I’ve just returned from seeing relatives in Australia, where the labor movement is pretty pleased with having successfully seen off John Howard’s mis-named WorkChoices legislation (they partied for a weekend and then got back to the fight – action on the recession, better maternity provisions, an effective climate change policy and justice for construction unions). [...]
The list of job losses and closures gets longer and longer every day – the last few days alone have seen closures and actual/potential job losses in companies as diverse as M& S, Waterford Wedgewood, Barclays, Viyella, Woolies, Adams, Fishworks and Cattles. And for every job thats lost you can bet your life there are 10 other [...]
Heres a good article in Tribune by Brendan Barber – he’s my boss – assessing union organising efforts over the last 10 years.
While he rightly acknowledges that external factors such as new union recognition legislation and (until recently) rising employment have helped unions stabilise membership he also points out that, ‘new laws and increased [...]
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