Workers Issues in Australia & the Pacific
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
November 1, 2008
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Ford Australia sackings signal a wave of auto job losses
By Terry Cook, October 30, 2008
Ford Australia is preparing a series of job cuts that are just the beginning of downsizing and restructuring throughout the industry amid the global economic downturn and collapsing new car sales inte...
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
October 25, 2008
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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
October 11, 2008
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Australian government retains key “Work Choices” measures against workers
By Mike Head, October 4, 2008
The Australian government released details last month of its replacement for the previous Howard government's "Work Choices" laws. While the final legislation is still being drafted for introduction l...
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
October 4, 2008
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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
September 27, 2008
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Safety incidents plague Australian airline
Air safety deregulation
By Terry Cook, September 22, 2008
A string of safety incidents has raised mounting questions about an underlying deterioration of maintenance and safety standards at Qantas, the privatised Australian airline.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Australia and the Pacific
September 20, 2008
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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
September 13, 2008
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Australia: The 2008 Victorian teachers’ dispute, Teachers Alliance and the Socialist Equality Party
By Patrick O’Connor and Will Marshall, September 12, 2008
The World Socialist Web Site is publishing an interview with Mary Merkenich, a leading member of the Teachers Alliance organisation, on the recent struggle waged by Victorian public school teachers fo...
Australia: Labor uses Howard’s construction industry watchdog to attack building workers
Unions “play-acting”
By Chris Sadlier and Terry Cook, September 5, 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is using the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)—the construction industry watchdog set up by the previous Howard government—to launch a new as...
