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Australia
Sharan Burrow, ACTU President, on why Howard's laws are wrong
Australian Council of Trade Unions' President Sharan Burrow explains what is wrong with Howard's laws, at the Melbourne Rally on 30 November 2006.
PDF version available for downloadOn 29 November 2006, the first anniversary of the new industrial relations laws in Australia, three hundred thousand workers demonstrated all over the country against those laws. The main rally was in the MCG stadium in Melbourne, and some of the spe...
PDF version available for downloadTuesday 15 November was an international solidarity day with Australian trade unions who are fighting to maintain workers' rights. Several of Britains trade unions showed thier support by delivering letters to the Australian High Commission.
At 11am today (Tuesday) TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will hand-deliver a letter to the Australian High Commission in support of the Australian TUC's (ACTU) day of action against legislation that will dramatically reduce the rights of Australi...
An article by Sharan Burrow, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, about the reforms to Australian industrial relations being proposed by Prime Minister John Howard, and why British and Australian trade unionists should oppose them. Wr...
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has today (Thursday) written to Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who is currently on holiday in the UK, to voice concerns that proposed changes to Australian labour laws will leave the country's workers with...
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