Anti-union laws

The waiting game is a losing game

Submitted on 24 September, 2007 - 12:23

Author:

Martin Thomas

Yes, of course, we want Howard out at the federal election. Yes, of course we'll vote Labor where there is no working-class socialist candidate, and give Labor our transfers even when there is.

France: The right to strike is not negotiable!

Submitted on 22 September, 2007 - 16:34

Author:

Joan Trevor

The text below is a translation of an appeal against French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to attack French workers’ right to strike.

Industrial news: Metronet, Fremantle, Karen Reissman, Remploy, Wembley city academy

Submitted on 14 September, 2007 - 17:58

Metronet

By an RMT member

Australia's secret industrial inquisition exposed

Submitted on 29 August, 2007 - 08:06

A new film exposes the special police force for the construction industry set up in October 2005 by the conservative Australian government as part of its recent slew of anti-union laws.

Workers' Liberty Australia no.39

Workers' Liberty Australia no.39. Contents include:
It's time for unions to stand firm: Dean Mighell, Joe McDonald, and the ALP
Labor, the unions, and AWAs
Workers' Rights Coalition formed in Melbourne

WorkChoices: Workers must fight Rudd's push to the Right

Submitted on 21 April, 2007 - 01:40

Without reference to the upcoming Labor Party Conference Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, publicly announced the industrial relations policy he will bring to the federal elections at the National Press Club on 17 April. This new policy if implemented will continue the direction of John Howards’ year old WorkChoices legislation.

Blair's plans for union law revealed

Submitted on 22 March, 2007 - 14:07

By a BT engineer

Apart from general statements assuring the bosses that there will be “no return to the ’70s”, the Labour Frontbench has not been keen to spell out what, if anything, they will do to remove the legal shackles imposed on the unions by the Tories.