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Australia : Miners seeking 6200 workers

LabourStart - Thu, 01/07/2010 - 04:00
Source: Melbourne Age
Categories: Labour

Australia : Aborigines 'must take jobs': Abbott

LabourStart - Thu, 01/07/2010 - 04:00
Source: Melbourne Age
Categories: Labour

Australia : Gillard extends super concession

LabourStart - Thu, 01/07/2010 - 04:00
Source: Melbourne Age
Categories: Labour

Australia : PM told to kill Australian Building & Construction Commission

LabourStart - Thu, 01/07/2010 - 04:00
Source: The Australian
Categories: Labour

Employees fired after missing work to protest immigration law - IWW joins the fight in support

iww.org - Wed, 30/06/2010 - 09:14

By Luci Scott - The Arizona Republic, Jun. 29, 2010

Twelve employees of Pei Wei Asian Diner at 54th Street and Ray Road in Chandler were fired after they skipped work to participate in a May 29 protest of the new immigration law Senate Bill 1070.

That was nearly half the staff at that restaurant, which has a workforce of about 30, said Pei Wei spokesman Peter Marino.

The fired workers violated a well-established Pei Wei attendance policy, he said.

"When employees choose not to show up for a scheduled shift and choose not to give notice, it causes tremendous disruption to fellow co-workers and impedes our ability to serve our guests," the company said in a statement.

At the same time, Pei Wei said it respects the rights of people to peacefully protest, and it does not comment on local, state or federal laws.

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Categories: IWW, Labour

IWW's International Solidarity Commission Statement on the Isreali Attack on the Mavi Marmaris

iww.org - Wed, 30/06/2010 - 04:38

The International Solidarity Commission (ISC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a global union dedicated to revolutionary social change and workers self-management, is shocked and appalled by Israeli forces’ attack this morning on the lead ship of a humanitarian aid convoy, the Turkish vessel “Mavi Marmaris”, killing at least ten people.

The ISC holds the Israeli authorities entirely responsible for the provocative storming of the ship, and condemns the harm caused to the civilians on board, who included peace activists and parliamentarians from many different countries.

The ISC supports any efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, who have been suffering the effects of the Israeli blockade since 2007, a suffering greatly intensified by the massacre of Dec 2008-Jan 2009. We salute the brave human rights activists attempting to deliver aid to the people of Gaza, including the crew and passengers on the MV Rachel Corrie, en route to Gaza.

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Categories: IWW, Labour

Australia : Parental leave policy just super for some workers

LabourStart - Wed, 30/06/2010 - 04:00
Source: Melbourne Age
Categories: Labour

Australia : Bank forks out to set super lead on parental leave

LabourStart - Wed, 30/06/2010 - 04:00
Source: SMH
Categories: Labour

Australia : 240 to lose jobs when yoghurt plant shuts

LabourStart - Wed, 30/06/2010 - 04:00
Source: SMH
Categories: Labour

Australia : Urine, faeces thrown at traffic controllers

LabourStart - Wed, 30/06/2010 - 04:00
Source: Newcastle Herald
Categories: Labour

Australia : Coalition calls for asbestos-free Australia by 2030

LabourStart - Wed, 30/06/2010 - 04:00
Source: AMWU
Categories: Labour

Australia : Mining union urges safety law changes

LabourStart - Wed, 30/06/2010 - 04:00
Source: ABC
Categories: Labour

Australia : Nurse Union says Qld Health's continuing payroll problems were known

LabourStart - Wed, 30/06/2010 - 04:00
Source: Rockhampton Bulletin
Categories: Labour

Australia : New ACTU President Ged Kearney

LabourStart - Wed, 30/06/2010 - 04:00
Source: ACTU
Categories: Labour
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