Speech by Humphrey McQueen – May Day Dinner, Adelaide, 2011
Although we are more than half way through our May Day dinner, it is never too late to say grace: ‘For the food and drinks that we are enjoying, we thank the working classes’.… Go to Article
Editor’s Note: Over night (15 May 2011) there have been dramatic reports of an uprising by Palestinians from within and from the borders of Palestine.… Go to Article
ILWU call for walkout in protest of US war in Iraq
17 March 2008
By MUA news –
US West Coast longshore workers plan protest against imperialist war in Iraq, Afghanistan on May 1
The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) has announced the 40,000-plus members of its 60 locals in California, Washington and Oregon will walk off the job for eight hours on May 1 to protest the US-led war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan.… Go to Article
It is interesting (but not surprising) that there have been no calls from unions for a national Your Rights at Work rally during the 2007 Federal Election Camapign.… Go to Article
The slogan “Your Rights at Work” is now part of Australia’s popular culture.
For example, trainers who run onto the field during 2007 National Rugby League finals wear “Your Rights at Work” T-shirts, their slogan viewed by millions.… Go to Article
Watch the butcher shine his knives
And this town is full of battered wives
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They shut it down
They pulled it down
They shut it down
They pulled it down
Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I make my way
Through the streets of your town
— Brisbane rock band the Go-Betweens
commentary of Brisbane in the 1970s.… Go to Article
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s chief executive, Peter Hendy, declared the national protest a failure, as he claimed the union movement only managed to mobilise 2% of Australian workers.… Go to Article
