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Australia: Union shuts down warehouse strike, imposes sell out

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 30/07/2012 - 6:05pm

Reprinted from the WSWS By Patrick O’Connor 25 July 2012 On Monday evening, the National Union of Workers (NUW) shut down a two-week strike and 24-hour picket by hundreds of warehouse workers in northern Melbourne, at a Toll Holdings-operated distribution centre for supermarket giant Coles.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
Workers rights
WSWS
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Toll Dispute

The Labor-Greens carbon tax hoax

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 08/07/2012 - 9:47am

By Patrick O’Connor, SEP candidate for Melbourne: 6 July 2012 Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s carbon tax finally came into effect on July 1. The Labor government and its de facto coalition partner, the Greens, marked the occasion by again boasting of the measure’s environmental and social credentials.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
climate change
Greens
Carbon Tax
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