France at a Crossroads 06:59 Jan 16 3 comments Apoyo a los y las Trabajadoras de los Servicios Públicos en Rosario (Argentina) 01:37 Dec 31 0 comments Labor in the age of Duterte: The Pacific Plaza strike 00:20 Mar 14 0 comments The Google Walkout: An International Working-Class Movement 18:55 Nov 05 2 comments [South Africa] Stop the repression of casualised/contract workers in Ekurhuleni! 07:27 Sep 29 0 comments more >> |
Recent articles by Union Solidarity
Boeing Workers win 0 comments Support Boeing Workers 0 comments Boeing workers are on strike 0 comments Recent Articles about Indonesia / Philippines / Australia Workplace strugglesAustralia: State of the union movement Jan 27 23 CFMEU Victoria fails its Covid test Nov 01 21 May Day 2019 May 01 19 Support the Newcastle Boeing Workers
indonesia / philippines / australia |
workplace struggles |
non-anarchist press
Thursday November 24, 2005 10:44 by Union Solidarity
Send a protest message now! Every day, out at the Williamtown airbase - just past the Williamtown (ie., Newcastle) airport - is the Boeing workers picked-line. They have been on strike now for over 170 days, fighting for the ‘choice’ of a collective agreement. Support the Newcastle Boeing Workers Union Solidarity From Melbourne Indymedia November 21, 2005 Every day, out at the Williamtown airbase - just past the Williamtown (ie., Newcastle) airport - is the Boeing workers picked-line. They have been on strike now for over 170 days, fighting for the ‘choice’ of a collective agreement. Their situation is the epitome of what Howard’s IR laws will mean for all of us. Since the beginning of 2005 Australian Workers Union (AWU) members employed by Boeing at the RAAF Base Williamtown, Newcastle, have been attempting to negotiate a collective agreement to cover their wages and employment conditions. Since the start of last June, these members have been out on the picket line because Boeing has refused to even sit down with the AWU (their chosen industrial representatives) to negotiate a reasonable, transparent and fair enterprise bargaining agreement. For a number of years, Boeing workers at Williamtown have been employed pursuant to secret, individual contracts of employment that permit Boeing to pay different rates of pay to workers on the same classification level. In some cases, Boeing employees at lower classification levels have been earning higher rates of pay than employees on higher classification levels with more experience, qualifications and responsibilities. John Howard and his cohort of industrial intellects continue to sprout the line that all Australian workers, including these AWU members at Boeing, will always have the right to choose to negotiate a collective certified agreement through their union. Sadly, this does not seem to be the case for AWU members at Boeing. Now you have an opportunity to show your support for your fellow AWU members at Boeing and let John Howard and his mates know that paying lip service to core rights such as this is simply not enough. Tell them all that a commitment about the right of employees to negotiate collectively must be delivered upon by the Australian government and employers, in accordance with Australia’s long-held tradition of a «fair go» and international conventions to which Australia is a signatory. More info at their site: http://www.awu.net.au/national/campaigns/boeing/protest_form.html Support the Boeing Workers - send a protest message now! www.awu.net.au/national/campaigns/boeing/protest_form.html From Melbourne Indymedia November 21, 2005 |
Front pageSupport Sudanese anarchists in exile Joint Statement of European Anarchist Organizations International anarchist call for solidarity: Earthquake in Turkey, Syria and Kurdistan Elements of Anarchist Theory and Strategy 19 de Julio: Cuando el pueblo se levanta, escribe la historia International anarchist solidarity against Turkish state repression Declaración Anarquista Internacional por el Primero de Mayo, 2022 Le vieux monde opprime les femmes et les minorités de genre. Leur force le détruira ! Against Militarism and War: For self-organised struggle and social revolution Declaração anarquista internacional sobre a pandemia da Covid-19 Anarchist Theory and History in Global Perspective Capitalism, Anti-Capitalism and Popular Organisation [Booklet] Reflexiones sobre la situación de Afganistán South Africa: Historic rupture or warring brothers again? Death or Renewal: Is the Climate Crisis the Final Crisis? Gleichheit und Freiheit stehen nicht zur Debatte! Contre la guerre au Kurdistan irakien, contre la traîtrise du PDK Meurtre de Clément Méric : l’enjeu politique du procès en appel |