BRISBANE — Â鶹ӳ» Weekly's ROBYN MARSHALL spoke to several
nurses at the Royal Brisbane Hospital on July 5 about the dispute. “I know
that nurses from RBH, from the Royal Women's Hospital and other workplaces
have lots of determination to
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[This is a model motion unionists can move in their union to support the AMWU leaders under attack.]
That [workers/unionists from this workplace/meeting] note the role played by the leadership of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing
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BY PETER BOYLE
In the wake of the US$3.8 billion WorldCom
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More than 400 Afghans protested outside the United Nations compound
in Kabul on July 4, according to the BBC. The demonstration was against
the July 1 US bombing raid in the country's south-west that slaughtered
at least 40 people, possibly
BY ARUN PRADHAN
It is not difficult to understand the motives of people who want
to break refugees out of the desert prison at Woomera — or any other refugee
prison. But is it the way we'll force the government to abandon its racist
BY FIDEL CASTRO
[The following is a slightly abridged version of a speech given by Cuban President Fidel Castro to an extraordinary session of Cuba's National Assembly on June 26.]
Around the time when he assumed office, we wanted to avoid any
BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA — On June 25, the Jakarta Media Centre was packed to overflowing.
Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) and Dita Sari,
the most prominent labour movement figure in Indonesia, were going to speak
on the
BY ANDY GIANNIOTIS
HOBART — On July 2, the Tasmanian branches of the Socialist Alliance called for the nationalisation of the insurance industry to solve the insurance crisis.
The announcement was a response to the July 1 suspension of
BY MAURICE FARRELL
SYDNEY — More than 200 people joined a rally and march on June 27
to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Stonewall Bar riot in New York
City, considered the birthplace of the modern lesbian and gay rights movement.
BY ROWAN STEWART
GEELONG — On June 28, 600 Australian Manufacturing Workers Union,
Electrical Trades Union and Australian Workers Union members and contractors
from the joint Alcoa and Kaal aluminium smelter and rolling operations
at Point
BY RANDALL GICKER
BROWNSVILLE, Tennessee — Three hundred black farmers on July 1 took over the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional office here to protest against the agency's failure to process loan applications. The growers were
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