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Dec 10, 20211 min read
Changing the Rules: new powers for workers, or for institutions?
In this podcast I discuss some clues about behind the scenes discussions between leaders of the ACTU and the ALP. Right now, behind the...
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Dec 10, 20212 min read
Understanding its reality is the first activist step towards preparing for the next economic crisis
Global economy is facing a ‘perfect storm’ BIS fears that increasing protectionism could reverse decades of progress....
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Dec 10, 20211 min read
Change the Rules and the Right to Strike at the ACTU Congress
soundcloud.com/radio-skid-row/don-sutherland-discusses-actu-congress-2018-6-july-2018 Last Friday Caroline Pryor and I, on “Workers...
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Dec 10, 20215 min read
Some thoughts on “the right to strike” and the Change the Rules Campaign – Part 2
The “right to strike” versus employer opposition and Laborist naivete The “right to strike” is one of two (see below) demands that would...
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Dec 10, 20214 min read
Some thoughts on “the right to strike” and the Change the Rules Campaign – Part 1
What is real power for workers? It’s time for a sharper focus on ”the right to strike” The Australian union movement’s Change the Rules...
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Dec 10, 20211 min read
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Here On “Workers Radio”, Caroline and I discuss the latest reports of wage theft and hyper exploitation of aboriginal workers in remote...
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Dec 10, 20212 min read
Australia’s Penal Powers for the 21st Century
White Australia was born as a penal colony. And throughout its history since there have been plenty of laws that fine, impose financial...
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
GREEN BANS FOREVER … AGAIN!
This thought looms because of the lead letter in today’s Sydney Morning Herald. The letter, that I cut and paste below, laments the...
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Dec 10, 20212 min read
From “Pig Iron Bob” to “The Mad Monk”
Once upon a time it was “Pig Iron Bob”, and justly deserved it was. I am talking about Robert Menzies former Liberal Prime Minister and...
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Dec 10, 20212 min read
Australia’s working poor: who stands up for them?
Obviously, not the employer organisations: http://www.workplaceinfo.com.au/payroll/wages-and-salaries/27-a-week-to-avert-working-poor-act...
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