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Journal - April 2008Events
International labour leaders from 30 nations converged on Sydney in April to join Australian maritime workers for the 10th anniversary of the 1998 waterfront dispute and the union’s National Conference of delegates at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre in Sydney from April 7-11. [ Full Story ]
General
Coalitions capitulation, Jobs for Timorese, Floating protest, Botany Victory, Diver delegate sacked [ Full Story ]
Maritime diary
It was, and still is a set political and industrial piece unfolding like a B Grade horror show for working men and women and their communities around the world. “I was a Neo Conservative Slave” or maybe “the Monster from the Pinstriped Lagoon”. Big companies, well not just big, companies able to dwarf the economic power of most nation states [ Full Story ]
Members
Letters of congratulations on the defeat of the Howard Government came from around the world in the New Year [ Full Story ]
Obituaries
Bert Nolan, Bernie Banton, Brett Doyle, David Jennings, Kevin Hayden, Ray Greenough, Kenji Yasuda, Frank Fordyce, Terry Hickman [ Full Story ]
Shipping news
International solidarity wins the day in PORT OF CONVENIENCE Napier, New Zealand [ Full Story ]
The Year of the DogsThe most outstanding general social feature of the 1998 waterfront dispute was the way that it engaged the public. When the axe fell shortly before midnight on Tuesday 7 April, word that the wharfies had been physically evicted by security personnel with guard dogs struck the nation like news of a mass murder. [ Full Story ]
ShipShapeAustralia shipping and workplace democracy is undergoing a renaissance with the election of a Rudd/Gillard Labor Government. And the winds of change will also send ripples through international waters. [ Full Story ]
Triton 11Australian seafarers’ border battle [ Full Story ]
shipping campaign
An ITF agreement has finally been signed to cover the FoC vessels ANL Warringa and ANL Windarra, thanks to the support and actions of MUA members [ Full Story ]
stevedoring
The potential of a global organising and campaigning resource for dockers’ unions [ Full Story ]
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