VTHC Annual OHS Reps Conference: 28 October 2009 The eighth annual OHS Representatives Conference, “Time to deliver the highest OHS standards” is being held on Wednesday October 28 at the NEW Melbourne Convention Centre – 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, 3006 (Crown side of the Yarra River). Melways reference […]
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In the middle of the night Saturday 10th October, President Felipe Calderon sent six thousand soldiers and militarized Federal Police to take over state power company Luz y Fuerza installations in Mexico City and the states of Mexico, Puebla, Morelos, and Hidalgo. Immediately following the takeover, Calderon issued an executive […]
STOP TOXIC RACISM Protest March against the NT intervention Friday 16 October at 10 am 184 Gertrude Street Fitzroy March to Parliament Protest against the NT intervention Public meeting Friday 16 Oct at 6 pm Melbourne Youth Sport and Recreation Centre 184 Gertrude Street Fitzroy Speakers include: Richard […]
Unions NSW (the organisation representing trade unions in the state of New South Wales) led a protest on 1 October at the Australasian headquarters of Unilever in Sydney in support of the casual Lipton workers in Pakistan. Members from fraternal unions – the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the […]
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International Metalworkers’ Federation global campaign 3 October to 10 October Globalisation is not just about how things are made, bought and sold. It’s also about people. Transnational companies want cheap and flexible workers. So they have shifted from secure to insecure employment – making all jobs more "precarious". Precarious work […]
The Asia Floor Wage (AFW) Campaign, launched October 7, is calling upon companies sourcing garment production in Asia to implement an Asia Floor Wage. Currently the poverty wages garment workers earn do not cover basic needs and fall far short of a living wage. The AFW, calculated using the World […]
REFUGEE CAMP IN YOUR CITY 3 to 15 October Médecins Sans Frontières Treasury Gardens, Melbourne 9 am to 5 pm Refugee Camp In Your City is a 1000 square-metre replica camp will give people the chance to walk into a camp site modelled on refugee camps in countries such as […]
End the War on Afghanistan Rally 12 noon Saturday 10 October City Square Swanston & Collins Streets Melbourne Followed by a march to the Victoria Army Barracks where photos of the real victims of the war on Afghanistan will be displayed. 8 YEARS OF WAR ON AFGHANISTAN […]
World Day for Decent Work 7 October 2009 ITUC global day of action The economic crisis threatens the jobs and futures of people everywhere. Decades of deregulation, and the greed and excess of a tiny minority, have pushed the world into the deepest recession since the 1930s. Decent work must […]