One year since the massive
mobilisations against the introduction of draconian anti-trade union laws, the
workers of Australia today showed their determination to keep the struggle
alive. Over 250,000 turned out across Australia in rallies to protest.
After 28 days of being locked out workers belonging to the National Distribution Union (NDU) and the Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EMPU) at the 3 Progressive Enterprises supermarkets depots have won pay parity across all depots within the next 18 months in one of the bitterest dispute seen in New Zealand in a generation.
The recent Queensland
election was called against a backdrop of crisis in the public health system
and problems with water and electricity supply. The choice was between between
a right-wing Labor party and the avowedly anti-worker policies of the
Coalition.