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Big business militancy – rising and it’s ok
My previous post suggested union militancy is one of the issues at stake in the defence of construction worker unionism and members'...
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Dec 10, 20218 min read
We defeat the “Ensuring Integrity” Bill: tactical victory or strategic breakthrough?
How should union movement activists define the first defeat of the Ensuring Integrity Bill (EIB)? A major strategic breakthrough or a...
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
Cops, protest and the future of work
From time to time police, and their union, seek pay rises and other improvements in their conditions. They are protesting when they do...
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
A draft dodging memoir: RIP Bob Hall
Below, with the permission of my good friend Andy Alcock, I post his wonderful short memoir of the draft dodging exploits of Adelaide...
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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, 20216 min read
The Annual Wage Review 2017-18: From Marriage Equality to “Economic Inequality”.
By Don Sutherland (March 16th, 2018) The Annual Wage Review: update This week the Annual Wage Review (AWR18) run by the Fair Work...
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Dec 10, 20215 min read
“Solidarity Forever”: Robots, Workers, and Profitability
Don Sutherland (March 2018) Everyone I know with any form in the Australian union movement loves the song “Solidarity Forever”. The song...
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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, 20211 min read
SYRIZA’s Inspirational Practical Solidarity
This story in the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/23/greece-solidarity-movement-cooperatives-syriza describes the...
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