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December 2004

Global unions tsunami response
31 December 2004 [Read More]

MUA widow donates union aid appeal
31 December 2004 [Read More]

Low-paid Vic workers welcome deal
31 December 2004 [Read More]

Unions aid victims of Asian tsunami
30 December 2004 [Read More]

PM should stop immigrant worker plan
30 December 2004 [Read More]

Deputy PM must investigate airport
23 December 2004 [Read More]

Church cancels Xmas for low-paid
23 December 2004 [Read More]

90 union websites in global compt
23 December 2004 [Read More]

Newcastle Uni - another good result
23 December 2004 [Read More]

26 weeks parental leave at Macq Uni
22 December 2004 [Read More]

Howard De-skills Australia
22 December 2004 [Read More]

Santa Sacks Electrical Staff
22 December 2004 [Read More]

WA nursing home owners outdo Scrooge
22 December 2004 [Read More]

Syd Airport job security crisis
22 December 2004 [Read More]

Merry Christmas You're Sacked!
21 December 2004 [Read More]

Horror Barge's Worst Safety Record
21 December 2004 [Read More]

Safety Summit Blind To Danger
21 December 2004 [Read More]

Unions Extract Deal From Hardie
21 December 2004 [Read More]

Get Feds Off Campus
20 December 2004 [Read More]

Vote for the best union website
19 December 2004 [Read More]

PUBLIC SECTOR PAY BALLOT A HUGE YES
17 December 2004 [Read More]

Staff To Sing For Their Supper
16 December 2004 [Read More]

Aged Care workers Boxing Day pay
16 December 2004 [Read More]

Let Women Fill Skill Shortage
15 December 2004 [Read More]

A New Baby? You�re Sacked
15 December 2004 [Read More]

ASIC Inquiry Call for Ion Problems
13 December 2004 [Read More]

Punish Killers, Not Unions
13 December 2004 [Read More]

Burrow First Woman President
13 December 2004 [Read More]

Ion Workers Rally at Creditors Meets
12 December 2004 [Read More]

The Millennium Development Goals
10 December 2004 [Read More]

"Medical retirement" means the sack
10 December 2004 [Read More]

School cleaners in the frontline
10 December 2004 [Read More]

Healthy, clean schools - Conference
09 December 2004 [Read More]

LHMU expels Tassie Labor MP
09 December 2004 [Read More]

Hospital cleaners win job security
08 December 2004 [Read More]

Electrolux Offends its Employees
07 December 2004 [Read More]

AWU move to secure 3000 Ion Jobs
07 December 2004 [Read More]

Hospital cleaners meet today
07 December 2004 [Read More]

Industrial Action over Fire Sale
06 December 2004 [Read More]

HSU wins for members in Perth
06 December 2004 [Read More]

Calvary Hospital cleaners Xmas
05 December 2004 [Read More]

Update from Workers Advice Centre
03 December 2004 [Read More]

Defend Oz workers' democratic rights
03 December 2004 [Read More]

LHMU growth wins ACTU accolades
02 December 2004 [Read More]

Feds waste no time: attack low-waged
02 December 2004 [Read More]

Cleaners union - schools & health
01 December 2004 [Read More]

November 2004

Heat, Hypocrisy and Children
30 November 2004 [Read More]

Howard Slugs Low Paid
30 November 2004 [Read More]

Dismissal Hotline Heats Up
30 November 2004 [Read More]

Workers Have Rights In A Heatwave
30 November 2004 [Read More]

70 Jobs, Smorgon Tube Mills Lost
29 November 2004 [Read More]

Bob Hawkish On Unions
26 November 2004 [Read More]

Ansett Workers Short Changed
26 November 2004 [Read More]

Banks Dodge Safety - Blame Laws
26 November 2004 [Read More]

AWU rejects BlueScope CEO's attack
25 November 2004 [Read More]

Death Ban On Hardie
23 November 2004 [Read More]

Aussie Drugs Seized By US
23 November 2004 [Read More]

Worth Fighting For - Union Memoirs
23 November 2004 [Read More]

Sparky's Strike To Beat Santa
23 November 2004 [Read More]

Santa Sacks Angels
22 November 2004 [Read More]

Mutiny At Maitland
22 November 2004 [Read More]

Stop Bullying Nurses
22 November 2004 [Read More]

Deadly Dust Awareness Week
22 November 2004 [Read More]

Finance Workers Join Commuters
19 November 2004 [Read More]

Unions Welcome Carr's Call
19 November 2004 [Read More]

ACTU Welcomes Asbestos Review
18 November 2004 [Read More]

Uni Signs Up To Tussle Tactics
18 November 2004 [Read More]

Rail Workers Take Case To Public
18 November 2004 [Read More]

Alarm Bells Ring Over Sea Safety
17 November 2004 [Read More]

Millions Face The Sack
16 November 2004 [Read More]

Railcorp Threatens Workforce
15 November 2004 [Read More]

Power plan exposes environment cuts
11 November 2004 [Read More]

Performers demand R-E-S-P-E-C-T
09 November 2004 [Read More]

Treasurer Is Wrong
09 November 2004 [Read More]

Take Debt Load Off Low Paid: ACTU
08 November 2004 [Read More]

Worker's Can't Bear Waiting Lists
08 November 2004 [Read More]

Dubbo Environment jobs wiped out
04 November 2004 [Read More]

KARIONG SHOULD STAY WITH JJ
03 November 2004 [Read More]

Bullying Rises Under Howard
01 November 2004 [Read More]

October 2004

Rams get needle for shearer safety
31 October 2004 [Read More]

25km/h speed limit to save workers
30 October 2004 [Read More]

Psych-Testing Horror Stories
29 October 2004 [Read More]

Asbestos protest at Telstra AGM
28 October 2004 [Read More]

Workplace Death Law Strengthened
28 October 2004 [Read More]

Hardie Needs Less Spin, More Action
28 October 2004 [Read More]

Glass Workers Win 12% Pay Rise
28 October 2004 [Read More]

Support US hotel workers!!!
25 October 2004 [Read More]

Give Golden Handshake To Victims
25 October 2004 [Read More]

WA on top & Victoria up; SA & Tasman
25 October 2004 [Read More]

Qantas workers deserve fair share
25 October 2004 [Read More]

Strong Support For Customs Action
22 October 2004 [Read More]

Union movement welcomes decision
22 October 2004 [Read More]

Fatal Truck Employer Found Guilty
22 October 2004 [Read More]

Endeavour Announces More Cuts
22 October 2004 [Read More]

School cleaners conference
21 October 2004 [Read More]

24 hour Customs strike 22 October
21 October 2004 [Read More]

BlueScope AGM gets workers' message
21 October 2004 [Read More]

SA workers meet over furnace fire
21 October 2004 [Read More]

Sydney Water Outsources Brains
20 October 2004 [Read More]

Rail Cuts Hit Shoalhaven Hard
20 October 2004 [Read More]

Bluescope Bosses Face Workers Wrath
19 October 2004 [Read More]

Rail Action Won't Hurt HSC
19 October 2004 [Read More]

Howard Brings Job Insecurity
19 October 2004 [Read More]

Travellers Warned
19 October 2004 [Read More]

Millions work hard, fall short
18 October 2004 [Read More]

Affordable Medicine Threatened
13 October 2004 [Read More]

Smoking Ban A Win For Unions
12 October 2004 [Read More]

The new face of poverty
12 October 2004 [Read More]

Pubs clubs fail to pressure NSW Gvt
12 October 2004 [Read More]

Women Trafficking Targeted
12 October 2004 [Read More]

Albanian Child Labour In Spotlight
12 October 2004 [Read More]

Report Vindicates Workers
11 October 2004 [Read More]

Unions Press World Bank
11 October 2004 [Read More]

Air Monitoring Dumbed Down in NSW
11 October 2004 [Read More]

Air NZ Avoids Talks With Workers
07 October 2004 [Read More]

Construction Workers Vote Labor
07 October 2004 [Read More]

Howard's Jobs Con
07 October 2004 [Read More]

PSA BANS NSW CABINET
07 October 2004 [Read More]

Nurses, Doctors Urge Emergency Vote
06 October 2004 [Read More]

Fed Gvt & childcare police checks
06 October 2004 [Read More]

Nurses, Doctors Push For Medicare
05 October 2004 [Read More]

Canada's Asbestos Policy Slammed
05 October 2004 [Read More]

PM's Tech Colleges Threaten Schools
05 October 2004 [Read More]

AWU road workers win safety blitz
05 October 2004 [Read More]

ALP's TAFE Plan Better Than Howard's
05 October 2004 [Read More]

Liberals Don�t care about Childcare
04 October 2004 [Read More]

ALP To Rebuild Aged Care
01 October 2004 [Read More]

Aged Care vision a gold medal winner
01 October 2004 [Read More]

Union Bans Hardie Products
01 October 2004 [Read More]

Coalition's Childcare Black-Hole
01 October 2004 [Read More]

Childcare workers want changes
01 October 2004 [Read More]

September 2004

Customs: Something to declare
30 September 2004 [Read More]

Musicians urge pub/club smoke ban
30 September 2004 [Read More]

Uni cleaners in job security win
30 September 2004 [Read More]

Childcare workers to grill pollies
30 September 2004 [Read More]

E-mail Ministers to back smoke bans
30 September 2004 [Read More]

400 Drs call for pub smoking ban
30 September 2004 [Read More]

Throw Key Away For Cop Killers
30 September 2004 [Read More]

Latham's Brilliant Health Policy
29 September 2004 [Read More]

Medicare Gold A Step Forward
29 September 2004 [Read More]

Election Is Medicare Referendum
29 September 2004 [Read More]

ACTU Begins Talks With James Hardie
29 September 2004 [Read More]

Labor Promises To Revitalise R & D
28 September 2004 [Read More]

Childcare workers despondent
28 September 2004 [Read More]

Strikebreakers Flown In By Xerox
28 September 2004 [Read More]

Coalition IR Policy A "Stunt"
28 September 2004 [Read More]

Time To Go John
27 September 2004 [Read More]

No Childcare Means No Work
27 September 2004 [Read More]

Health Experts Challenge Parties
27 September 2004 [Read More]

Howard's Nanny State
27 September 2004 [Read More]

'Witch hunt inside Telstra.'
26 September 2004 [Read More]

BlueScope under the microscope
25 September 2004 [Read More]

Sydney Airport security crisis
24 September 2004 [Read More]

Labor's Plan Will Stem Brain Drain
24 September 2004 [Read More]

Airport security contracts crisis
24 September 2004 [Read More]

Childcare workers dummy spit
24 September 2004 [Read More]

Howard Targets Union Heroes
23 September 2004 [Read More]

Federal Government�s Tool Kit farce
23 September 2004 [Read More]

Xerox Technicians Strike Continues
23 September 2004 [Read More]

Apprentice Toolkits Farcical
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Workers Strike Against Surveillance
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Cleaners win job security campaign
22 September 2004 [Read More]

ALP Acts On "Access Block"
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Carr Must Increase Indigenous Jobs
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Thousands Rally Against Cuts
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Howard Hacks Apprentice Training
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Coalition Must Return Asbestos Money
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Nurses Speak Out
22 September 2004 [Read More]

What's In Howard's Tool Box?
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Global solidarity with Israel
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Apprentice Gimmick Useless
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Election impt'nt for LHMU members
22 September 2004 [Read More]

Inquiry Says Hardie Must Pay
21 September 2004 [Read More]

World Maritime Day
17 September 2004 [Read More]

Indigenous Policies Welcome
17 September 2004 [Read More]

Rail Workers Rally For Public Safety
16 September 2004 [Read More]

Liberal's IR Lies
16 September 2004 [Read More]

Herald Journo's Ban Sunday Paper
16 September 2004 [Read More]

Union Delegation Goes Dutch
16 September 2004 [Read More]

Asbestos:Killer At Work And In Home
15 September 2004 [Read More]

Time To Go John
15 September 2004 [Read More]

Childcare workers need more than ABC
15 September 2004 [Read More]

Hospitality workers in danger
15 September 2004 [Read More]

Thousands March On James Hardie
14 September 2004 [Read More]

Leave Capsicum Spray To Experts
14 September 2004 [Read More]

Use Budget Surplus For Education
14 September 2004 [Read More]

US Unions Condemn James Hardie
14 September 2004 [Read More]

Broken Hill Ready For Action
14 September 2004 [Read More]

ABC Union Gives Labor Thumbs Up
14 September 2004 [Read More]

Labor's Schools Policy Better
14 September 2004 [Read More]

CFMEU Rallies For Victims
14 September 2004 [Read More]

Labor Policy Delivers For Students
14 September 2004 [Read More]

Prison Officers walk out
13 September 2004 [Read More]

Childcare Phone In Reveals Problems
13 September 2004 [Read More]

Delta Bullies Spark Walkout
10 September 2004 [Read More]

Star City casino workers win
10 September 2004 [Read More]

Cleaners job security camp'n update
10 September 2004 [Read More]

Teachers To Stop Work At Lidcombe
09 September 2004 [Read More]

Independent Teachers Set Benchmark
09 September 2004 [Read More]

Postal Workers Win
09 September 2004 [Read More]

Broken Hill Rallies For Its Health
09 September 2004 [Read More]

Merger danger for children
09 September 2004 [Read More]

Family Flexibility Not A Cost
09 September 2004 [Read More]

Murdered Hostages Peak At 25
09 September 2004 [Read More]

Bullying Rife In NSW Workplaces
08 September 2004 [Read More]

Cleaners can't accept empty offers
08 September 2004 [Read More]

Cleaners protect my working hours
08 September 2004 [Read More]

AWU defeats ESSO attack on families
07 September 2004 [Read More]

School cleaners: still no offer
07 September 2004 [Read More]

Nepalese Unionist Kidnapped
07 September 2004 [Read More]

Families Win Under Labor Plan
07 September 2004 [Read More]

Apprentice Funding Frozen since 1997
07 September 2004 [Read More]

Cleaners travel thru the night
07 September 2004 [Read More]

Qld workplaces to be smoke-free
07 September 2004 [Read More]

Uni VC meets low-waged cleaners
06 September 2004 [Read More]

School cleaners strike tomorrow
06 September 2004 [Read More]

Childcare Crisis Sparks Phone In
06 September 2004 [Read More]

Cleaners in bus cavalcade
06 September 2004 [Read More]

Huge profits during childcare crisis
06 September 2004 [Read More]

Regional airport security
05 September 2004 [Read More]

Job justice protest rally
03 September 2004 [Read More]

Support Sth African telecom workers
03 September 2004 [Read More]

Police:Insults Not Part Of Job
02 September 2004 [Read More]

High Court Won't Save Bludgers
02 September 2004 [Read More]

P-Plate Curfew "A Nightmare"
02 September 2004 [Read More]

National childcare phone-in starts
01 September 2004 [Read More]

Cleaners rally in Sydney
01 September 2004 [Read More]

Corrective Services Teachers Win
01 September 2004 [Read More]

Job justice demand at Tas Uni
01 September 2004 [Read More]

Maritime workers give away $$$
01 September 2004 [Read More]

Work And Family Test Case Begins
01 September 2004 [Read More]

Liberal Ad Misleads on Apprentices
01 September 2004 [Read More]

August 2004

No More Moombas
31 August 2004 [Read More]

Strike against 'greedy BlueScope
30 August 2004 [Read More]

Who Do You Trust With Our Unis
30 August 2004 [Read More]

Hardies Campaign Hots Up
26 August 2004 [Read More]

DPI staff set to take on Carr & Egan
26 August 2004 [Read More]

Uni cleaning jobs threatened
25 August 2004 [Read More]

Australia Post Wins Gold As Bad Boss
24 August 2004 [Read More]

ACTU: Hardie Should Withdraw Letter
24 August 2004 [Read More]

Rebuilding Queensland's Electricity
24 August 2004 [Read More]

Cynical airport security statement
24 August 2004 [Read More]

New national alliance for low -paid
24 August 2004 [Read More]

Teacher Mentor Program At Risk
23 August 2004 [Read More]

Low Paid Jobs Surge
20 August 2004 [Read More]

Bosses Deserve No Handouts
20 August 2004 [Read More]

ACTU Backs Labor Honesty Plan
20 August 2004 [Read More]

'Gong Skill Shortage - No Surpise
19 August 2004 [Read More]

Equity Programs Saved
19 August 2004 [Read More]

BlueScope profit justifies strike
19 August 2004 [Read More]

AWU to improve pay for Vic Workers
19 August 2004 [Read More]

Oh McCain, Don't Threaten Us Again!
17 August 2004 [Read More]

Vaile flogs Aussie jobs O.S.
17 August 2004 [Read More]

Parents say no to cleaning
13 August 2004 [Read More]

How Gvt stops childcare pay increase
13 August 2004 [Read More]

Olympics shame
13 August 2004 [Read More]

Police Dog Decision Is Good News
13 August 2004 [Read More]

Hardie 'Restructuring' Unravels
13 August 2004 [Read More]

Unions Reject Plan To Cap Compo
13 August 2004 [Read More]

New England school cleaners rally
12 August 2004 [Read More]

Don't Cap Compensation
12 August 2004 [Read More]

Car Curfew Leaves Workers Stranded
12 August 2004 [Read More]

Bargaining Fees A Question Of Choice
12 August 2004 [Read More]

NTEU Welcomes Postgraduate Plan
12 August 2004 [Read More]

'Telstra-Behind the profit.'
12 August 2004 [Read More]

ABS Data Confirm Low Paid Jobs Trend
12 August 2004 [Read More]

Peace breaks out in gvt hospitals
11 August 2004 [Read More]

Tassie Casino workers win big
11 August 2004 [Read More]

Bargaining Bill Attacks Choice
11 August 2004 [Read More]

Inner-city school cleaners protest
11 August 2004 [Read More]

Sack cleaners? " Mongrel behaviour"
10 August 2004 [Read More]

James Hardie Can Compensate Victims
10 August 2004 [Read More]

RAAF Engineers Deserve Compensation
10 August 2004 [Read More]

Sew-in - near Athen's Acropolis
10 August 2004 [Read More]

Cuts To Disability Funding Condemned
10 August 2004 [Read More]

Key Groups Rally To Save Equity
09 August 2004 [Read More]

ALP wants to restore Public Service
09 August 2004 [Read More]

Thaw The Freeze
06 August 2004 [Read More]

Vale Bill Whiley
06 August 2004 [Read More]

Union Angry Over Apprentice Decision
06 August 2004 [Read More]

ALP Policies Will Balance IR
06 August 2004 [Read More]

Bluescope Steel hit by strikes
05 August 2004 [Read More]

Unions Unconvinced By FTA
05 August 2004 [Read More]

Korean Unionists Threatened
05 August 2004 [Read More]

Whitlam Commorates Joint Sitting
05 August 2004 [Read More]

Turkish Government Attacks Union
05 August 2004 [Read More]

Cleaners on Bob Carr's doorstep
05 August 2004 [Read More]

New Benchmark of Care
04 August 2004 [Read More]

25% loading spreads to oil drilling
04 August 2004 [Read More]

TAFE Week Highlights Need For Funds
04 August 2004 [Read More]

Garrett Rocks MUA's Boat
04 August 2004 [Read More]

Australia Underspends On Welfare
04 August 2004 [Read More]

600 Newcastle/Wollongong schools hit
04 August 2004 [Read More]

Endeavour Staff To Stop Work
03 August 2004 [Read More]

Total walkout by school cleaners
03 August 2004 [Read More]

Della Welcomes Court Decision
03 August 2004 [Read More]

Protect our prescription medicine
02 August 2004 [Read More]

Casual And Insecure Jobs Taking Over
02 August 2004 [Read More]

School cleaners stoppages to start
02 August 2004 [Read More]

July 2004

Star City Casino stoppage
30 July 2004 [Read More]

Canberra Aged Care campaign
30 July 2004 [Read More]

Tunnel Death Needs Investigation
30 July 2004 [Read More]

Health Quality Endorsed
30 July 2004 [Read More]

Centrelink Pledge Campain Launched
30 July 2004 [Read More]

Keep Our Schools Clean
29 July 2004 [Read More]

'Howard's Bush Boy gets Telstra.'
29 July 2004 [Read More]

Canadian Unionist Carpets US FTA
29 July 2004 [Read More]

Trade Talks Ignore Workers
29 July 2004 [Read More]

Trade Deal Threatens Water Supply
29 July 2004 [Read More]

University Cuts Nursing Course
29 July 2004 [Read More]

Electrolux Deserves Assistance
29 July 2004 [Read More]

Forgecast Workers Vote For Jobs
29 July 2004 [Read More]

Asbestos Victims Dudded $2 Billion
28 July 2004 [Read More]

Queenslanders Suspicious of FTA
28 July 2004 [Read More]

Phone in Shines Light on Aged Care
28 July 2004 [Read More]

Lundy right - Kemp wrong on FTA
28 July 2004 [Read More]

Endeavour Staff Vote To Stop Work
28 July 2004 [Read More]

Down to the wire with the AUSFTA
28 July 2004 [Read More]

Doctors Welcome Restructure
27 July 2004 [Read More]

Police Oppose Extending Ranger Power
27 July 2004 [Read More]

Unions Not Convinced On FTA
27 July 2004 [Read More]

Apprentice Shortage Costs Economy
27 July 2004 [Read More]

D-Day For 130 Forgecast Workers
27 July 2004 [Read More]

Cars ram equal pay picket at BHP
27 July 2004 [Read More]

Poll Tells Labor To Reject FTA
26 July 2004 [Read More]

Reprieve for Research Stations
22 July 2004 [Read More]

Students Combat Exploitation
22 July 2004 [Read More]

After Hours Medicare Relieves Nurses
22 July 2004 [Read More]

Corporates Leave Youth on Street
22 July 2004 [Read More]

Combet On Asbestos
22 July 2004 [Read More]

Assaulted JJ staff walk out
20 July 2004 [Read More]

Back Door Open To Security Breaches
20 July 2004 [Read More]

Union Website A Winner
20 July 2004 [Read More]

Union Voice For BHP Pilbara
20 July 2004 [Read More]

Asbestos Victims Denied Compensation
19 July 2004 [Read More]

Meat Smuggling Threatens Industry
19 July 2004 [Read More]

Women Win Under Labor
19 July 2004 [Read More]

Aids Council Victimises Unionist
16 July 2004 [Read More]

James Hardie Battle Goes Global
16 July 2004 [Read More]

Frontline Police Consider Measures
16 July 2004 [Read More]

ACTU rejects Asbestos Plan
15 July 2004 [Read More]

Breakthrough On Buck-Passing
15 July 2004 [Read More]

Labour Leaders Victimised
15 July 2004 [Read More]

Workers Protest For Pay
15 July 2004 [Read More]

Alarm Over threats To Supply Ships
14 July 2004 [Read More]

Hardie Board Condemned
14 July 2004 [Read More]

Water works hit by work bans
14 July 2004 [Read More]

Workers Win Wage Increase
12 July 2004 [Read More]

Surfing Champ Calls For Ship Bans
12 July 2004 [Read More]

Maintenance Ban Means Train Shortage
12 July 2004 [Read More]

Forgecast rescue call for 130 jobs
09 July 2004 [Read More]

PM Needs Lesson In Decency
09 July 2004 [Read More]

Mature Worker Commitment Welcome
08 July 2004 [Read More]

Rescue Plan For Jobs
08 July 2004 [Read More]

Howard Supports Lower Minimum Wage
08 July 2004 [Read More]

PM's Plan Adds To Retirement Worries
08 July 2004 [Read More]

Howard's Superannuation Backflip
08 July 2004 [Read More]

Olympic Committee Ignores Sweatshops
08 July 2004 [Read More]

100 Year Wait For Public Housing
07 July 2004 [Read More]

CFMEU Welcomes ALP Housing Plan
06 July 2004 [Read More]

Aluminium Workers Debate Future
06 July 2004 [Read More]

Casual Workers Win Carers Rights
05 July 2004 [Read More]

FTA Rubber Stamps Sweat Shops
05 July 2004 [Read More]

Aluminium workers debate future
05 July 2004 [Read More]

Phone-In Focuses On Staffing
05 July 2004 [Read More]

Public Urged To Comment On Aged Care
01 July 2004 [Read More]

Is Ballarat Bigpond Drying Up?
01 July 2004 [Read More]

Working Women Miss Tax Cuts
01 July 2004 [Read More]

June 2004

Union agreements can offer brekky
30 June 2004 [Read More]

Multinationals In Burma
30 June 2004 [Read More]

Building Watchdog Mauls Liberties
30 June 2004 [Read More]

Southcorp Slashes 200 jobs
29 June 2004 [Read More]

Heat On DEWR Over ATSIS Transfers
29 June 2004 [Read More]

Urgent Call For Action On Shipping
29 June 2004 [Read More]

Report A Step Towards Justice
29 June 2004 [Read More]

Workers Savings Fund Housing
28 June 2004 [Read More]

Home Affordibility Fades For Young
28 June 2004 [Read More]

Fees Hobble TAFE Numbers
28 June 2004 [Read More]

Workplace Death Report Released
28 June 2004 [Read More]

ACTU Flies Flag For School Funding
25 June 2004 [Read More]

Housing Summit Starts Sunday
25 June 2004 [Read More]

Nurses Fight University Cuts
24 June 2004 [Read More]

Senate Report Welcomed
24 June 2004 [Read More]

Police Seek Retirement with Dignity
24 June 2004 [Read More]

Collective Bargaining For All
24 June 2004 [Read More]

TAFE Fees Reduce Student Numbers
24 June 2004 [Read More]

Tax Cuts Leave Battlers Behind
23 June 2004 [Read More]

Building Industry Tax Rorts Exposed
23 June 2004 [Read More]

Weapons Ship Impounded
23 June 2004 [Read More]

Teachers Get Full Funding In Budget
23 June 2004 [Read More]

Senate Rejects Attack on Workers
22 June 2004 [Read More]

National Summit On Housing
22 June 2004 [Read More]

TAFE Students Should Vote
22 June 2004 [Read More]

Incident Backs Jetsafe Campaign
22 June 2004 [Read More]

Jim Bacon Will Be Missed
21 June 2004 [Read More]

Worker's Get Carers' Leave
17 June 2004 [Read More]

Migrant Workers Exploited
17 June 2004 [Read More]

Electrolux Jobs Campaign
17 June 2004 [Read More]

Funding Teachers' Pay Rises
16 June 2004 [Read More]

Child Labour Activist Attacked
16 June 2004 [Read More]

Men Need Time For Family
15 June 2004 [Read More]

Ad Campaign Exposes Farce
15 June 2004 [Read More]

Bakers Get Right Redundancy
15 June 2004 [Read More]

Private Schools Get More Than Public
15 June 2004 [Read More]

Pay Rise A Step In Right Direction
11 June 2004 [Read More]

Children Need Protection At Work
11 June 2004 [Read More]

Nursing Staff & Students Protest
11 June 2004 [Read More]

School staff accept pay increases
10 June 2004 [Read More]

New Medical/Rescue Deal for Gong
10 June 2004 [Read More]

Beattie Provokes Union
10 June 2004 [Read More]

Teachers Condemn Carr Government
10 June 2004 [Read More]

Anti-Union Repression Spreads
10 June 2004 [Read More]

'Beer Nanny' Plan Insulting
09 June 2004 [Read More]

Ocean Highways Another Killer
09 June 2004 [Read More]

National Scheme For Redundancy
09 June 2004 [Read More]

Federal Rail Funding Long Overdue
08 June 2004 [Read More]

Doctors Lodge Pay Case
07 June 2004 [Read More]

Government Commitment Welcomed
07 June 2004 [Read More]

Research Shows Trade Deal A Dud
07 June 2004 [Read More]

League Players May Call For Referee
04 June 2004 [Read More]

Latham to Address AWU Members
04 June 2004 [Read More]

Union Welcomes Parental Leave
04 June 2004 [Read More]

Young Workers At Risk
04 June 2004 [Read More]

Carers Start Work Bans
03 June 2004 [Read More]

Aged Care Nurses Legal Fight
03 June 2004 [Read More]

AEC Pay Deal Threatens Election
02 June 2004 [Read More]

Workers Want Time With Family
02 June 2004 [Read More]

Sydney Airport Censors Safety Ads
01 June 2004 [Read More]

Lawyer's Picnic At Test Case
01 June 2004 [Read More]

May 2004

$175 m doesn't buy CDs for childcare
27 May 2004 [Read More]

Howard's Severance Stance Wrong
26 May 2004 [Read More]

24 hour bikkie strike
26 May 2004 [Read More]

Catholic Teachers To Strike Friday
26 May 2004 [Read More]

Jetstar Is Not Jetsafe
25 May 2004 [Read More]

State Wage Case Begins
25 May 2004 [Read More]

Wage Win For NSW Workers
25 May 2004 [Read More]

Porkies Leave Shearers In Tents
24 May 2004 [Read More]

BHP Deaths Require New Safety Powers
24 May 2004 [Read More]

Premier Warned On Bullying
21 May 2004 [Read More]

AMWU Welcomes Labor�s Focus
19 May 2004 [Read More]

Olympics Exploits Workers
19 May 2004 [Read More]

CFMEU Condems Howard On Safety
19 May 2004 [Read More]

Public Hospital Workloads
19 May 2004 [Read More]

A shortage of Family Assorted?
19 May 2004 [Read More]

Aged Care Nurses Confront Crisis
18 May 2004 [Read More]

Qld unions sound caution on PPPs
18 May 2004 [Read More]

Carr Must Act on Work Deaths Report
18 May 2004 [Read More]

AWU Honors SA Terrorist Victim
17 May 2004 [Read More]

Nurses Fight Overwork
17 May 2004 [Read More]

East Timor's Oil Royalties
17 May 2004 [Read More]

Premier Threatens Judiciary
17 May 2004 [Read More]

All Out at Australia Post
13 May 2004 [Read More]

ACCC Responds to AWU Concerns
13 May 2004 [Read More]

Qld unions call for smoking ban
13 May 2004 [Read More]

Brisbane Bullets v Childcare workers
13 May 2004 [Read More]

Childcare workers lose to Bullets
13 May 2004 [Read More]

Child care - nothing for workers
12 May 2004 [Read More]

Is Arnott�s a fair dinkum company?
12 May 2004 [Read More]

HSU Says Budget Fails in Aged Care
12 May 2004 [Read More]

Costello's Union Busting Budget
12 May 2004 [Read More]

Teachers Welcome Budget Boost
12 May 2004 [Read More]

Budget Fails Working Australians
12 May 2004 [Read More]

Minister Dodges Facts On Childcare
11 May 2004 [Read More]

Rwandan Workers Exploited
11 May 2004 [Read More]

Childcare workers jam Costello
11 May 2004 [Read More]

International Nurses Day
10 May 2004 [Read More]

Aged Care In Good Hands?
09 May 2004 [Read More]

Unions Condemn Prisoner Abuse
07 May 2004 [Read More]

Childcare urgent e-mail to Costello
06 May 2004 [Read More]

Scientist sceptical about funding
06 May 2004 [Read More]

Unions, Latham meet on job security
06 May 2004 [Read More]

Pilbara Miners Resist AWAs
06 May 2004 [Read More]

Unions Win $19 A Week Pay Rise
05 May 2004 [Read More]

Reform Living Wage Case
05 May 2004 [Read More]

Academics and scientists need more!
04 May 2004 [Read More]

Qld unions celebrate Labour Day
04 May 2004 [Read More]

Labour Day Arrests In Iran
04 May 2004 [Read More]

Jet Star Safety Spin Defies Numbers
03 May 2004 [Read More]

Travellers Warned On Low Cost Safety
03 May 2004 [Read More]

Casual Work Test Case Commences
03 May 2004 [Read More]

Howard Tax Bias Against Battlers
03 May 2004 [Read More]

April 2004

Australia Lags On Work/Life Balance
30 April 2004 [Read More]

CFMEU reply to Employment Advocate
29 April 2004 [Read More]

All who benefit must contribute
29 April 2004 [Read More]

Workers Scared To Join Unions
29 April 2004 [Read More]

International Workers� Memorial Day
27 April 2004 [Read More]

Time For Flint To Go
27 April 2004 [Read More]

Battlers Slugged By Bracket Creep
27 April 2004 [Read More]

Dispute Delays Foxtel Rollout
27 April 2004 [Read More]

Sth Coast Considers District Strike
20 April 2004 [Read More]

TAFE Burns While Federal Govt Fiddle
20 April 2004 [Read More]

FTA Flawed And Inadequate Says ACTU
20 April 2004 [Read More]

AMWU Visits Nth Qld Sugar Mills
20 April 2004 [Read More]

ACTU Welcomes Labor Casuals Plan
19 April 2004 [Read More]

Al Qaeda Could Infilitrate Ships
19 April 2004 [Read More]

Work And Family Hypocrisy
16 April 2004 [Read More]

AMWU Slams Company Claims
16 April 2004 [Read More]

Sugar Industry National Asset
16 April 2004 [Read More]

Massive Staff Cuts Hit Patient Care
16 April 2004 [Read More]

RSL Fails Veterans
16 April 2004 [Read More]

'Mansfied departure from Telstra.'
15 April 2004 [Read More]

A Barbeque Stopper?
15 April 2004 [Read More]

LabourStart editor in Oz and NZ
15 April 2004 [Read More]

Bouncers standards conference
15 April 2004 [Read More]

Vic Unions Welcome OHS Act Review
13 April 2004 [Read More]

Truss Stacks Drought Roundtable
12 April 2004 [Read More]

Foxtel Technicians Dispute
08 April 2004 [Read More]

QCU calls for wage consistency
08 April 2004 [Read More]

Defend Medicare on World Health Day
07 April 2004 [Read More]

Gas shortages averted
07 April 2004 [Read More]

Childcare Fees Skyrocketing
07 April 2004 [Read More]

PM won't talk to child care workers
07 April 2004 [Read More]

Childcare must be election priority
07 April 2004 [Read More]

Bris Mater Nurses Stop Work
07 April 2004 [Read More]

Not as bad as expected
06 April 2004 [Read More]

Hospital Spending Welcomed But ...
06 April 2004 [Read More]

Egan's Mini Budget - Devil In Detail
06 April 2004 [Read More]

World Health Day - Restore Medicare
06 April 2004 [Read More]

Water Quality Budget Battle
05 April 2004 [Read More]

Many Retrenched Never Work Again
05 April 2004 [Read More]

Federal Aged Care Workforce Survey
05 April 2004 [Read More]

Esso Threatens Vic Gas Supplies
04 April 2004 [Read More]

HSU Concern over Aged Care
02 April 2004 [Read More]

March 2004

ALP Maternity Leave Plan Welcomed
31 March 2004 [Read More]

Qld Unions Back ALP Baby Care Plan
31 March 2004 [Read More]

5-Star Hotel Workers On US$1 A Day
31 March 2004 [Read More]

50,000 TAFE Students Turned Away
31 March 2004 [Read More]

ALP baby plan: Concern over PS cuts
31 March 2004 [Read More]

Childcare as election priority
31 March 2004 [Read More]

Nurses Urge Anti-Violence Taskforce
30 March 2004 [Read More]

Perkins Worker Killed in East Timor
30 March 2004 [Read More]

Email Surveillance Action Welcomed
30 March 2004 [Read More]

ACTU Election Agenda
30 March 2004 [Read More]

ACTU Wins Improved Compensation
29 March 2004 [Read More]

Special Commission Missed Chance
29 March 2004 [Read More]

Latham Hits Mark In Difficult Areas
29 March 2004 [Read More]

IEU Welcomes Labor Funding Plan
29 March 2004 [Read More]

Mayor Warned On Sacking Comments
29 March 2004 [Read More]

Permanent Building Taskforce
26 March 2004 [Read More]

Underground Mines Time Bomb Ticking
25 March 2004 [Read More]

New Office Reflects Regional Demand
24 March 2004 [Read More]

CPSU & UTS agree - new benchmarks
24 March 2004 [Read More]

Gaping Holes In Maritime Security
22 March 2004 [Read More]

USU PROMPTS GOVERNMENT ACTION
19 March 2004 [Read More]

Smith Family Charity Off Work
19 March 2004 [Read More]

Power Workers Impose Bargaining Fees
18 March 2004 [Read More]

Howard Govt Infringes Labour Rights
18 March 2004 [Read More]

Launch Of Foxtel Digital In Crisis
18 March 2004 [Read More]

Corporatisation Out Of Control
17 March 2004 [Read More]

Labor's Super Goals For Aging
16 March 2004 [Read More]

Workers Welcome Extra Chistmas Hols
15 March 2004 [Read More]

Technicians Derail Foxtel Launch
15 March 2004 [Read More]

PM Wrong On Working Poor
15 March 2004 [Read More]

TELSTRA/FOXTEL SUBBIES STRIKE
14 March 2004 [Read More]

School Funding Needed And Welcome
12 March 2004 [Read More]

School Gate Protest For Nelson
12 March 2004 [Read More]

Senate call for new Living Wage
11 March 2004 [Read More]

TheAustralian Worker Launched
11 March 2004 [Read More]

Hunter TAFE staff rally - Friday
11 March 2004 [Read More]

Medicare Deal Kills Bulk-Billing
11 March 2004 [Read More]

It�s war over school staff pay
10 March 2004 [Read More]

Cheap Travel Must Not Cut Out Safety
10 March 2004 [Read More]

New Data Fuels Working Poor Fears
10 March 2004 [Read More]

Teachers And Students Rally For TAFE
10 March 2004 [Read More]

Fed Govt Welcome To Health
10 March 2004 [Read More]

Vic International Women's Day Event
05 March 2004 [Read More]

Blackban on Govt printing, mail, etc
05 March 2004 [Read More]

Qld International Womens Day March
05 March 2004 [Read More]

Non-Violent Rd To Peace In Palestine
04 March 2004 [Read More]

Long Bay Teachers' Salary Strike
04 March 2004 [Read More]

Qld private prison dispute ends
04 March 2004 [Read More]

Bigger Workloads Increase OHS Risks
04 March 2004 [Read More]

Working Students Read Their Rights
03 March 2004 [Read More]

TAFE jobs slashed in Hunter
03 March 2004 [Read More]

Women's Work Undervalued
03 March 2004 [Read More]

Grants Decision Leaves NSW In Limbo
03 March 2004 [Read More]

PSA retains coverage of new jails
03 March 2004 [Read More]

CFMEU Organiser Charges Dismissed
03 March 2004 [Read More]

Action To Oppose New TAFE Fees
02 March 2004 [Read More]

30,000 Miss Out On Preschool
02 March 2004 [Read More]

Extra Funds Must Go To Classrooms
02 March 2004 [Read More]

Workers Deserve A Christmas Break
02 March 2004 [Read More]

The Government For Private Schools
01 March 2004 [Read More]

Unions To Make May Day May 1
01 March 2004 [Read More]

February 2004

Unions Back Senate Inquiry Finding
27 February 2004 [Read More]

Teachers Welcome Smaller Classes
26 February 2004 [Read More]

Better Deal Needed For Prison Office
26 February 2004 [Read More]

Alcohol Deregulation Riot Fuel
26 February 2004 [Read More]

Age Discrimination Worsens
25 February 2004 [Read More]

Fed Up Uni Staff Demand Fair Deal
25 February 2004 [Read More]

Private Ontario jail battles Ozzies
25 February 2004 [Read More]

ETU Waits On Power Inquiry
24 February 2004 [Read More]

The Sugar Industry � A National Asse
24 February 2004 [Read More]

Prison guards meet US boss - again
24 February 2004 [Read More]

World Cmn Says Rethink Globalisation
24 February 2004 [Read More]

UWS Staff Say 'We deserve better'
24 February 2004 [Read More]

Teachers, Parents, Principals Unite
24 February 2004 [Read More]

Work Strain Causes Real Pain
24 February 2004 [Read More]

CPSU Breaks 2.5% Pay Rise Ceiling
24 February 2004 [Read More]

MUA: Maritime Terrorist Act Imminent
23 February 2004 [Read More]

TAFE Teachers Strike Over Fees
23 February 2004 [Read More]

Sydney Ferry Walkout
23 February 2004 [Read More]

Paid Mothers' Leave Uncommon
23 February 2004 [Read More]

US boss bludgeons Qld workers
22 February 2004 [Read More]

Revamp Drought Assistance Programs
22 February 2004 [Read More]

Nurses: Don't Politicise Deaths
20 February 2004 [Read More]

Heat - CPSU threatens Coffs Campus
19 February 2004 [Read More]

Goulburn Gaol Teachers Strike
18 February 2004 [Read More]

Union Slams Ship Of Shame
18 February 2004 [Read More]

Second QCU Budget Submission
18 February 2004 [Read More]

Low-paid workers confront ACCI
18 February 2004 [Read More]

CPSU get behind Organ Doner Week
18 February 2004 [Read More]

ICFTU Condemns Iran Worker Deaths
18 February 2004 [Read More]

AWU wins shorter working week at SPC
18 February 2004 [Read More]

IT offshoring rally: 24 Feb Melb
18 February 2004 [Read More]

Low-paid workers tell ACCI off !!!
18 February 2004 [Read More]

Employers Should Share Profits
18 February 2004 [Read More]

CFMEU Demands Answers
17 February 2004 [Read More]

Mums Demand Justice
16 February 2004 [Read More]

US prison Co in Qld & Canada dispute
16 February 2004 [Read More]

Pay Equity Win For Council Workers
16 February 2004 [Read More]

Global Labour Survey 2004
16 February 2004 [Read More]

Transport Summit Urged
16 February 2004 [Read More]

Bans At The Gabba
13 February 2004 [Read More]

Aged Care: No more excuses
12 February 2004 [Read More]

Put Telstra profit into Aussie jobs
12 February 2004 [Read More]

QCU Keen To Work With New Minister
12 February 2004 [Read More]

HSU Concern over Aged Care Sell-Off
11 February 2004 [Read More]

ERARING ENERGY -- 4.5% + 4.5%
11 February 2004 [Read More]

Students Feel Heat Of Policies
11 February 2004 [Read More]

Rise Rejected At Rockhampton Council
11 February 2004 [Read More]

SAVE THE WOLVES RALLY � FRIDAY
11 February 2004 [Read More]

TRANSGRID AWARD GIVES 5% + 4.5%
11 February 2004 [Read More]

Venues and crowd controllers
10 February 2004 [Read More]

Prisoners locked into cells early
10 February 2004 [Read More]

Jobs Threatened By 'Free Trade' Deal
10 February 2004 [Read More]

Australian Manufacturers Not Winners
10 February 2004 [Read More]

Wanted: Qld Manufacturing Minister
10 February 2004 [Read More]

2nd strike at Qld prison
09 February 2004 [Read More]

Qld private prison strike
08 February 2004 [Read More]

Union Says Bugger Off Bob
07 February 2004 [Read More]

Qld Phone Fault Rate Skyrockets
06 February 2004 [Read More]

Scrap Government's Union Busters
05 February 2004 [Read More]

Attack At The Gabba
05 February 2004 [Read More]

CPSU To Fight IBM/Telstra Offshoring
05 February 2004 [Read More]

Gambia Violates Core Labour Rights
05 February 2004 [Read More]

TeleTech staff on expired agreement
05 February 2004 [Read More]

Permanency For Labour Hire Workers
05 February 2004 [Read More]

Union Rights Violators Named
04 February 2004 [Read More]

TAFE Threatens Students, Teachers
04 February 2004 [Read More]

Uni Agreement sets new benchmark
04 February 2004 [Read More]

University EBA Sets New Standard
04 February 2004 [Read More]

New Bullying And Violence Resource
04 February 2004 [Read More]

Staffing Policy Disrupts Schools
04 February 2004 [Read More]

Teachers, Nurses, Police Attacked
04 February 2004 [Read More]

CFMEU Counters Destructive Laws
03 February 2004 [Read More]

Top Academics Demolish Bill
03 February 2004 [Read More]

Students Take TAFE To Supreme Court
02 February 2004 [Read More]

Finance Union Backs Latham On Banks
02 February 2004 [Read More]

Maritime Unions Find WMDs
02 February 2004 [Read More]

Howard's Way Threatens Construction
02 February 2004 [Read More]

January 2004

Building a coalition on poverty jobs
29 January 2004 [Read More]

Childcare workers don't sniffle
29 January 2004 [Read More]

AWU Calls for Explosion Inquiry
28 January 2004 [Read More]

The Nurses Are Coming To Town
28 January 2004 [Read More]

Action Continues Against TAFE Fees
28 January 2004 [Read More]

Stanwell Station Work Bans Planned
27 January 2004 [Read More]

Young Unionists Blitz Big Day Out
27 January 2004 [Read More]

Union Leaders Meet With Kofi Annan
27 January 2004 [Read More]

Stanwell Workers Prepare To Strike
27 January 2004 [Read More]

Cambodian Textile Workers Report
27 January 2004 [Read More]

Kodak workers discuss jobs crisis
23 January 2004 [Read More]

Unions Weigh Into State Campaign
23 January 2004 [Read More]

Global protest to World Bank
23 January 2004 [Read More]

Director-General Must Be Independent
23 January 2004 [Read More]

Cambodian Trade Union Leader Killed
23 January 2004 [Read More]

ICF Loans With Rights Provisions
21 January 2004 [Read More]

Global Trade Unions Put Labour First
21 January 2004 [Read More]

Public Schools Value All
21 January 2004 [Read More]

ALL THE WAY��. WITH FTA??
21 January 2004 [Read More]

Stop Labor Council�s web push
17 January 2004 [Read More]

Chubb Sacks Striking Timor Workers
16 January 2004 [Read More]

$1M+ Public Education Fighting Fund
16 January 2004 [Read More]

Timor Chubb workers need our support
16 January 2004 [Read More]

Teachers Poll Well
15 January 2004 [Read More]

A Hundred Year Old Dream
15 January 2004 [Read More]

ICFTU Reports Serious US Violations
15 January 2004 [Read More]

Qld Rail Workers Down Tools
15 January 2004 [Read More]

Waterfall Inquiry Blames Management
15 January 2004 [Read More]

For Pete�s sake!
14 January 2004 [Read More]

CFMEU Members Raise $20k For Iran
14 January 2004 [Read More]

Telstra 450 IT Job Slash Concern
14 January 2004 [Read More]

Telstra-More jobs to go to India
14 January 2004 [Read More]

US Congress Shares Free Trade Doubt
14 January 2004 [Read More]

Negligent Employers On Notice
14 January 2004 [Read More]

Western Saraha Protestor Victory
13 January 2004 [Read More]

Mackay City Council EBA Dispute
13 January 2004 [Read More]

Teachers Fight Election Campaign
12 January 2004 [Read More]

Global comp for best union website
11 January 2004 [Read More]

Austin Australia Collapse
07 January 2004 [Read More]

Feds must be child care responsible
06 January 2004 [Read More]

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