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War on the Wharfies Sitemap
September 16 1998

Contents

Francais - Australie - 1400 dockers licenciés (Le Monde Libertaire)
Deutsch - Krieg an den australischen Häfen (Labournet)

An International Call to Support the Australian Wharfies! - I.W.W.
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Public Rallies & Notices:

Takver's Notices (4 April)
1400 wharfies sacked in midnight raids
Threat to use scabs and lockout Brisbane wharfies
Wharfies being swindled?
P&C discriminates against applicants who won't cross picket lines
Workplace Relations Act breaches ILO

Photo-essay of Huge Melbourne Rally May 6 (6 May)(190KB - 14 photos)

Photo-essay of East Swanson Dock Picket 18-20 April (30 April)(275KB - 14 photos)

Support Maritime Workers! Picnic 1st March Photos Page (100KB)
News Summary 1st March | The Guardian Report

Melbourne Union Delegates Rally 10 Feb Photos page (154KB)
News Summary 10 Feb 1998

Feature Articles:

Solidarity with Neptune Jade Defendants (California) (22Jul1998)

Los Angeles protest strong and loud (15 June)

The Patrick Corporate Scam - an overview (1 June)

Indonesia News and Democracy Links (16 May)

Wharf Reform: We're Paying. Engineering a Dockside Revolution (22 April)

From the MUA Picket Line - Workers stand firm (18 April)

Songs and chants from the Picket Line (27 April)

Transport Workers Union Driver Safety, NSW Labor Council Support (17 April)

Public Service International condemns Australian Government! (17 April)

NAZIS AND UNIONS - Why Jenny George is right to warn us (17 April)

Putting Patrick in the dock (1 April)

Who is who in the War on the Wharfies (1 April)

Selling the commonwealth - the Telstra Sale (30 March)

Rally for Wik - Defend Native title (23 March)
While unionism is being attacked, the Government is colluding in a massive land grab by wealthy pastoralists by severely restricting Native Title rights.

Newcastle Workers Rally to Defend MUA (20 March)

Australian Radical History - Maritime Strike 1890 (10 March)

Politics of the wharves stoush (26 Feb)

Workers v. Army. Why aren't we talking about it? (24 Feb)

British Thatcherite advising Australian port employers (20 Feb)

Unions today in Australia (20 Feb)
Why management dislike the unions and will attempt to have you abandon your membership

Australian Radical History - Maritime Strike 1878 - 1879 (12 Feb)

Trade Practices Act, Workplace Relations Act and Crimes Act (9 Feb)

Background Information

Humour, Jokes, Satire, and other laughing matters (5 March)
Find Peter's Heart! Web Game (8 May)
http://www.houseoflove.com.au/ratbag/heartlessbastard/
Yes kids, c'mon! It's fun! Just take a look at the picture of Peter Reith, and click where you think his heart might be. If you don't find it first time, just keep trying until you do. If you do find Peter's heart, you'll win a prize!
Background News and Information
Fact sheet No 1 - 3 Feb 1998

Legal Information and background

Department of Workplace Relations Internet Database, Osiris (27 April)
for award conditions and industrial agreements
Legal Decisions (27 April)
NetJustice channel to collect and collate primary materials concerning the dispute as they arise. Requires Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer 4.
Australasian Legal Information Institute Waterfront Index (18 May)
High Court Decisions and Transcripts, Federal Court of Australia Decisions, Supreme Court of Victoria Decisions relating to the war on the wharfies
Full text of the Federal Court interim order (22 April)
Full text of the High Court Appeal by Patrick (4 May)
Stevedoring Levy (Collection) Bill 1998 (18 May)
Bills Digest No. 201 1997-98 - background information on this controversial bill
Outline of the Waterfront Dispute (26 May)
Parliamentary Library Current Issues Brief #15 1997-98 by Steve O'Neill
Australian Parliamentary Library: Troops as Strikebreakers: Use of the Defence Force in Industrial Action Situations (1 June)
Australian Parliamentary Library: Can Deregulation Save Australian Industrial Relations?: A Review of British and New Zealand Policy Experience and its Implications for Australia (1 June)
NSW Parliament: Reforming the Waterfront: Background to the Current Debate Briefing Paper 5/98 (1 June)
Australia's waterfront reform: fact sheet January 1995 (1 June)

Archived News Summaries

September 1998

(16/09/98) P&O Nedlloyd to sack 300 British and 30 New Zealand mariners
(06/09/98) Non-union loaded ship - "Ever Gloria" - headed for Australia
(05/09/98) ACCC settles legal action against MUA

August 1998

(26/08/98) 20 Canadian waterfront workers arrested
(20/08/98) Waterfront dispute lingers with the ACCC
(13/08/98) Dubai passports confirm conspiracy
(13/08/98) Cowardly Politicians
(13/08/98) Patrick Corporate scam spreads to Meat Industry
(09/08/98) Davids Dispute continues solidarity
(06/08/98) Agreement signed with Patrick
(06/08/98) Coombs replies to Financial Review Editorial
(01/08/98) Reith sets sites on builders
(01/08/98) Union declares Job Network a failure

July 1998

(24/7/98) Peace Deal delayed by Australian Consumer and Competition Commission
(24/7/98) NFF Farmer recommends joining the union

June 1998

(29/6/98) Peace Deal ratified by MUA members - Government embarrassed by further documents
(29/6/98) Waterfront Peace Deal Summary
(22/6/98) Will the Rank and File swallow the Deal?
(22/6/98) Scab Workers Look Towards Unions - Collective Bargaining Praised
(22/6/98) MUA-Patrick deal: a great struggle faces betrayal
(15/6/98) Pragmatic Victory for Union - settlement still being negotiated
(13/6/98) Union Victory close to hand
(13/6/98) LA protest strong and loud
(10/6/98) Union wins more time over bank objections
(5/6/98) Leaked documents reveal Government conspiracy role
(01/6/98) P&O deals a blow to Government union busting

May 1998

(29/5/98) Injunctions on MUA for secondary boycotts
(29/5/98) Conspiracy case upsets Government election timetable
(28/5/98) Columbus Canada sails with scab loaded cargo
(27/5/98) Columbus Canada berths - scab cargo to stay aboard
(26/5/98) Temper Tantrum by Reith at union deal - More on scab ships
(23/5/98) Double legal action initiated against Maritime Union
(22/5/98) Banking Consortium implicated in anti-union conspiracy
(22/5/98) Banking Consortium implicated in anti-union conspiracy
(21/5/98) Skirmishes continue in waterfront war
(19/5/98) Columbus Canada still stopped at Los Angeles
(19/5/98) Pressure the Banks Campaign
(18/5/98) Columbus Line preparing legal action against US Dockers Union
(18/5/98) Corrigan offers to cut conditions
(16/5/98) Prime Minister shown as top man in waterfront strategy
(16/5/98) Justice Beach exacts vengeance on MUA
(16/5/98) COMMENT - Waterfront Politics - Indonesia erupts against Suharto
(13/5/98) Los Angeles stops Scab ship unloading
(12/5/98) Government anti-union campaign continues against wharfies
(10/5/98) Los Angeles Longshore workers refuse to cross Community Picket
(8/5/98) Wharfies return to work around Australia
(8/5/98) The dirt from Dubai implicates P.M.
(8/5/98) Government under attack from International Unions
(6/5/98) 100,000 people march in support of the MUA
(5/5/98) Wharfies return to work - Union under pressure
(4/5/98) High Court Decision supports union
(4/5/98) From the Picket Line 4 May 1998
(3/5/98) From the Picket Line 3 May 1998
(3/5/98) Documents implicate PM in conspiracy
(3/5/98) Banks may fund labour companies
(3/5/98) LabourStart Free Windows Screensaver
(1/5/98) Mayday on the picket line at East Swanson Dock
(1/5/98) Further allegations on Government conspiracy

April 1998

(29/4/98) High Court still out on Patrick appeal till Thursday
(29/4/98) Dispute is about union rights not productivity
(29/4/98) From the Picket Line 29 April
(27/4/98) High Court still sitting in judgement
(24/4/98) Maritime Union wins moral ground
(23/4/98) High Court stay on Federal court order to reinstate workers
(23/4/98) Labournet Site attacked, ISP intimidated over wharf dispute
(22/4/98) Reinstatement Stayed by Full Bench
(22/4/98) From the Picket Line 22 April
(22/4/98) The truth behind Reith's Lies
(22/4/98) Wharfies win in court, but lose the battle?
(21/4/98) From the Picket Line 21 April
(20/4/98) Supreme Court Injunction excludes public protest
(20/4/98) From the Picket Line - 20th April
(17/4/98) From the Picket Line - 17-18th April
(17/4/98) INTERNATIONAL UNION CALLS ON CUSTOMS OFFICERS WORLD-WIDE TO SUPPORT MUA
(16/4/98) N.S.W. Transport Workers Union reminds drivers on safety
(16/4/98) Labor Council of N.S.W. organises to support wharfies
(16/4/98) Business crisis while Lang shares surge
(16/4/98) Government seeks move to High Court
(16/4/98) From the Picket Line - 16 April
(15/4/98) Injunctions against MUA picketing
(15/4/98) From the Picket Line - 15 April
(14/4/98) From the Picket Line - 14 April
(14/4/98) Federal Government - breaching own laws?
(14/4/98) Corrigan offers jobs - at a high price
(13/4/98) From the Picket Line - 12-13 April
(11/4/98) Injunction Against ITF
(11/4/98) International Solidarity
(11/4/98) From the Picket Line - 11 April
(11/4/98) Union Strategy - patience required
(11/4/98) The Conspiracy
(11/4/98) P&O pushing union
(11/4/98) Dismissed for being union
(11/4/98) MUA election threat
(10/4/98) Union Strategy - Blockade Patrick
(10/4/98) From the Picket Line - 10 April
(10/4/98) International Solidarity spreading
(10/4/98) ACTU holds workers back for a legal attack
(10/4/98) ITF urges shipowners to avoid Patrick
(9/4/98 - 6pm) Wharfies mass sackings to be challenged in court
(9/4/98 - 6pm) More Scabs on the waterfont
(9/4/98 - 6pm) Statistics, damn statistics and Peter Reith
(9/4/98 - 6pm) Corrigan dismisses South Australian Manager
(9/4/98 - 6pm) San Fransisco Protest
(9/4/98 - MN) Scabs unloading MSC Singapore in Fremantle
(9/4/98 - MN) A comment on Corrigan's money manipulations
(8/4/98 - 8pm) Federal Court grants Union injunction - sackings may be illegal
(8/4/98 - 8pm) Workers sacked - just for being a union member
(8/4/98 - midday) 1400 wharfies sacked in midnight raids
(8/4/98 - midday) Union Response to outrageous sackings
(8/4/98 - midday) Labor Party accuses Government of conspiracy
(6/4/98) Wharfies strike in Sydney
(6/4/98) Thousands march against uranium mine in Kakadu
(4/4/98) Threat to use scabs and lockout Brisbane wharfies
(3/4/98) Wharfies reject greed for maintaining conditions
(3/4/98) WA Minister invites NFF to Fremantle
(3/4/98) Brisbane strikers picket Patrick
(3/4/98) Coombs vows to fight sackings
(3/4/98) SeaLand to open in Brisbane with MUA employees
(3/4/98) Maritime Union Deal with Ship Owners
(3/4/98) Wharfies raise safety concerns over nuclear waste
(3/4/98) Workers win as Simplot lockout ends at Echuca
(3/4/98) Jailing and Disappearances of Indonesion Democracy Advocates
(2/4/98) AWU threatens action if wharfies dismissed
(2/4/98) Prime Minister backs Patrick 'to the hilt'
(2/4/98) More on Patrick swindling wharfies
(2/4/98) Cobar Miners angry at Government for Double Standards
(2/4/98) Patrick refuses to rule out mass sacking
(2/4/98) NFF feels out Australian Workers Union
(2/4/98) Brisbane out as Sydney wharfies return to work
(2/4/98) Queensland Minister to meet NFF.
(2/4/98) "Honest" John Howard breaches own guidelines
(2/4/98) Students and academics protest cuts to higher education.
(2/4/98) Telstra Union demands a Job Cut Freeze

March 1998

(31/03/98) Non-union wharf trainee blows the whistle - mass sackings imminent
(30/03/98) Brisbane waterfront targeted next for non-union operation!
(30/03/98) Queensland Cattlemen's Union back non-union waterfront operation.
(30/03/98) International Transport Workers Federation buys ship to campaign against "Death Ships"
(30/03/98) Asian crisis hits Mining Companies - workers suffer
(30/03/98) National Australia Bank Report advocates massive staff cuts
(30/03/98) Hotel employees retain penalty rates
(30/03/98) Aboriginal-run employment agencies miss out in privatisation
(30/03/98) Telstra workers attacked by Minister and Telstra for telling the truth on service levels
(28/03/98) Are wharfies about to be swindled out of millions?
(28/03/98) Is Patrick Going Under?
(28/03/98) When is an old agreement not the Status Quo? When the law changes!
(28/03/98) Australian Peak Shippers' Association President attacked
(28/03/98) A new waterfont Competitor? Lindsay Fox
(28/03/98) Telstra silences staff on customer service problems
(28/03/98) News Comment - Our Political Leaders
(25/03/98) P and C Stevedores would disqualify applicants if they refused to cross union picket lines.
(25/03/98) Week long strike at Port Botany after 8 days working without pay
(25/03/98) Patrick deserted by exporters
(25/03/98) Patrick loses Toyota business
(25/03/98) WA Farmers warn off NFF
(25/03/98) WA - New agreement with MUA benefits farmers & workers
(25/03/98) Victoria - Union campaign on insurance cover for workplace injuries
(25/03/98) Woodlawn Miners receive sympathy but no cash
(25/03/98) ANZ Bank staff cuts hit Fiji workers
(25/03/98) Telstra Sale - backbench revolt
(25/03/98) Senator Parer and Double standards
(23/03/98) Workplace Relations Act forces Sydney wharfies to strike
(23/03/98) International Dockers on alert
(23/03/98) NSW Coal Miners Protest!
(20/03/98) Patrick refuses to pay workers in dispute
(20/03/98) EBA talks break down in Sydney
(20/03/98) WA farmers consult with Fremantle wharfies
(17/03/98) Peter Reith attacks Carr NSW Labor Government
(17/03/98) Don McGauchie to concentrate on P&C Stevedoring
(17/03/98) Adelaide meeting to support MUA
(17/03/98) Howard heralds an election of greed!
(17/03/98) Telstra - John Howard's election rabbit
(13/03/98) Patrick managers canvass sacking entire workforce
(13/03/98) Sydney strike applies pressure on Patrick
(13/03/98) Maritime Union warns on Brisbane move
(13/03/98) Sydney Port Authority chief hits back at Corrigan
(13/03/98) Trebeck forced to comment on secret report
(13/03/98) Newcastle workers rally to support wharfies
(13/03/98) Banks profiting at the expense of workers
(13/03/98) Profiting from the Unemployed
(13/03/98) International award to Native Title Activist
(13/03/98) Even the bluebloods criticize this salary
(11/03/98) Australia in breach of ILO Convention
(11/03/98) MUA raises $80,000 for Cancer Institute
(11/03/98) Sydney wharfies endorse action
(11/03/98) P&C Stevedores touting for business
(11/03/98) Reith's workers opt for unionism
(11/03/98) Miners from Goulburn stood down facing loss of entitlements
(10/03/98) ABC TV Four Corners digs the dirt
(10/03/98) Privatisation of Employment Service
(10/03/98) Government members are a greater threat to investment than any Native Title claim
(10/03/98) Workers lose when business fails
(10/03/98) Meatworkers in Blayney sacked
(10/03/98) Telstra privatisation - profits before service
(06/03/98) Sydney Waterfront industrial action next week
(06/03/98) ANZ Staff Protest Cuts
(06/03/98) Funding Cuts to Higher Education
(06/03/98) Women's Rates of Pay
(06/03/98) Cobar Miners See Prime Minister.
(06/03/98) Picket of Simplot at Echuca continues
(03/03/98) Talks on Enterprise Agreement continue
(03/03/98) 300 Cobar miners protest insolvency laws
(02/03/98) Maritime Union Protest Picnic - March 1
(02/03/98) Neptune Jade Saga - Bosses intent on bankrupting American Dockers
(02/03/98) Their Laws, their Courts, their World
(02/03/98) The first Telstra Float - Legalised Theft.
(02/03/98) Simplot Australia - no backyard Operation
(02/03/98) That's Capitalism - ANZ Bank lays off 1700
(01/03/98) Leigh Hubbard calls for management to clean up
(01/03/98) P&C Stevedore workers blow the whistle on training
(01/03/98) ACTU resolution on MAI

Links - Friends and Foe

FRIENDS

- Free Fax to send a protest
- Solidarity Message Board
- Maritime Union of Australia Website
- Maritime Union of Australia - MUA - Full Contact information

- Fremantle Community Picket - Links, photos and reports from Fremantle, Western Australia
- LabourStart - Daily newslinks and updates on labour struggles globally.
- Labournet - UK site devoted to publicising labour struggles. Contains info and links on the Liverpool Dockers Struggle.
- Cyber Picket Line - Contains a list of Australian Diplomatic Missions with Websites and public email addresses.
- MUA LabourNet Webpage
- ACTU MUA campaign - by Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Australian Council of Trade Unions

- Dubai Waterfront Fiasco - by Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Swedish Dockworkers Union - Stockholm
- Mersey Docks Dispute - UK
- Leftlink MUA Solidarity Page
- International Transport Workers' Federation
- ILWU Solidarity Page - U.S.A. International Longshore and Warehouse Union Solidarity Page.
- Harry Bridges Brigade - USA West Coast reports of Community pickets against scab loaded ships.
- ICFTU - The Secret Force - synopsis of events from ICFTU Online, December 12, 1997.

- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - the voice of the international trade union movement.

- Get the Facts!!! - Alice Wakefield's Waterfront Facts Flyer

RELATED FRIENDS

- Defenders of Native Title
- Sale of Telstra (CEPU)
- Mayday on the Web

FOES

- Patrick - The Australian Stevedore

- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

- National Farmers' Federation - NFF

- Victorian State Government

- Federal Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business

MEDIA

- A-INFOS
- Leftlink
- ABC News
- Sydney Morning Herald
- The Age
- The Australian
- Green Left Weekly
- Anarchist Age Weekly Review
- Yahoo News
- South Movement South News - Support the wharfies News Index

AWARDS

- Selected as the Labour Website of the week: April 9 1998
- Selected as the Leftist and "Progressive" Web Site of the Week: April 19 - April 25 1998

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	FRIENDS
-	Free Fax to send a protest
-	Solidarity Message Board
-	Maritime Union of Australia Website
-	Maritime Union of Australia - MUA - Full Contact information
-	Fremantle Community Picket - Links, photos and reports from Fremantle, Western Australia
-	LabourStart - Daily newslinks and updates on labour struggles globally.
-	Labournet - UK site devoted to publicising labour struggles. Contains info and links on the Liverpool Dockers Struggle.
-	Cyber Picket Line - Contains a list of Australian Diplomatic Missions with Websites and public email addresses.
-	MUA LabourNet Webpage
-	ACTU MUA campaign - by Australian Council of Trade Unions
-	Australian Council of Trade Unions
-	Dubai Waterfront Fiasco - by Australian Council of Trade Unions
-	Swedish Dockworkers Union - Stockholm
-	Mersey Docks Dispute - UK
-	Leftlink MUA Solidarity Page
-	International Transport Workers' Federation
-	ILWU Solidarity Page - U.S.A. International Longshore and Warehouse Union Solidarity Page.
-	Harry Bridges Brigade - USA West Coast reports of Community pickets against scab loaded ships.
-	ICFTU - The Secret Force - synopsis of events from ICFTU Online, December 12, 1997.
-	International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - the voice of the international trade union movement.
-	Get the Facts!!! - Alice Wakefield's Waterfront Facts Flyer
	RELATED FRIENDS
-	Defenders of Native Title
-	Sale of Telstra (CEPU)
-	Mayday on the Web
	FOES
-	Patrick - The Australian Stevedore
-	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
-	National Farmers' Federation - NFF
-	Victorian State Government
-	Federal Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business
	MEDIA
-	A-INFOS
-	Leftlink
-	ABC News
-	Sydney Morning Herald
-	The Age
-	The Australian
-	Green Left Weekly
-	Anarchist Age Weekly Review
-	Yahoo News
-	South Movement South News - Support the wharfies News Index
	AWARDS
-	Selected as the Labour Website of the week: April 9 1998
-	Selected as the Leftist and "Progressive" Web Site of the Week: April 19 - April 25 1998

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