Hi, Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Don�t forget the Workers� Control Conference is on this weekend: 10th, 11th and 12th October at the University of Technology, Sydney.
The final agenda for the Workers� Control Conference is out. A summary is pasted below, but you can check-out the full agenda (and conference papers) here: http://www.jura.org.au/workerscontrol/agenda.html The Conference Launch �Reforming the Union Movement Today� is shaping up to be a great event with: * Louise Tarrant (Nat. Ass. Secretary LHMU) speaking on �The Organising Model: Successes and Limitations", * Paul True (Author and NSW CFMEU Official) speaking on �The NSW Builders' Labourers Federation - The Road From Apathy To Action�, and * Joan Doyle (newly elected Secretary of the Victorian Postal Union) speaking on �The Ability Of Militant Unionists To Change Their Unions� It starts at 7pm, and is at the University of Technology Sydney, Tower Building (on Broadway). It cost just $5 entry fee . HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CONFERENCE The rest of the conference is looking equally promising: * Martin Kingham : The Possibilities and Limits of Direct Action Today * Drew Cottle : The Harco �Stay-put�: Workers� Control in One Factory? * Dom Rowe : Organising and recruiting in difficult workplaces: The experience of Newspoll call centre. * Jenny Long and Leon Parissi - Public sector workers resist - no more restructuring and job cuts, * Annette Maguire : The Student-Worker Uprising in France in May 1968. * Sam Russell : The Workers� Revolt Against Stalinism in Hungary in 1956 . * Michael Matterson : Revolutionary Reforms and Andre Gorz. * Peter Sheldon : The Sydney Rockchoppers and the rise of job control activism before World War 1. * Greg Mallory : The Social Responsibility of Trade Unions: the 1938 Port Kembla Pig-iron dispute and the NSW Builders Labourers Federation Green Bans. * Humphrey McQueen : Some forms of industrial democracy in Australia, 1965-75. * Hall Greenland : The idea of self-management in Marxist revolutionary theory. The experience in Australia of the Revolutionary Marxist Tendency. * Nick Harrigan : Workers� Self-Management and the experience of the Allende Government in Chile 1970-3. * Mark McGuire - Unorthodox Leninism: Gramsci and Workers' Control. * Liam Mitchell : Solidarity and community campaigning. * Karen Iles & Camille Barbagallo : Organising Young Workers: Challenges and Problems. CONFERENCE COST The conference fee for the whole weekend (including the opening forum) is only $15 for the entire weekend, or, if you would like to attend only parts of the conference, $5 for the Friday night, and $10 per day on the Saturday and Sunday. REGISTER NOW To help with catering and printing, we would deeply appreciate it if people could register for the conference. You can do this online at the conference website: http://www.jura.org.au/workerscontrol/ This will also speed up the process at the registration desk at the conference, because we will already have your details. REGISTRATION AT THE CONFERENCE Please note that we�ve set aside registration time from 6.30pm-7pm on Friday, and 9.30am-10am Saturday and Sunday. We encourage everyone to get to the conference in time to register, because we will be starting the sessions on time. Looking forward to seeing you there. In Solidarity, Nick Harrigan for the Workers� Control Conference Organising Collective Phone: 02 9572 9089 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail: PO Box N32 Petersham North NSW 2049 Web: http://www.jura.org.au/workerscontrol/ ---------------------------------- SUMMARY OF AGENDA For a full agenda go here: http://www.jura.org.au/workerscontrol/agenda.html Friday 10th October Location: Room 406, University of Technology Sydney, Tower Building (Broadway) 6.30pm-7pm: REGISTRATIONS 7pm-9pm - Plenary CONFERENCE LAUNCH: Reforming the Union Movement Today The Organising Model: Successes and Limitations - Louise Tarrant The NSW Builders' Labourers Federation - The Road From Apathy To Action - Paul True The Ability Of Militant Unionists To Change Their Unions - Joan Doyle Saturday 11th October Location: Haymarket Campus, UTS. Cr. Quay St and Ultimo Rd. (3 minutes walk from Central) 9.30-10am: REGISTRATIONS 10am-12pm � Plenary Direct Action on the Job The Possibilities and Limits of Direct Action Today - Martin Kingham The Harco �Stay-put�: Workers� Control in One Factory? - Drew Cottle The Experience of the Melbourne Tram Workers - Peter Reily 1pm � 1.55pm - Workshop Session 1 Unorthodox Leninism: Gramsci and Workers' Control - Mark McGuire Public sector workers resist - no more restructuring and job cuts. - Jenny Long and Leon Parissi, Australia @ Work: Jobs and Affordable Housing - Bob Laughton Who's in control? Racial and Sexual Politics within Workers' Control. - Annette Maguire The situation in Iraq and the working class struggle. 2.05pm � 3pm Workshop Session 2 Organising and recruiting in difficult workplaces: The experience of Newspoll call centre. - Dom Rowe An introduction to the Centre for Workers' Control and organising a workplace newsletter. - Nick Harrigan and Annette Maguire. Consumers Association for USU members. - Kirsten Cameron. Dare to fight, dare to win - Socialist Alliance trade union strategies. - Melanie Sjoberg. Autonomous Social Movements in Europe in the 1970s and 80s. - Paul McCartan. 3:15pm - 5.15pm � Plenary Workers Self-Management and the Upsurge of the 1960s and 70s: Part I The Student-Worker Uprising in France in May 1968. - Annette Maguire The Workers� Revolt Against Stalinism in Hungary in 1956 - Sam Russell The Images of the Spanish Civil War as inspirations for workers and students during May 1968. - Michael Matterson Sunday 12th October 9.30-10am: REGISTRATIONS 10am-12pm � Plenary The Australian Experience of Workers' Self-Management The Sydney Rockchoppers and the rise of job control activism before World War 1. - Peter Sheldon The Social Responsibility of Trade Unions: the 1938 Port Kembla Pig-iron dispute and the NSW Builders Labourers Federation Green Bans. - Greg Mallory 1pm-1.55pm - Workshops Session 3 Revolutionary Reforms and Andre Gorz. - Michael Matterson Organising Young Workers: Challenges and Problems. Karen Iles & Camille Barbagallo Solidarity and community campaigning. - Liam Mitchell An introduction to the Centre for Workers' Control and organising a workplace newsletter - Nick Harrigan and Annette Maguire. 2.05pm - 4pm � Plenary Workers' Self-Management and the Upsurge of the 1960s and 70s: Part II Some forms of industrial democracy in Australia, 1965-75. - Humphrey McQueen, The idea of self-management in Marxist revolutionary theory. The experience in Australia of the Revolutionary Marxist Tendency - Hall Greenland Workers� Self-Management and the experience of the Allende Government in Chile 1970-3 - Nick Harrigan 4.15pm-5.30pm - Final Plenary: Where to from here? An open discussion. . -- -- 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 Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
