Duncan Meerding
While blindness and low-vision services are quite advanced in Australia, many people with a visual impairment are out of work. Often this is due to a boss's dogmatic belief that people with a visual impairment cannot work as
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Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas
A March 30 meeting of almost 1000 Venezuelan trade unionists decided to organise a national congress in May of the National Union of Workers (UNT) — the major national confederation of militant and
Chris Williams, Wollongong
Being part of the May Day protests this year is more crucial than ever, south-coast trade union legend Fred Moore told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly.
"This year we've seen the most devastating industrial laws come in; our very
Both Sides of The GunBen HarperVirgin Records
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"You whip the back of freedom till it bleeds an oil streamAnd you sailed down upon it in your killing machineOld men who send children off to die in vainThey will hear
Graham Matthews, Sydney
A community rally and march against racism will be held in the western suburb of Auburn on June 3. The rally was initiated by the Socialist Alliance and has so far been endorsed by the Reid Greens, the Stop the War
Delegates from 12 countries, including Australia, will visit the Philippines in early May to investigate the killings of union leaders and the repression of worker activists. Some of the cases to be looked into include the recent killing of United
Sue Bolton
Large protests in France, Nepal, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands over the last few weeks have forced back-downs from their respective governments. Can Australian workers do something similar and force the Coalition to withdraw its
Doug Lorimer
The veto-welding permanent members of the UN Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the US — remained divided over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program following the council's receipt on April 28 of a report from
Live and BecomeWritten and directed by Radu MihailenauWith Yael Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Mosche Abebe and Sirak M SabahatScreening nationally
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Romanian-Franco Jewish writer-director Radu
Farooq Tariq, Lahore
On April 26, a Pakistan Bhatta Mazdoor Union convention at the Lahore Press Club unanimously decided to end a national bhatta (brick-kiln) workers' strike after the government and bosses both made concessions. The strike began
Alex Bainbridge & Raul Bassi, Sydney
This year's May Day march will be the first opportunity for a major show of public opposition to the Howard government's new anti-worker legislation since it became law.
More than 70% of Australian oppose the
SYDNEY — The union representing journalists in Australia says that press freedom is increasingly under pressure. The media muzzled: Australia's 2006 press freedom report, sponsored by the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance), was released on
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