cochlear are continuing to use WorkChoices to deny workers the right to collectively bargain, and to be represented by a union in negotiations. They are part of a business campaign to hold on to WorkChoices and water down Labor’s new industrial relations laws. [more]
Paid Maternity Leave - it's long overdue
Unions are joining forces with community organisations and many employers to campaign for a paid maternity leave scheme for all Australian women. [more]
Equal rights for construction workers
Unions have launched a new campaign in support of equal rights for construction workers and against John Howard and Peter Costello’s special industrial laws that help big construction companies and property developers. [more]
Heinemann Capitulates ETU Members Win
ETU members at Heinemann Electric in Mulgrave , Australia . . . . [more]
Western Suburbs Community and Unions Coalition
A Community and Unions Round Table Planning Day. . . . . [more]
Walk Against Warming
Saturday, 4th November,1pm- 3pm.at Melbourne Town Hall. . . . . [more]
Deakin YR@W Hits Whitehorse Spring Festival in Nunawading
More than 100 volunteers from the Deakin Federal Electorate. . . . . [more]
Heinemann loses appeal to Full Bench
Heinemann Electric, which won't pay its 46 workers their . . . . [more]
You Can Leave Your Hat On
It's not very often we see an ETU helmet centre stage on . . . . [more]
Vote Howard Out!
We all know that John Howard and the Liberal party. . . . . [more]
Heinemann Electric Dispute Continues
Workers are still in dispute at the Mulgrave manufacturing. . . . [more]
Village Cinemas and the ETU
Recently, following the publication of the ETU "2006 - 07.. . . [more]
Horrific Heinemann
Hasn't Heinemann, the electrical switchboard manufacturer.. . . . [more]
Dean Rioli Launches Indigenous Apprenticeship Project
With assistance from the Department of Victorian . . . [more]
Tales of Heinemann
Ask a worker at Heinemann and youll be told the . . . [more]
John Cummins
The Electrical Trades Union wishes to express its deepest. . . . [more]
Saving Our Kids From The Dole Queues
Even if a cluster of Liberal MPs cross the floor and vote. . . . [more]
Selective Morality on Human Rights
In a unique strategy for the times the Electrical Trades . . . [more]
Working People Stand Up
Amidst the gloom of daily sackings there appears to be plenty. . . . [more]
The Gardner takes a Stand
Despite the registration of lineworkers being a great step .. . . [more]
Israel out of control
The ETU wishes to express its support for the ACTU's ... . . [more]
Empire Rubber Workers Fight For Their Lives
As any country worker will tell you, its not easy to find a .. . . [more]
Spotlight Vigil
Under new AWAs (individual employment contracts) that... . . [more]
Lebanon Rally
An emergency rally has been called in Melbourne to oppose. ... . . [more]
LITTLE JOHNNY is coming to Geelong
The law changes over the last decade under the Howard ... . . [more]
Community Protest 28 June
South West Trades and Labour Council rallies on 28 June to ... . . [more]
Ballarat 'Your Rights at Work' Community Cavalcade
Join the community cavalcade and put the spotlight on Howard. . . . [more]
Grasslands Fundraiser
Grasslands is a not for profit organic grocery that has. . . . [more]
ETU says 'no surrender' on Phone Towers
You don't stick your head in a microwave oven, so why . . . [more]
Cooking Up A Fast Union
A new union for fast food and retail workers has been. . . . [more]
Women and WorkChoices
What impact do the IR changes have on women. . . . [more]
Work Choices or Justice at Work?
Father Bob Maguire will MC the night where a range of . . . [more]
Darebin Community Information Day
Find out about the new welfare and industrial relation laws . . . [more]
Your Rights at Work in The Marginal Seat of Deakin
Sharan Burrow , ACTU President will speak at a forum in. . . . [more]
Honorary Members Lunch
Every year the ETU Southern States Branch celebrates the . . . [more]
Working the Musical
This Broadway musical was originally adapted from the book. . . . [more]
A Terrible Loss
Louis Cassar 21 and Scott Murray 22 were workmates and . . . [more]
Up Yours Howard- Students Fight Anti-Worker Laws
Its time to tell John Howard that young people are thinking . . . . [more]
The Spark Podcast
You can download The Spark Podcast, Australia 's first. . . . [more]
Celebrate May Day 2006
May Day is recognised as the International Workers' Day . . . . . [more]
Communities, Unions And Social Change
Free Entry--All Welcome on Thursday,May 4 at . . . . [more]
The Spark Podcast Episode 5
This episode is introduced by Alex McCallum and features interviews with Michel O'Neil. . . [more]
The Power of the Pen
ETU members might be interested to know that an . . . . [more]
The hand of friendship from Hulls
Despite federal WorkPlace minister Kevin Andrews. . . . [more]
The Spark Podcast Episode 4
The podcast looks at a unionist's lot after the Australian Government New Employment Laws called Workchoices.. . [more]
ALP IR Taskforce visits Deakin
The ALP taskforce investigating the affects of the Howard. . . . [more]
Starting with Eight
At 10.00 on Friday 21 April there will be a re-enactment. . . . [more]
May The Day Be Better Than Ever In 2006
There have been few more important May Days in. . . [more]
ALP was at Yarraville Picnic
I am a concerned ALP member and I share most of the . . . [more]
Unravelling Howard's Legal Traps
Describing the new WorkChoices legislation as so complex it. . . [more]
The Power of the Pen
On Wednesday 5 April Lilly Rijneveld on secondment from. . . . [more]
ETU News April 2006 (2.65 MB Pdf)
AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ELECTRICAL TRADES UNION April 2006 [more]
eTU Online Newsletter April
eTU online is produced monthly by the ETU Southern States Branch for members and supporters to keep them informed of the latest developments within the Union . . . . . . [more]
The West Declares War on Howard and his Lackies
A large crowd, dominated by community groups and trade . . . [more]
Dallas Brookes Brimming
An estimated 4,000 shop stewards and officials crammed. . . . [more]
Hey,look,up on the sill,it's a Bug
While the AMWU was running an eye over a listening device . . . [more]
Let the games begin
What a treat it was to see John Howard kissing our . . . [more]
Lift Workers Vote to Stay Out
It was a full house at the Trades Hall, where lift workers. . . . [more]
Celebrate The 150th Anniversary of The Eight Hour Day
The 8 Hour Day, Goldfields' Management and Anti-Transportation. . . [more]
Lift Companies Refuse to Talk
Mass Rally Wednesday 15 March 10 am VTHC . . . . . [more]
eTU Online Newsletter March
eTU online is produced monthly by the ETU Southern States Branch for members and supporters to keep them informed of the latest developments within the Union . . . . . . [more]
Don't Let Qantas Fly Away
In the December edition of the ETU News ETU shop . . . . [more]
The Agrarian Socialists Strike a Blow
Those who know their history would be aware that tariff . . . . [more]
Wouldn't know a Muslim if he walked into one on a picket line
If ETU members need any more evidence as to what a . . . . [more]
Human Rights in Colombia
The struggle for human rights is a political struggle for . . . . . [more]
Sparkies - The World Needs You
Yes, the powerful, supported by the big fossil fuel exploiters reckon there's no global warming problem. We don't need to worry about the environment. . . . . [more]
Removing the Veil of Prejudice
More than 200 people filled the Brunswick Town Hall to hear union leaders, Martin Kingham and Dean Mighell, ETU shop steward Omar Merhi. . . . . . [more]
Comrade V. Selvan
Comrade V. Selvan - Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) - offered some interesting stories and analysis of political developments in Malaysia . . . . . . [more]
eTU Online Newsletter February
eTU online is produced monthly by the ETU Southern States Branch for members and supporters to keep them informed of the latest developments within the Union . . . . . . [more]
eTU Online Newsletter January
eTU online is produced monthly by the ETU Southern States Branch for members and supporters to keep them informed of the latest developments within the Union . . . . . . [more]
ETU Wins Compensation from ACI (Owens-Illinois) Spotswood
Most ETU members would be aware that the ETU successfully won a case in the Federal Court in November against the unlawful sacking of . . [more]
And Another One Bites the Dust
There's been no word from John Howard about the loss of 150 jobs at Kraft's biscuit factory in Broadmeadows.. . [more]
Deborah Conway at the Your Rights at Work Rally
Watch a Quicktime video of Deborah singing the national anthem on the big screen in Fed Square , Melbourne at the rally. . [more]
The Spark Podcast Episode 3
This episode covers the November rally against Howards IR laws and looks at a very interesting boat. . [more]
ETU News December 2005 ( 2.85 MB Pdf)
AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ELECTRICAL TRADES UNION DECEMBER 2005 [more]
Omar Merhi calls on Mr Bracks
On Thursday 8 December your correspondent (Phil Cleary) had an article, Omar lives a nightmare, published on the opinion page of the Herald Sun. [more]
eTU Online Newsletter December
eTU online is produced monthly by the ETU Southern States Branch for members and supporters to keep them informed of the latest developments within the Union . . . . . . [more]
Women Breakfast at Trades Hall
In the upcoming edition of the ETU News, shop steward Vanessa Garbett takes a look at the impact of Howard's IR laws on women in . . . . . [more]
Photo Album from November 15 Rally
Amongst the hundreds of thousands of workers rallying in Melbourne on November 15, 2005 were thousands of ETU members.Click here to see the 11 albums of photos. You may be there . . . . [more]
ETU Stands up against Unlawful Dismissal
It took the judge less than five minutes. However, it was enough for ACI to learn that you just can't go sacking a worker who has the support of a strong union.. . . . . [more]
A Massive Protest
It's estimated that around 546,000 people attended Tuesday's rallies and protests across the country, in what turned out to be Australia's largest ever national workers protest. . . . [more]
National Day of Community protest
Information for ETU members keen to wave the flag against that greedy John Howard on 15 Nov 2005. . . . . [more]
eTU Online Newsletter November
eTU online is produced monthly by the ETU Southern States Branch for members and supporters to keep them informed of the latest developments within the Union . . . . . . [more]
eTU Online Newsletter October
eTU online is produced monthly by the ETU Southern States Branch for members and supporters to keep them informed of the latest developments within the Union . . . . . . [more]
November 15
Waving the flag against that greedy John Howard. . . . [more]
Victorian Marginal Seats Campaign
More information about Victorian Marginal Seats Campaign. . . . . [more]
IR Forums in the Community
More information about IR Forums in the Community . . . . . [more]
WorkSafe Week
Last year, more than 1400 OHS reps attended the Health and Safety Representatives training day at Moonee Valley . This year it will be held at. . . . . . [more]
The Spark Podcast Episode 2
Intro from Phil Cleary / Rob Starry - Lawyer / Mike Kilby - Shop Steward / Richard Frankland - Musician - Filmmaker / Deakin IR Campaign - Alex McCallum / Feedback . . . . [more]
WEB OFFICER POSITION: JOIN THE RIGHTS AT WORK CAMPAIGN TEAM!
Work with us! Unions are embarking on an exciting new phase of the campaign for rights at work, and we need a talented and energetic Web Officer to join our team. Apply now! [more]
CHECK OUT SOME RESPONSES SO FAR
You have an important choice to make on November 24. "You and your family's rights at work - are definitely worth voting for." Check out supporters' messages like this one from Nathan, here . [more]
GET THE DETAILS ON THE LIBERALS' PLANS TO GO FURTHER
Find more information here about how the Liberals plan to take their already unfair workplace laws even further if they are reelected. Watch videos, read transcripts and quotes now. More . [more]
The threat of the IR laws
The decline in union membership in the latest Australian Bureau Statistics report released today is a reminder of the real danger posed by the Federal Government’s industrial relations laws. When there’s no right to collectively bargain and employers can impose individual contracts, whatever the will of the worker, we shouldn’t be surprised that union membership [...] [more]
Digitally enhanced freelancing
This weekend, the Alliance has been hosting the 10th annual Freelance Convention. This is a grand sounding title for what is really an opportunity for freelance journalists, artists and photographers to get together. There are about 120 freelancers here this year. There have been some great speeches and heated debate about journalism and, in particular, freelance [...] [more]
Campaign Against Phonetec Continues
Campaign Against Phonetec Continues [more]
Workers Rally in Melbourne
Workers Rally Against IR Laws [more]
Industrial Relations Rally to Gather
MCG to Host Industrial Relations Rally [more]
Picketline Solidarity
Heinemann Strikers Victorious [more]
Picketing Heinemann
Heinemann Workers Begin 6th Week on the Picket Line [more]
Media ownership: What next?
Now the legislation has passed through the Senate, we have to ask what next? Not "What next?" in the sense of who will buy what and consolidate where. "What next?" in the sense of where do we take our continuing campaign to build diversity in the Australian media? Part of this will remain political. The Federal Government [...] [more]
ABC still coming up short
Alliance members at the ABC are holding joint meetings with the CPSU today to reject the latest inadequate offer from ABC management. Following last month’s 24 hour strike, the ABC has increased its offer to 4 per cent this financial year, with a further 4 per cent in each of the following two years. As the [...] [more]
Media ownership: get ready for the frenzy
It now looks almost certain that the Parliament will approve the Federal Governments media ownership changes. I’ve been in Canberra the past two days trying to meet with Senators in an attempt to block the changes, but with the so-called two out of three concession, the National Party seems to have fallen into line behind [...] [more]
Media ownership in the balance
It’s hard to read the reports out of Canberra on where the media ownership laws are headed. On the one hand, the Prime Minister is downgrading it as a second order issue. On the other, the Minister for Communications is in talks to create a Senate majority with what Senator Barnaby Joyce describes as majority opposition [...] [more]
Congratulations
The finalists in the Walkley photographic awards were announced in Sydney last night. The calibre of the entries in this award demonstrated again how fortunate Australia is in the quality of its photographers. They cover the range from the shock of war to the rhythms of the Australian outback. They’ll be on show at the [...] [more]
ABC promises a new offer
The ABC has finally agreed to make a revised wages offer for Alliance members working for the ABC. We can only assume this will be an advance on the 3.5 per cent a year offer they tossed on the table to forestall industrial action last month. The strike went ahead and the strength of the action [...] [more]
Coming up to deadline
Sometime in the next couple of days we’ll know how the media ownership laws are going to end up. The various reports from the Senators on the Senate inquiry into the government’s proposals all agree on one thing: ownership will consolidate through a process of mergers and acquisitions. No-one is even pretending that these changes will create [...] [more]
Lock-out in the La Trobe Valley
Yallourn Workers Locked-out for 3 Months [more]
Governments must move on contempt
Yesterday’s decision by the Victorian Supreme Court that Herald-Sun journalists Ian Harvey and Gerald McManus face jail for refusing to reveal confidential sources means the Federal and State governments need to move quickly to amend the law. All governments have already agreed to pick up the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission to extend the [...] [more]
Commit to the Fight Ahead!
Collective bargaining - it's good for all of us. Better wages and conditions for workers, more cooperative workplaces and improved productivity — this is why the right of workers to collective bargaining must be at the centre of new IR laws. [more]
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