SOCIALIST ALLIANCE TRADE UNION SEMINAR Saturday 11 May 2002 9.00 am - 6.00pm
Victorian Trades Hall Council Chambers Victoria Street, Carlton Socialist Alliance invites union and community activists to participate in a seminar on militant unionism and community solidarity. Conference themes: - Political representation of Trade Unions - Politics in the Workplace: refugees, racism, sexism and war - Solidarity with the Community For more details or to register your interest contact Riki on (03) 9387 7819 or 0400 877 819 or log onto www.socialist-alliance.org TRADE UNION SEMINAR AGENDA 9.00 - 9.30 am Registration 9.30 - 11.00 am Politics in the Workplace * Michele O'Neil - TCFUA (to be confirmed) * Barbara Rogalla - former nurse at Woomera Detention Centre * Alison Thorne - Coordinator of CPSU local organising committee at Moorabbin Call Centre 11.00 - 11.30 am Break 11.30 - 1.00 pm Trade Unions and political representation: Party response * Sue Bull - Socialist Alliance * Gurm Sekhon - Greens * Chris Clarke - CPSU & ALP member (personal capacity) 1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch 2.00 - 3.30 pm Trade Unions and political representation: Union response * Leigh Hubbard - VTHC * Craig Johnston - AMWU * Martin Kingham - CFMEU 3.30 - 4.00pm Break 4.00 - 5.30pm Making solidarity a reality * Chris Spindler - Skilled Six * Annie Delaney - FairWear * Jill Polson - Australia Asia Worker Links * Martin Kingham - Friends of the Construction Industry 5.30 - 6.00pm Close Evening: Drinks at Trades Hall Bar WHO ARE THE SOCIALIST ALLIANCE? NEARLY 2000 workers, students and pensioners have joined the Socialist Alliance since it was launched by eight socialist groups just 11 months ago. The Socialist Alliance stood 15 candidates in the federal election and ran senate tickets in six states. We have already contested elections in South Australia and the Northern Territory, and we stood in the 2002 Moreland and Darebin council elections. We are a registered federal party and the only socialist party registered in NSW. But Socialist Alliance is much more. We played a big role in opposing Bush and Howard's war on Afghanistan. We are backing the refugee campaign to the hilt. We have branches across Melbourne, Geelong and interstate. http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Messenger - A great way to communicate long-distance for FREE! . -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
