East Timor - Recommendation of ACTU Affiliates
Date: 30 April 99=20
Author: ACTU =20
The ACTU convened a meeting of affiliates on Friday 30 April to =
discuss the escalating violence in east Timor and discuss a response =
from Australian unions.=20
The meeting recommended that the
Dear comrade,
We have received notice from the human rights organisation SUARAM, that =
workers in the Harris electronics factories in Malaysia are organising a =
picket.
The Malaysian government has been attempting to stop the organisation =
and recognition of unions in electronics factories
International Day of Action
Self determination for East Timor
Democratic rights in Indonesia
Saturday 22 May 1999; 12 noon
At the Indonesian Consulate 72 Queens Road, Melbourne, Australia
The Indonesian government sponsors the massacres of East Timor independence
activists.
The Indonesian
- Original Message -
From: University Students for East Timor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: List Member [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 7:55 PM
Subject: Trade Union East Timor Protests next week
University Students for East Timor - http://www.uset.org.au
Trades Hall are
Victorian unions launch jobs campaign in manufacturing.
The Victorian Trades Hall Council and Manufacturing Industry Unions issued
a statement on 19 May launching a campaign on jobs in the manufacturing
industry, commencing with a major rally of workers on 3 June at 10:30 am.
The rally was
URGENT
INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Dear Asia Pacific Sisters
Please find below the programme for the forthcoming 1999 Women's Conference
Against APEC. It is being held immediately prior to the official APEC
Women's Leaders Meeting in Wellington.
You will be aware that rather than organising
Jabiluka Action Group (Melbourne)
union sub-committee
PO Box 2074,
Fitzroy 3065.
May 21, 1999
Attention: Branch Secretary
Dear comrade,
As you are probably aware, the campaign against the Jabiluka uranium mine
is having an impact. Mining company ERA has been forced to put back its
timetable
On 5 July, Dita Sari, chairperson of the independent trade union PPBI and
chairperson of the FNPBI (National Front for Indonesian Workers' Struggle)
was released from Tangerang Women's Prison in West Java, Indonesia.
Dita Sari had been arrested because of her union activities, and convicted
to
Workers members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) have
been on strike for more than two weeks to try to save their jobs.
The workers have been told that the entire plant at Oakleigh South will be
closed down. This is part of the continuing destruction of manufacturing
jobs
/~asiet
Endorsed by:
Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL)
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
University Students for East Timor
Webpage: www.freetimor.com
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Australia Asia Worker Links
PO Box 264 Fitzroy Victoria 3065 Australia
Tel: 03 9419 5045 Fax: 03 9416 2746
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL.VG
Note: Melbourne Metal Sri Lanka has been owned by Australian companies, but
current owners are not confirmed.
Edited summary -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 6:58 PM
Subject: ACTION AND UPDATE ON MELBOURNE METAL
Dear friends,
The workers of Melbourne Metal, Ja-Ela, Sri
March against second wave cuts to jobs and wages
Rally
Thursday 12 August; 10:30 am
Trades Hall
Corner Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton
Reith has introduced the worst anti-worker legislation yet produced by the
Australian government.
Defeat the anti union laws.
Source:
Victorian Trades
Dita Sari to tour Australia in August
By Max Lane
Dita Sari has accepted an invitation by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia
and East Timor to tour Australia. The theme of the tour will be "Freedom in
Indonesia, Free East Timor". Dita's party, the People's Democratic Party
(PRD), and the
Edited summary
UPHOLD OUR RIGHT TO PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY!
On the 21st of July 1999, another 38 people (among them 4 women) will know
the verdict of their case. They were part of the group of 127 people who
were arrested at Dataran Merdeka during one of the peaceful gatherings
calling for justice
Victorian meetings and rallies.
Ballarat:
Delegates meeting: Wed 4 August, 5:15 pm; Trades Hall, 26 Camp St Ballarat.
Stop work rally: Wed 18 August, 10:30 am; Trades Hall, 26 Camp St Ballarat.
Bendigo:
Delegates meeting: Thu 12 August, 5pm; Trades Hall, 40 View St, Bendigo.
Stop work rally:
Malaysia: The Struggle for Democracy.
The last couple of years of economic crisis and political turmoil have hit
Malaysian workers hardest. The Malaysian government has stepped up its
attacks against democratic institutions and human rights. The democracy
movement is refusing to bow to this
We have reason to believe that the Citizens Electoral Council (CEC) may try
to use the upcoming workers rally on the 12th of August to spread their
fascist message and recruit new members.
While the CEC hides behind incomprehensible economic literature promising
to rebuild all different
Malaysia - The Struggle for Democracy
Public meeting:
Thursday 19 August; 6:30 pm
at Kaleide RMIT Union Theatre
350 Swanston Street, Melbourne.
Economic crisis and political turmoil have hit Malaysian workers hardest.
The Malaysian government has stepped up its attacks against democratic
Stop the second wave anti-union laws
Demonstrate against Liberal Members of Parliament
Fri 20 August; 8:15am
Peter Reith's office
Shop 4, 184 Salmon Street, Hastings
Wed 25 August; 12 noon
Kay Patterson's office
270 Clayton Road, Clayton
Wed 1 September; 12 noon
Rod Kemp's office
12 Pascoe
The Federal Court has refused to recognise Native Title on Yorta Yorta lands
Support the Yorta Yorta Federal Court Appeal on Native Title
Demonstrate:
Wednesday 18 August; 9am
Federal Court, 305 William Street, Melbourne
Support Land Rights - Fight racism
For information:
Ellen 9662 3511
From: University Students for East Timor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Amnesty International and University Students for East Timor want you to
come and celebrate and commemorate the historical ballot in East Timor...
EAST TIMOR : ON THE EVE OF THE BALLOT
REFLECTIONS AND PREDICTIONS.
PANEL INCLUDES:
Community Radio 3CR Benefit Concert
Wednesday 8 September, evening
Clifton Hill Hotel
Corner Wellington Street and Queens Parade
Clifton Hill
With Kavisha Mazzella,
The Band Who Knew Too Much,
GIT, Frank Jones and Band,
Lyndsay Hammond
Entry $8 / $6 / $5
Information:
Community Radio 3CR
Tel:
The situation in East Timor is terrible and deteriorating.
The East Timor people are being killed for expressing their wish for
national self-determination.
Demonstrate
Wednesday 8 August; 12 noon
Casselden Place
Corner Lonsdale and Spring Streets
Melbourne
Worldwide solidarity rally
The East Timor people are being killed for expressing their wish for
national self-determination.
Australian unions are taking industrial action
to stop Garuda Indonesia flights;
to stop Indonesian cargo on ships;
to stop mail to Indonesian consulates.
Indonesian independent unions SBSI and
From: suaram [EMAIL PROTECTED]
7th Sept 1999
STATEMENT ON EAST TIMOR
Solidaritas Timor Timur Malaysia strongly condemns the Indonesian government
and Armed Forces for their violent reaction to East Timor's vote for
independence carried out under the auspices of the United Nations last week.
industrial action against the Indonesian military.
Demonstrate
5pm Wednesday 15 September 1999
Indonesian Consulate
72 Queens Road
Melbourne
Australia
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From: SBSI [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: AAWL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 4:09 PM
Subject: Industrial action to stop Indonesian
On Friday 10 September 1999 over 25,000 people demonstrated in
Melbourne
against the murders of East Timorese people by the Indonesian military.
The demonstration was organised by the Victorian Trades Hall Council
(VTHC), the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT), and
unions,
On Thursday 23 September over 10,000 people protested in Jakarta against the
new Indonesian State Security Bill.
Demonstrations continued into Friday, despite frequent police attacks.
The police shot at the demonstrators, and attacked them with baton charges,
rubber bullets and tear gas.
At
From: University Students for East Timor
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.uset.org.au
Edited summary.
The East Timorese refugees need our support.
There are over 150,000 East Timorese in concentration camps in West Timor.
It is crucial that we demand their safe return.
The creation of a
Classical Concert for East Timor
Thursday 7 October, 8pm
Malthouse Theatre
113 Sturt Street, South Melbourne
$25 / $20 Bookings: 9685 5111
Rebuild East Timor Benefit Concert
Friday 15 October, 8pm
Melbourne Concert Hall
Bookings: Ticketmaster or Free Timor Office 9639 7688
Source:
Free Timor
A fundraiser for a Land Justice Forum for the Yorta Yorta people
in their struggle for recognition of their native title.
Performers include Deb Conway, Tiddas, Anthony Morgan, Rebecca Barnard, The
Dave Graney Show, Archie Roach, Shane O'Mara, Jim Cadman, Ruby Hunter,
Kutcha Edwards Friends,
Dear comrade,
We would like to invite you to take part in a
coordinating meeting to take place on
Wednesday 17 November at 6pm
at the Free Timor Campaign office, Trades Hall,
corner Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton South.
This meeting will plan a demonstration to be held on
Friday 10
East Timor Development Studies Network is holding a one-day seminar on
The Future of Education in East Timor
9am to 5 pm, Saturday 20 November
Place: Australian Education Union
112 Trennery Crescent, Abbortsford
The seminar will provide an opportunity to bring together East Timorese and
East Timor film screening
Presented by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor
See films by Carmela Baranowska
"Scenes from an Occupation"
Part 1: "Shoot them Dead" (34 minutes)
Filmed between March-May 1999 this documentary follows the growth of
Indonesian military sponsored militia
Solidarity Dinner and Cultural Night
In solidarity with the Indigenous people and the political prisoners of
Chile
Thursday 2 December at 7pm
North Melbourne Community Centre
49-53 Buncle Street, North Melbourne
$18 / $15 concession
No BYO
Information and bookings:
9329 5808
9376 8840
0417 399
You are invited to hear the report of the recent Australian unionists visit
to Korea
At the Australia Asia Worker Links general meeting
On Tuesday 7 December, 6pm
At 124 Napier Street Fitzroy
Other reports:
East Timor, Malaysia, PNG
All welcome
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Australia Asia Worker Links
PO Box 264
are invited to make women's rights a part of their contribution.
Please send your message of support for the demonstration.
Endorsements to date:
Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET),
AustralasianMeat Industries Employees Union (AMIEU), Australia Asia
Worker Links (AAWL), Australian
Edited summary
Original message from: John Maynard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Asia Pacific Workers Solidarity Links, Aotearoa New Zealand
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000
FATALLY INJURED ON THE PICKET LINE
A supporter on a New Zealand Waterfront Workers Union picket line died on 31
The Malaysian government has begun an attack on opposition groups.
The UMNO / National Front government of Prime Minister Mahathir is
arresting leaders of opposition groups and is attempting to close down
opposition papers.
This attack is aimed at discouraging popular protests against
There will be an Invasion Day Rally for Land Rights and Justice on
Wednesday, 26 January 2000, at 11am at the GPO, Corner Elizabeth and Bourke
Streets, Melbourne.
The rally has been called by the Invasion Day Committee
and has been endorsed by
Jabiluka Action Group
Students for Land Justice
FRETILIN FUNDRAISING PARTY - 19 Feb
There will be an Fundraising Party for Fretilin's office in East Timor on
19 February 2000 at the Dandenong South Progress Hall, 66 Hammond Road,
Dandenong South, Victoria.
You can arrive at 7.00pm. The party will go until late.
The entrance fee is $8.
MAYDAY COMMITTEE General Meeting - 14 Feb
Dear Comrade,
The next General Meeting of the May Day Committee and its affiliates will be
held on:
Monday 14 February, 2000 at 7.30pm
Old Ballroom Annex
Trades Hall Building
Carlton
International Women's Day 2000 Melbourne Rally
International Women's Day 2000
Melbourne Rally
Saturday 11 March at 12 noon
Victorian State Library
(opposite Melbourne Central Station)
Swanston Street, Melbourne
Women of the World Unite and Fight
for posters or for more information: [EMAIL
Hear the latest on events in East Timor
Tuesday 22 February 2000 at 6.30pm
New International Bookshop
Trades Hall, Corner Victoria and Lygon Streets
Carlton South
It is hoped that Fretilin Leader Father Filomeno, from Dili, who is
visiting Australia, will be at the meeting to give you the
Come to the
Australia Asia Worker Links
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 7 March 2000, at 6pm
at the CEPU TS Building
71 Cromwell Street, Collingwood
All welcome
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Australia Asia Worker Links
PO Box 264 Fitzroy Victoria 3065 Australia
Tel: 03 9419 5045 Fax: 03 9416 2746
Email: [EMAIL
You are invited to meet the Comrades from Vanuatu
William Netai, Frank Numalo and Sam Nimisa are three representatives from
the Forestry and Construction Division of Vanuatu's Council of Trade Unions.
They are in Australia for a two week training course run by the
International Federation of
You are invited to hear Monica Morgan
from the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Corporation
speak on the role of international solidarity in Indigenous struggles
Australia Asia Worker Links
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 7 March 2000, at 6pm
at the CEPU TS Building
71 Cromwell Street, Collingwood
The
by AAWL and
endorsed by SBSI and VTHC.
These are some opportunities to meet with the SBSI unionists:
Saturday 18 March at 7 pm
Dinner with AAWL
Ly Ly Palace, 183 Smith Street Fitzroy
Cost: $20 / $15 RSVP: Romina 9419 5045
Monday 20 March at 7 pm
Panel discussion on Indonesia and East Timor
Free
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Demand the release and safe return of East Timorese hostages
Friday 31 March, at 3 pm
Indonesian Consulate,
72 Queens Road
Albert Park
Melbourne
In September last year the Indonesian military forcibly removed hundreds of
thousands of East
Carnival Against Capitalism
Monday 1 May, 12.30 pm
GPO, Corner Bourke Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne
March to the Stock Exchange
All welcome
Source: S11 Alliance
Celebrate May Day
Monday 1 May, 1 pm
Flinders Street station,
Corner Swanston Flinders Streets, Melbourne
March to the 8 Hour Day
Public meeting:
The fight for union rights in Indonesia
Monday 8 May; 6:30 pm
Old Ballroom,Trades Hall
Corner Victoria Lygon Streets, Crlton South
All welcome
Speakers:
Muchtar Pakpahan, General Chairperson
Rekson Silaban, International Officer
Serikat Buruh Sejahtera Indonesia (SBSI)
Urgent
Fiji unions have requested messages of solidarity for the general strike
taking place on Monday 22 May to oppose the attempted coup against the
democratically elected government of Fiji.
The Fiji Trade Union congress has asked all unions in the Asia Pacific
region for messages in support
Rebuilding our families - Rebuilding our future
Demonstrate
Friday 26 May; 10:30 am
Treasury Gardens, Spring Street, Melbourne
Come and support our struggle for justice!
Bring banners and flags showing your support for the Stolen Generations.
Survival - Unity - Dignity
Organised by:
The
Henry Reynolds
Will launch the new edition of his book
"Why weren't we told?"
Monday 29 May; 7 pm
Trades Hall
Corner Victoria and Lygon Streets
Carlton
Speakers include the author Henry Reynolds and VTHC Secretary Leigh Hubbard
Cost: Donation
Source: Trade Unionists for Land Rights
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The No More Intimidation of Teacher (NMIT) Unionists Campaign invites you
to a Dinner to Defend Our Union Delegates
Saturday 3 June at 7 pm
Lebanese House
268 Russell St, Melbourne
$20/$18 concession
Featuring
Marcus Banks: a CPSU delegate who is fighting a charge under the
Public Service Code
Unions around the Asia Pacific region have started putting into place Fiji
boycott strategies.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has announced that transport
boycotts will be in place from today, targeting sea transport, air
transport and communication.
ACTU President Sharan
Set My Union Free
Rally
Thursday 15 June; 10:30 am
Trades Hall, Lygon Street, Carlton
March to Flinders Street, Melbourne
Industrial Relations Minister Peter Reith wants to outlaw industry pattern
bargaining.
Industry bargaining ensures that weaker workplaces achieve the same
benefits as strong
Around 1100 workers at the Glenbrook steel mill, 58-km south-west of
Auckland, New Zealand are on strike.
A spokesperson for the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, which
represents around 1,000 of the mill-workers, said slow progress was being
made in the pay negotiations with
8pm Monday to Saturday
Theatreworks is located at 14 Acland Street St Kilda.
For bookings please contact 9534 3388 - the cost of the ticket is $20.00
$13.00 concession.
Yours in solidarity
Romina Beitseen
For AAWL Information
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Australia Asia Worker Links
PO Box 264 Fitzroy Victoria 3065 Austral
Fight for
improved workplace Health Safety
and WorkCover protection
Rally
Wednesday 5 July; 10 am
at Trades Hall, Lygon Street, Carlton South
Source:
Victorian Trades Hall Council
54 Victoria Street, Carlton South Vic 3053 Australia
Tel: 03 9662 3511 Fax: 03 9663 2127
Email: [EMAIL
Don't get angry
get Overland, issue 159:
"Workers' Paradise"
writings by injured workers
to be launched by
Rachel Berger
Friday 21 July; 6:30 pm
Trades Hall Bar
Upstairs, Trades Hall
Corner Victoria Lygon Streets, Calton South
Music by Big Island
Readngs by Pi. O, Yossi Berger, Kevin
East Timorese Party
With special guest
Lu-Olo, President of Fretilin
Saturday 22 July at 7 pm
North Melbourne Town Hall
Corner Errol and Queensberry Streets
North Melbourne
Food and drinks available
Live East Timorese Band
Cost: $10 Entry
For information contact
Lito Santos: 03 9700 5639
or
Fretilin
(The Revolutionary Front for Independence for East Timor)
Invites you to meet with
Lu-Olo
Coordinator of Fretilin Presidential Council
On Friday 21 July at 4 pm
Trades Hall Bar
Upstairs, Trades Hall
Corner Victoria Lygon Streets, Carlton South
Introduction by Sharan Burrows
Subject: Global Action Conference, speakers + agenda
http://www.egroups.com/message/melb2000-announce/38
THE GLOBAL ACTION CONFERENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL ACTION IN AN ERA OF GLOBALISATION
SAT, JULY 29. Melbourne University $10/ $5
proudly presented by:
GREEN LEFT WEEKLY 9639 8622
FRIENDS
Come to the next
Australia Asia Worker Links
General Meeting
Tuesday 1 August 2000, at 6pm
at 124 Napier Street Fitzroy
agenda:
indonesian unions training project
regional health safety project
awo, apheda, website
apwsl meeting in manila
finances, radio, information
aawl 21st birthday dinner
You are invited to the
Australia Asia Worker Links
21st Birthday Dinner
21 years against
global capital
21 years of
international solidarity
Ly Ly Palace, 183 Smith Street, Fitzroy
Cost: $20 / $15
To book call Jill: 03 9419 5045
S9
Saturday 9 September 2000 at 7 pm
All welcome
workers change
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:49 AM
Due to several requests there will be an S11 Alliance Meeting tommorrow:
Wednesday 20 September, 6.30pm
Meeting Room 1, Building 12
Level 4, Lesley Clucas Lounge
RMIT, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Possible agenda items include
Come to the next
Australia Asia Worker Links
General Meeting
Tuesday 3 October at 6 pm
124 Napier Street, Fitzroy
Reports:
manrico moro on manila and bangkok
mandy coulson on east timor
regional health safety project
indonesian training project for
sbsi, fnpbi, sbj sbr
10 december activities
Rally and March
against the Federal Government's racism
Saturday 14 October at 2 pm
State Library,
Swanston and Latrobe sts
Melbourne
FREE THE REFUGEES
a.. Stop Racist Scapegoating
b.. Full Rights, not Temporary Visas
c.. Funding for settlement, not detention
music, street theatre,
The Annual General Meeting of the
Melbourne May Day Committee
will be held on
Tuesday 24 October at 7:30 pm
in the Evatt Room, Trades Hall
Corner Lygon Victoria Streets
Carlton South
The election for positions on the committee will take place at this meeting
Source:
Melbourne May Day
Palestinian Culture Information Evening
Saturday 25 November, 7 pm
Upstairs Bar, Trades Hall
Corner Lygon Victoria Streets, Carlton South
* photographic exhibition
* 'STRESS' - a short film about everyday experiences of Palestinians in the
Occupied Territories
* speakers - from the
Marshals are required for the Walk for Reconciliation
taking place in Melbourne on Sunday 3 December.
If you would like to volunteer to be a marshal
you need to attend the briefing session that will be held
on the corner of St Kilda Road and Jeffries Parade
at the Melbourne Grammar School boat
Workers Change the World
You are invited to the
International Human Rights Day
AAWL Luncheon.
1.00pm Sunday
10th of December 2000
Maritime Union of Australia
46 Ireland St, West Melbourne
Victoria 3003.
Speakers:
Monica Morgan - Yorta Yorta people, Barmah region
Konneng Lay - Fretilin
You are invited to the next
AAWL general meeting
Tuesday 6 February 2001 at 6 pm
124 Napier Street Fitzroy
regional health safety project
visit from thailand, melbourne - february
visit from korea, melbourne - february
indonesian unions training project
with sbsi fnpbi, sbj sbr
brisbane
you are invited to the AAWL annual general meeting
solidarity at work
6pm - tuesday 6 march 2001
trades hall, victoria st
carlton south
7pm - speakers
dr setia (fnpbi) indonesia
abdurrachman (sbj) indonesia
rohan england (ydp-uim) korea
followed by dinner
at gandaria satay house
112 lygon st
entrance
University of Melbourne
Parkville
Jointly organised by AAWL
and The Indonesian Program,
Melbourne Institute for Asian Languages and Societies
University of Melbourne
Please note:
This event will be in Bahasa Indonesia, with no English interpreting.
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Australia Asia Worker Links (ABN 82
necessary step in the strengthening of the
Australian working class. We hope that in the future, actions on May Day
will grow and be coordinated internationally around the region, as a truly
international day of working class power.
It is in this spirit that AAWL wishes to send solidarity greetings
From: Nic Maclellan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FIJI, AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Wednesday 30 May, 6pm
Venue: New International Bookshop
Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton
(corner of Lygon and Victoria Streets)
Phone: 96623744
Nancy Atkin and Nic Maclellan will speak about Australian
Free the Refugees
RALLY
Sunday 3 June at 1 pm
State Library
Corner Swanston and Latrobe Street
Melbourne
Refugees fleeing persecution, torture and the fear of death arrive in
Australia seeking safe haven. Instead they are locked up in remote and
inhospitable desert compounds surrounded by
Comrades and friends,
below please find
(i) the text of an open letter which Australian activists will send to the
Australian Foreign Minister in response to the attack on the INCREASE
Conference on June 8, 2001
(ii) the website of ASIET [Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor]
aawl telephone and fax numbers have changed
please change your records:
tel: 61 3 9663 7277 fax: 61 3 9662 4557
you are invited to the next
aawl general meeting
at our new office
tuesday 4 september at 6 pm
earthworker room, 2nd floor, old building
RALLY For Jobs, Job Security and a FAIR Industrial Relations System
Stop Work and Rally
Thursday 1 November, 12 noon
City Square, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Tell John Howard that job security and fair employment matter
Source:
Victorian Trades Hall Council
Tel: 03 9662 3511
Web:
Free Tian Chua
Saturday 27 October
is the international day of action
to free Tian Chua
Tian Chua has been jailed under the Internal Security Act.
Tian has a long history of organising workers of all races in Malaysia. Tian
was the organiser of the Labour Resource Centre in Malaysia and a main
Dear comrade,
Anita Chan is a lecturer at Australian National University, Canberra
and author of China's Workers Under Assault.
She will be providing AAWL with a briefing
on the trade union situation in China
Friday 26 October at 6 pm
Evatt Room, First Floor, Trades Hall
54 Victoria Street
RALLY For Jobs, Job Security and a FAIR Industrial Relations System
Stop Work and Rally
Thursday 1 November, 12 noon
City Square, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Tell John Howard that job security and fair employment matter
Source:
Victorian Trades Hall Council
Tel: 03 9662 3511
Web:
CONCERT AND PARTY
TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE AFGHANISTAN REFUGEE CRISIS
at Preston Town Hall
cnr High St and Gower St Preston
at 3 pm on Sunday 25 November
Featuring fabulous musicians:
Kavisha Mazzella
Doug de Vries and Diana Clark
Crying in Public Places
Carl Pannuzzo
Petrunka
Phil Bywater and
PRESS RELEASE
from Aboriginal Catholic Ministry, Melbourne
JUSTICE BASED ON TRUTH VIGIL
The Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Melbourne is holding a VIGIL on November 1
- 2. This significant gathering is an opportunity to ceremonially
acknowledge the Aboriginal people who were massacred during the
the Australia Karen Youth Project (AKYP)
and Footscray Community Arts Centre
present
The Hidden Land
a theatre production of the life struggles of the Karen people from Burma
Directed by John Bolton
with Pongjit Saphakhun, Richard Barber, Ler Say Wai, Jennifer Nield
Samantha Bews
Malaysian labour activist Tian Chua has been detained without charge
since 10 April 2001, because he is a democracy activist and a labour
activist.
Tian has sent AAWL and Australian labour activists a solidarity card
from prison.
Send your solidarity card to Tian. Support the campaign
Free Tian Chua
Demonstrate: Wednesday 10 April, 12:30 pm
Malaysian Airlines, Nauru House, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne
Tian was jailed on 10 April 2001.
Tian Chua is jailed under the Internal Security Act. Tian has a long
history of organising workers of all races in Malaysia. Tian was
Coming up:
Thursday 26 September at 5:30 pm
Public meeting with Emilia Dapulang, KMU Labour Centre, Philippines
in the Old Ballroom, Trades Hall
Tuesday 1 October at 6 pm
Public meeting: Road to Freedom
with reports from Damien Lawson and Richard Lane
Human Rights in Bangkok, Detentions in
'. They are all pleading not guilty.
The trial will begin on Tuesday 8 October at 10 am at the
Magistrates Court, Corner William and Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne.
You are encouraged to show your support for workers rights by attending
the court case.
Source: AAWL
Australia Asia Worker Links - PO Box 264
, and all the people who sent solidarity
messages.
Source: AAWL
Australia Asia Worker Links - PO Box 264 Fitzroy Victoria 3065 Australia
Tel: 61 3 9663 7277 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.aawl.org.au
ABN: 82 920 590 967 Assn No: A1318=20
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Leftlink - Australia's Broad
Defend the CFMEU
Rally: Thursday 24 October at 8:45 am
Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South
March to the Magistrates Court at 9 am
The attack on CFMEU is a threat to all - Their rights are our rights
The Victorian Trades Hall Council urge all unions to rally on 24 October
against
3CR Subscriber Drive
November 8 -15 2002
3CR 855 AM
3CR Radio, Melbourne's independent and progressive radio station is
having its annual subscriber drive.
3CR Radio has over 400 volunteers and 20 different languages on air each
week.
3CR Radio is community radio where you can hear programs
International Human Rights Day
Tuesday 10 December 2002
6:30 pm Trades Hall
54 Victoria Street Carlton South
Public Meeting
The fight for workers' rights
Martin Kingham
with Leigh Hubbard, Damien Lawson
Dave Kerin for the Victorian Peace Network
and a speaker representing Refugees
Workers
Defend the building unions
Defend union rights
Rally Thursday 6 February 9 am
Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South
The VTHC urges affiliates and activists to join a rally in defence of
the building unions and Martin Kingham on 6 February at 9am at Trades Hall.
Martin Kingham will
Rally: Defend the building unions
6 February at 9am at Trades Hall
Martin Kingham will appear in the Magistrates Court on 6 February facing
charges arising out of the anti-union Cole Royal Commission
The VTHC urges affiliates and activists to join a rally in defence of
the building unions and
Latest update: 602 anti war demonstrations worldwide
This website lists the cities publicising anti war demonstrations and links
to the organising groups:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=725
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Australia Asia Worker Links - PO Box 264 Fitzroy Victoria 3065 Australia
Tel: 61 3 9663
You are invited to a dinner and dance
in support of East Timorese Asylum seekers
Saturday 1 March at 7:30 pm
St Augustine's Hall, Somerville Road, Yarraville
Featuring East Timorese music, dancing, a great jazz duo and Rod Quantock
Cost: $35 for 3 course meal. Drinks at bar prices
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