Workers Issues in Australia & the Pacific
Australia: Engineers place bans, defying Qantas intimidation
By Terry Cook, November 23, 2009
Aircraft engineers at Qantas began industrial action on November 13 in support of improved pay and working conditions. The 190 professional engineers, members of the Association of Professional Engine...
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
November 21, 2009
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
November 14, 2009
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Australia: Qantas aircraft engineers vote for industrial action
By Terry Cook, November 7, 2009
About 190 professional engineers at Qantas voted by 98 percent to take industrial action after seven months of negotiations for a new work agreement failed to resolve issues over pay and working condi...
Australian government’s industrial “cop” prosecutes union over Qantas strikes
By Mike Head, November 3, 2009
The Rudd government’s Fair Work Ombudsman and Qantas are seeking fines, multi-million dollar compensation
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
October 31, 2009
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
October 17, 2009
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
New Zealand workers face deepening assault on jobs and conditions
By Chris Ross and John Braddock, October 16, 2009
Over the past two months, workers in New Zealand have faced an intensifying barrage of attacks on their jobs, wages, and working conditions.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
October 10, 2009
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
October 3, 2009
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
“Fair Work Australia”: A union-enforced straitjacket on workers
By Mike Head, September 26, 2009
The trade unions are enforcing Labor’s industrial legislation that goes far beyond the previous government’s “Work Choices” laws in prohibiting nearly all strikes.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
September 26, 2009
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
