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February 2004

Union breaks 2.5% ceiling on Public Sector Pay Rise 23 February 2004
The recent offer by the Tasmanian State Government to pay public sector workers more than 4% per annum has broken open the �unofficial agreement" by all State Governments to keep State public sector pay rises down to 2.5% per annum.

January 2004

Work Strain Causes Real Pain 22 January 2004
In 2001, more than 76,000 Australian workers received workers' compensation for 'sprain and strain' or musculoskeletal injuries' - that's more than 200 per day and two thirds of all claims.

Workplace bans bring Victorian justice to a halt 14 January 2004
In pursuit of better wage conditions, Victorian court staff introduced bans on processing paperwork in December last year. Since then the state�s civil justice system has been slowly grinding to a halt as it increasingly becomes impossible to start new legal action.

Public Sector Wages Agreement 13 January 2004
Public Sector Union members in Tasmania will hold stop work meetings to consider a campaign of rolling industrial action unless the Government is willing to move significantly on a number of key issues.

December 2003

Consumer groups lobby trade minister 19 December 2003
Below is a statement by health and consumer organisations on the impact of the free trade agreement on the cost of medicines. Please write or email Mark Vaile using the quotes below to keep the pressure up about this issue. Mark Vaile Minister for Trade Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 mark.vaile.mp@aph.gov.au

Federal Government hurts families 16 December 2003
The Australian Council of Social Service has released new data comparing the actual cost of meeting the bare minimum needs for families raising children with the payment levels for family tax benefit and social security.

State of the States: Evatt Foundation 08 December 2003
This is the foreward from the special 10th anniversary issue of the Evatt Foundation's annual assessment of Australia's sub-national governments, The State of the States.

November 2003

Unemployment rate twice what Government says 13 November 2003
Unemployment and underemployment stands at around 1.3 million � just over twice the official rate according to major new research by ACOSS.

October 2003

Housing dream turns to nightmare 30 October 2003
The dream of stable and secure housing has turned into a nightmare for 330,000 low income families and households who are shut out of owning their own home and are being crushed by high rents in the private rental market.

August 2003

Stressed Employees Worked To Death 11 August 2003
The ACTU says Australia has the second longest working hours in the OECD and, on current trends, will soon have the longest. UnionSafe is joining a global internet campaign highlighting the link between workplace stress and death. In Australia one of the leading causes of stress is overwork and incidences of the condition are on the rise.

July 2003

Are you a carer living in NSW? 24 July 2003
Carers are family members, friends or neighbours who support a person with a disability, chronic or mental illness or who is too frail to live in their own home.

May 2003

Executives: More pay for less work 23 May 2003
The NSW Labor Council has released ground-breaking research that shatters the link between high executive pay and return to shareholders.

Community Unites Against Howard�s Medicare Changes 02 May 2003
Leaders of health, union, welfare, church, and political groups will meet in Melbourne today to oppose the Howard Government�s planned Medicare changes.

February 2003

Globalisation? Privatisation! 28 February 2003
The World Trade Organisation is not just reducing barriers to international trade. It is also opening up public services to commercial exploitation � and it is already happening, warn Allyson Pollock and David Price from the health policy and health services research unit, University College London.

January 2003

Say No to War 22 January 2003
On the 16th February there will be protests in London, New York and throughout Australia against the War in Iraq. In Melbourne, there will be a Rally for Peace at 5pm. Phone 613 9659 3582 to find out where. In Sydney, meet 12 noon Hyde Park North, Sydney

Privatisation wave hits NSW 06 January 2003
In a major win for the national and international privatisation lobby, nine new public schools in NSW are to be built and managed by private firms writes Fay Gervasoni from the Evatt Foundation.

December 2002

Columbian unionists assaulted and killed 10 December 2002
Recently, Jorge Humberto Mar�n Henao, the President of the Municipal Employees Association (ADEM), a PSI affiliate in Medellin, was at the union office. An unknown man came in and asked to see the President. He was shown into his office and said "Don Julio Cesar has asked me to tell you that you must leave the city and this is your last warning." He then got out a revolver and slammed it down over the President's skull.

October 2002

Stamping on the union 10 October 2002
A Canadian artist has put his stamp on the international trade union movement - literally.

August 2002

British welfare unions fight for pay 08 August 2002
UNISON, the UK�s largest trade union, has warned that the government could not deliver improved social services for older people while staff remained underpaid and overworked.

December 2001

"Workers Out" 2002 Gay and Lesbian Unionist conference launches 04 December 2001
The 2nd World Conference of Lesbian and Gay trade unionists is this week launching its work at NSW Parliament House, marking an 11 month countdown to the conference which will be held prior to the 2002 Gay Games.

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