265 day Boeing strike takes its toll Workers at Boeing in Australia have spent 265 days on the picket line over a collective wage bargaining agreement.
NZ: McDonald's backs down after lunchtime strike McDonald’s workers in Auckland, New Zealand carried out a symbolic strike at lunchtime on Friday despite the company’s threats to sue individual workers if they took part in union action.
Australia: Virgin owes staff millions Australia: Virgin Blue could be forced to pay millions of dollars in back pay to ground staff after it left a shift allowance out of the pay packets of its ground handlers and guest services staff from August 2000 until October 2004.
Australia - 200 days on picket line for Boeing workers Boeing maintenance engineers in Williamtown, Newcastle marked their 200th day on the picket line on the 17th December.
First starbucks strike in the world! It was bound to happen eventually -- and it happened today in New Zealand. Low-paid Starbucks workers walked off the job and formed a picket line.
Curlewis, Richard, 1917-2002 A biography of Australian advocate of workers' control, Richard Curlewis.
Barker, Tom, 1887-1970 After emigrating to New Zealand and joining the IWW, Tom Barker became an organiser for the syndicalist union, he organised the Auckland general…
Carmagnola, Francesco, 1900-1986 A short biography of Italian-Australian anarchist and anti-fascist, Francesco "Frank" Carmagnola.
Franteschini, Boris, 1914-1986 A short biography of Italian anarchist active in Australia, Boris Franteschini.
