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Journal - November 2002Events
You could call it channelling, but that’s a bit dodgy, actor Ian Ruskin confided. Yet only minutes into his one man play Ruskin seems to tap into an intangible something and before long Harry Bridges is back among us. [ Full Story ]
CORROBOREEThey came from the four corners of the globe – to meet, to celebrate, to honour their elders and inspire their youth. It started with a three day conference of the world’s maritime and mining workers capped by a centenary dinner embracing the entire labour movement, Aboriginal Australian dance and ritual. [ Full Story ]
General
More than 50 union veterans from around Australia came together at the union rooms in Sydney on September 20 for a one day conference of maritime and mining workers. [ Full Story ]
Industrial issues
Permanency at P&O, Patrick Review, divers recruityment, ITF global action and the Fremantle family friendly enterprise agreement feature as top priority industrial issues this quarter [ Full Story ]
Council 2002A union budget in the black, the formation of a Trans Tasman maritime federation, condemnation of US & Australian war mongering in Iraq & preparations for next years union elections [ Full Story ]
International Issues
They came from the US, Japan, Germany, South Africa, Canada, France and New Zealand, 200 miners and maritime unionists with one mission - global solidarity. [ Full Story ]
Shut downUSA, September 30: In scenes reminiscent of Australia’s 1998 Patrick dispute, port employers in the US locked out more than 10,000 workers, in September, all members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. [ Full Story ]
Police raid Tongan shipFlag used by Australian shippers now the centre of another terrorist controversy [ Full Story ]
LockoutA delegation of MUA and CFMEU members have returned from the United States to Australia with reports of widespread community support for the ILWU. [ Full Story ]
International Transport Workers' Federation
The International Transport Workers' Federation successfully won a backpay for the crew off a ship moored in Newcastle on September 25. [ Full Story ]
Mailbag
The ILWU lockout & the shipping campaign dominate the letters file this issue [ Full Story ]
VALE COBBER[ Full Story ]
Maritime diary
Declaring war on terrorism is one thing. But what does that mean and how is the war won? Is it achieved partly by breaking the cycle of human degradation and suppression that nourishes these extreme actions, or is it achieved by further suppression and arrogant pronouncements based on ignorance and political positioning that creates more anger, hatred and dislocation. The great victories for peace have been brought about by careful, compassionate and diplomatic effort backed up by a strong commitment to social justice and human dignity — something that Australians have proven to be particularly good at over the years. And something or someone bad has crept in and taken that away as well. [ Full Story ]
National politics
Yet again the first casualty in any war on the waterfront is the truth. This time the pollies, the bosses and the media outdid themselves turning a lockout on its head and making it out to be a strike. [ Full Story ]
environment
Ship on the reef raises renewed concerns over fatigue & crew negligence [ Full Story ]
shipping campaign
They chained themselves to the pylons, went on a hunger strike, protested covered in oily slick, rallied, letterboxed and lobbied. From Gladestone to Gunnedah, Vancouver to Kaohsiung, in Cottesloe and Canberra, seafarers were battling for their jobs and their ships. Three months and three vessels sunk with the loss of all 100 jobs. First the Yarra, then the OOCL Australia, then the Wallarah. But it was also a time of spectacular victories, with two wins in the industrial courts that could turn the tide in the sea wars. [ Full Story ]
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