DOZENS of protesting port workers remained off the job at Port Botany in Sydney today despite a late-night attempt at conciliation between union reps and Hutchison Ports.
Day: August 10, 2015
Transitioning to a Clean and Efficient Energy System
Publisher’s Note: As the Qld government’s involvement in the Adani fiasco has people scratching their heads, here is an alternative energy policy paper written for Sustainable Queensland by Trevor Berrill, an engineer with 30 years experience in renewables.… Go to Article
BDS cultural boycott of Israel explained
PACBI Guidelines for the International Cultural Boycott of Israel (Revised July 2014)
Being that part of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) tasked with overseeing the academic and cultural boycott aspects of BDS, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has advocated, since 2004, for a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions.[1]… Go to Article
After the Waterfront – the workers are quiet
Prior to the global financial crisis the LeftPress collective wrote a pamphlet about the 1998 MUA dispute on Australian ports. Given recent events where global port operator, Hutchison, has sacked half its workforce in Brisbane and Sydney it seems timely to re-visit this dispute.… Go to Article