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 T&S Building
71 Cromwell Street, Collingwood
The m
Come to the
Australia Asia Worker Links
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 7 March 2000, at 6pm
at the CEPU T&S Building
71 Cromwell Street, Collingwood
All welcome
***
Australia Asia Worker Links
PO Box 264 Fitzroy Victoria 3065 Australia
Tel: 03 9419 5045 Fax: 03 9416 2746
Email: [EMAIL PROTECT
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 lates
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 PRO
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 So
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.
Th
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 and
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 corrupti
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 3
sent their message of support to
the demonstration in Melbourne Australia:
Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL)
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Australian Education Union (AEU)
Australian Services Union (ASU) Private Sector Division
Australasian Meat Industries Employees Union (AMIEU
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),
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
***
Australia Asia Worker Links
PO Box 264 Fitzr
demonstration.
Endorsements to date:
Australasian Meat Industries Employees Union (AMIEU), Australia Asia Worker
Links (AAWL), Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Chilean Popular and
Indigenous Network, Electrical Trades Union (ETU), FairWear Campaign, Free
Timor Campaign, Freedom Socialist
The Annual General Meeting of the May Day Committee
is to be held on Monday 29 November 1999 at 7:30pm
in the Old Ballroom Annex, Trades Hall
Corner Lygon and Victoria Streets Carlton South.
Matters to be dealt with include slogans for buttons, ribbons and the
poster.
The Annual Election for all
Come to AAWL's 20th birthday dinner
Where: Kake di Hatti
128 Lygon Street, East Brunswick
When: Saturday 4 December at 7pm
Cost: $20 waged / $14 unwaged
RSVP: Call Jill on 9419 5045 by December 1st
Happy 20th Birthday AAWL!
***
Australia Asia Worker Links
PO Box 264 Fitzroy Victoria
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
Speak Loud for Land Justice
Public meeting
Thursday 9 December at 7pm
Storey Hall, RMIT, Swanston St, Melbourne
Speakers include
Monica Morgan of the Yorta Yorta Nation, Murrandoo Yanner, Michael Mansell,
Marjorie Thorpe and
Margaret Gardiner.
Entry by gold coin donation.
The meeting has been o
The 1999 International Human Rights Day demonstration
is scheduled to be held on
Friday 10 December 1999 at 6pm
at the GPO, corner Bourke and Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.
The aim of the demonstration is to focus on human rights in the Asia
Pacific. The demonstration is proposed in solidarity wit
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
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
Austra
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 Decembe
The City of Moreland and the AEU will be holding a basket supper on
November 19th at the Brunswick Council Chambers
The cost is $25 with drinks at bar prices.
The Naked Flame and Trades Hall choir will provide entertainment.
All proceeds to APHEDA and Community Aid Abroad.
Tickets can be obtain
A Commemorative Ceremony for the Anniversary of the 1991 Santa Cruz
Massacre will be held on Friday 12 November at 6pm at the East Timor vigil
Indonesian Consulate, 72 Queens Road, Melbourne
Speakers at 7 pm
Please bring food, candles and blankets. No alcohol
Source: Free Timor Campaign
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A
The Victorian Trade Unions Gala Family & Race Day
will be held on
Sunday 7 November; 11am to 6pm
at Cranbourne Race Course
Races, fashion, family fun, free food, music, children's entertainment,
picnic on the lawns, jumping castle, clowns, story tellers, pony rides.
Tickets: $6.00 family, $3.0
The 300 union meat workers employed by beef processor G&K O'Connor in
Pakenham, Melbourne, Australia have now been locked out for nearly eight
months.
The meat workers are members of the Australasian Meat Industries Employees
Union (AMIEU). Despite eight months without any wages, and despite bein
Australia Asia Worker Links has proposed a demonstration for human rights in
the Asia Pacific for Friday 10 December 1999 (International Human Rights
Day).
This demonstration is proposed in solidarity with the people of East Timor
and in solidarity with the workers' movement.
This proposal will
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, Pa
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 Cam
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
To: AAWL affiliates, members and subscribers.
The next meetings of AAWL are:
Tuesday 5 October, 7pm - General meeting
To discuss East Timor - The tactics to increase pressure on the Indonesian
military.
Tuesday 12 October, 7pm - Union meeting
To discuss Australia - Supporting the trade union
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 least
From: Haydie Gooder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 10:34 AM
Speaking Strong: Australian Indigenous Struggles on Film
Over the next four weeks, Students for Land Justice and Reconciliation
bring you a festival of great and rarely screened Australian films. Each
night the
From: KPP-PRD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 1:56 PM
CENTRAL LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (KPP-PRD)
Jl. Jend. Basuki Rahmat No. 7B Jakarta Timur
Telp: 62-21-8561542, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Press Statement
On International Peace Keeping Forces
From: Max Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Action In Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET)
www.peg.apc.org/~asiet
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 11:05 AM
Subject: Indonesian Unionists back East Timor freedom struggle
Indonesian Unionists back East Timor freedom struggle
(The following s
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, solidari
pport industrial action against the Indonesian military.
Demonstrate
5pm Wednesday 15 September 1999
Indonesian Consulate
72 Queens Road
Melbourne
Australia
***
From: SBSI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: AAWL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 4:09 PM
Subject: Industri
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.
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 FNP
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
Demonstra
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:
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:
Eliz
Edited summary
Demonstrate at Nike Superstore
Corner of Bourke and Swanston Streets
Melbourne, Australia
Sunday 5 September; 1pm
Protest against the Nike failure to address the rights of workers making
their
products in Australia and overseas.
The Textile Clothing Footwear union of Australia
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
David
More than 80,000 workers supported a demonstration held in Melbourne
Australia on Thursday 12 August 1999 to protest against the Australian
government's proposed new industrial relation laws.
The new proposed laws would cut wages and conditions for workers, reduce
the ability of unions to represe
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 Vale
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
insti
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 parts
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 pr
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: Th
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
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 Indones
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 Hall
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 Lan
/~asiet
Endorsed by:
Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL)
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
University Students for East Timor
Webpage: www.freetimor.com
***
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
A rally against the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu will be held on
Wednesday 14 July at 12 noon
at the GPO
Corner Bourke and Elizabeth Streets
Melbourne
A report will be made to the demonstration about the outcome of the United
Nations World Heritage Committee meeting which will be deciding whet
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 s
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 in
Please note that this year's NAIDOC march will be on
Friday 9 July at 10am
starting at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service
at 186 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy
Source: Defenders of Native Title, Melbourne.
Fight racism - Support Land Rights
***
Australia Asia Worker Links
PO Box 264 Fitzroy
Solidarity with Solomon Island workers
A solidarity fundraiser will be held
at the Comrades Bar, 514 Swanston Street, Carlton
on Monday 5 July at 5pm
for the Solomon Islands National Union of Workers (SINUW)
Workers members of SINUW have been picketing the Malaysian logging company
Earthmovers
Support the meatworkers to win.
This fight is your fight.
Beef processor G&K O'Connor in Packenham, Melbourne, Australia have locked
out 300 union members. The locked out workers, members of the Australasian
Meat Industry Employees' Union (AMIEU) need your support.
The dispute started in Novembe
University Students for East Timor - http://www.uset.org.au
As most people will know, the East Timorese will hold an historic vote on
their future in August 8th this year.
In mid July this year, a student delegation will go to East Timor to work
with East Timorese students in their campaigns aro
Support Sri Lankan workers.
Melbourne Metal, an Australian company operating in Sri Lanka, is trying to
deny workers the right to form a union.
Please support the workers at Melbourne Metal, and the Industrial Transport
and General Workers Union (ITGWU) Sri Lanka
Melbourne Metal (Pvt.) Ltd is l
Solidarity with Indoneasian strikers.
There will be a benefit to raise money for 2000 textile workers, mainly
women, who have been on strike at the Tyfountex plant in Solo, Indonesia,
since August 1998.
Saturday 19 June at 7:30 pm
at the Comrades Bar, Swanston St
(next to the ETU offices, corner
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 a
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
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 call
- 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 orga
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 g
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 f
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 eff
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