Ban of Eureka flag is against the real Australian identity
Contributed by Jim Hayes The ban imposed by the Australian Building and Construction Commission on building sites and the promised punishing employers who do not…
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Australian Paper workers striking to keep their conditions
Contributed by Ugly Since 16 January, workers at the Australian Paper plant in Preston have been on strike. They have set up a picket. It…
Fair Work’s Sydney Train dispute decision is about eroding the right to strike
Contributed by Adam Carlton By ordering a stop to the Sydney rail strike and associated overtime ban, the Australian Fair Work Commission’s partisanship has been…
Sydney rail workers push ahead with industrial action
Contributed from New South Wales Sydney’s rail workers decided to go on strike, in a major escalation in their dispute with Sydney Trains. Nearly 6,000…
Webb Dock battle is a front line in a bigger war to reshape Australian workplaces
Contributed by Joe Montero As the battle on Melbourne’s Webb dock over rights at work continues, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has released a…
Supreme Court orders unions to stop blockading Melbourne port
Contributed by a member of the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance Yesterday (12 December 2017), Supreme Court Justice Michael McDonald ordered unions to lift the…
A major battle is building on Melbourne’s Webb Dock
The following has been written by members of the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance (MEAA), who are taking part in the growing support movement for…
The unions are in the Turnbull government’s sights
Contributed by Joe Montero Anyone following developments can not help but be aware that a central plank of the government’s agenda, is to eliminate trade…
Glencore has been using security firm to spy on its behalf
Contributed by Ben Wilson The use of a security firm in Australia to spy on people’s private lives is disturbing, to say the least, and…
Streets ice-cream boycott launched
Contributed from New South Wales The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) is calling on Australians to boycott Streets ice cream products, as part of its…
