Workers at Huyck Wagner in Breakwater have been trying to negotiate a new wage agreement for several months. The bossÂ’s offer of a 2% pay rise would mean, given current inflation, a pay cut in real terms.
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Thirty years we’ve had, of unfathomably wealthy bankers and dealers being justified as part of the free market.
Everyone remembers the tropical storm that swept through Northern Queensland in 2006, destroying that yearÂ’s banana production, flattening houses and creating widespread misery. Now imagine if that hurricane had:
Supporters of a womanÂ’s right to choose rallied outside Liberal anti-abortion Senator George BrandisÂ’s office on September 16. They were protesting against Tasmanian Liberal Senator Guy BennettÂ’s private memberÂ’s bill to end Medicare funding for abortions after 14 weeksÂ’ pregnancy. The bill, due for parliamentary debate on September 17, has been referred to a committee.
Supporters of social justice around the world were devastated to receive the news that renowned US socialist and fighter for a better world Peter Camejo had succumbed to cancer and passed away on September 13.
The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) has condemned the arrest of an opposition member of parliament and two journalists (one an outspoken online political blogger) under the Internal Security Act (ISA) allowing indefinite detention after the governmentÂ’s biggest security clampdown since losing support in March elections.
The Socialist Alliance will stand two candidates for the City of Maribyrnong in the November council elections, on a platform of “community and environment before developers’ profits”.
Friends of Cuba held actions in Perth and Canberra on September 14, kicking off an international campaign to win the release of five Cuban anti-terrorists sentenced to long prison terms in the United States on September 12, 10 years ago.
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Until last month’s major party conventions, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s victory was looking the pretty likely. With his message of “change”, it isn’t hard to see why.
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