LL:DDV: SOCIALIST ALLIANCE - Getting Organised seminar
SOCIALIST ALLIANCE Getting Organised: A seminar for unionists Saturday 18 October 1.00 - 5.30pm MUA rooms 46-54 Ireland Street, West Melbourne Guest speakers: Joan Doyle, new postal union state secretary Kevin Bracken, new MUA secretary Followed by two workshops: 1. Challenging the Workplace Relations Act A workshop with former AMWU state secretary Craig Johnston and labour lawyer on how to challenge anti-union laws. 2. Getting Started: Organising the unorganised A workshop with trade unionists on how to organise in non-union and poorly-unionised workplaces. Presenters include Alison Thorne - Coordinator of the CPSU Workplace Organising Committee at Moorabbin Call Centre, Pat Woods former Organiser with CEPU and ASU, and Shera Angela - young woman worker in retail currently in process of being unionised. The Seminar will conclude with a discussion on cross-union campaign issues. For information or to register, ring Sue Bolton on 0413-377-978 or 9639 8622, Judy McVey on 0418-347-374 or Maureen Murphy on 9386 0367, or email [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Please indicate which workshop you are interested in. Entry cost $7. -- -- 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]
LL:DDV: Socialist Alliance trade union pamphlet lanuch
You are invited to attend a general meeting for trade union members in Socialist Alliance. Tuesday 30 September, 6.00pm. Upstairs, John Curtin Hotel, 29 Lygon St, Carlton Socialist Alliance has many members who are active unionists. Our caucuses in the NTEU and AEU are starting to make a real impact. There are good possibilities for the Left as shown in recent victories by SA members and other left candidates in union elections. We have an essential role in building union consciousness among workers and developing militant trade unions. The meeting will launch our new trade union pamphlet, which is an invaluable aid to any union activist. There will be three agenda items: 1. Launch of the trade union pamphlet by John Cummins (CFMEU) and Louise Walker (NTEU) 2. Report on progress of Socialist Alliance trade union work nationally 3. Plans for how we organise our trade union work in Victoria The meeting should take about one and half to two hours depending on the discussion. It would be great to see as many as possible of our union members there to share experiences and develop a good plan for our union work. We are also organising a trade union seminar for 1.00-5.00pm on Saturday 18 October at the MUA rooms in West Melbourne. The title will be ``Seminar for unionists: getting organised. It will kick off with guest speakers - new postal union state secretary Joan Doyle and new MUA secretary Kevin Bracken. This will be followed by two workshops, one on how to challenge the anti-union laws and one on organising in non-union and poorly-unionised workplaces. Please contact Sue Bolton on 0413-377-978 or 9639-8622, Judy McVey on 0418-347-374 or Maureen Murphy on 9386 0367 if you have any questions or would like to discuss anything. Yours in unity Sue Bolton, Judy McVey and Maureen Murphy -- -- 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]
LL:DDV: Build Union Support for Iraqi workers
End US/UK/Australian occupation of Iraq Build Union Support for Iraqi workers 6.30 pm Thursday 4 September John Curtin Hotel (upstairs) Speaker Surma Hamid The Iraqi labour movement is taking the first vital steps to re-establishing itself after years of repression. Iraqi workers are organising unions and unemployed organisation are challenging the occupying forces to provide jobs or unemployment benefits. Surma will provide an up-to-date account of the struggles underway in Iraq. Help plan out how Australian unionists can work to support the rebuilding of their labour movement. Contact: Riki Lane 0400877819, Surma Hamid 98869650 Sponsored by Socialist Alliance, Worker Communist Party of Iraq. -- -- 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]
LL:DDV: Fundraiser in support of ETU and AMWU picketing workers
Fundraiser in support of picketing workers across Melbourne ** Striking ETU members at Smorgen Steel ** AMWU members on strike or locked out as part of AMWU 2003 Pattern Bargaining Campaign Friday June 6 6.30pm until late Comrades Bar, 516-520 Swanston St, Carlton Live bands and BBQ, $20 waged/$10 unwaged Organised by Socialist Alliance Trade Union Solidarity Committee Endorsed by ETU and AMWU For further details phone Sue 0413 377 978 -- -- 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]
LL:DDV: Socialist Alliance Trade Union Meeting
SOCIALIST ALLIANCE TRADE UNION SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE 6 November 2002 Dear Comrade As you may or may not be aware, a great step has been taken toward socialist unity through the formation of the Socialist Alliance. Eight separate socialist organisations have put aside their differences in order to build Socialist Alliance. Already it has branches throughout Australia and a total membership of more than 2500. The Victorian Socialist Alliance has set up the Trade Union Solidarity Committee. This committee is open not only to Socialist Alliance members but to any trade unionists that wish to fight for democratic rank and file run unionism. It aims to provide a forum for unionists from all unions to come together and swap experiences and develop strategies and perspectives for taking the movement forward. We plan to hold regular monthly meetings that aim to both organise and educate. If you would like to be notified of our meetings please ring Simon Millar on 9386 5917 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we will place you on our contact list. NEXT MEETING IS ON TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER AT 6.30PM AT THE VICTORIAN TRADES HALL OLD BALLROOM. THE SPEAKER IS TOM OLINCOLN ON BUILDING MILITANT RANK FILE UNIONISM TOM WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF AUSTRALIA ORGANISED IN THE 1930S THROUGH THE MILITANT MINORITY MOVEMENT. Everyone is welcome! Refreshments available. -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:leftlink;vicnet.net.au Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:majordomo;vicnet.net.au?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsub: mailto:majordomo;vicnet.net.au?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Skilled 6 organising meeting
A meeting to organise a benefit and public meeting in support of the Skilled 6 is to be held on Monday 17 June 2002 at 5pm at the John Curtin Hotel in Lygon Street, Carlton. All welcome. -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Flo Russell - Scattering of her ashes
Flo Russell, long time political activist who joined the Communist Party of Australia in the 1930s and was later elected to the central committee in the 1950s, who was also a founding member of the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist Leninist), has died in Melbourne in March 2002, aged 91 years. On Saturday 1 June at 12 noon we will scatter Flo's ashes on the Yarra Bank at Speakers Corner. Afterwards, please join us for a bite to eat or a coffee at the Botannical Gardens, another of Flo's favourite places. The Yarra Bank area where Speakers Corner used to be is next to the recently opened Birrarung Marr Park, on what was Batman Avenue. It is on the north bank of the Yarra and to the west of the Rod Laver arena. It is very different now because of all the redevelopment down there and the Exhibition Street Extension. Please see Melways Map 2F K6 or UBD Map 253 L16. Failing that give either Maureen (9663 9439) Maree (9687 7686) or Mick (9478 4526) a ring. Hope to see you then, where all Flo's family, friends and comrades can give her a big farewell. -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Socialist Alliance Trade Union Seminar
SOCIALIST ALLIANCE TRADE UNION SEMINAR Saturday 11 May 2002 9.00am - 6.00pm Victorian Trades Hall Council Chambers Victoria Street, Carlton Socialist Alliance invites union and community activists to participate in a seminar on militant unionism and community solidarity. Conference themes: - Politics into the Workplace: refugees, racism, sexism and war - Political representation of Trade Unions: Party response and Union response - Solidarity with the Community For more details or to register your interest contact Riki on (03) 9387 7819 or 0400 877 819 or log onto www.socialist-alliance.org TRADE UNION SEMINAR AGENDA 9.00 - 9.30 am Registration 9.30 - 11.00 am Politics in the Workplace * Michele O'Neil - TCFUA * Barbara Rogalla - former nurse at Woomera Detention Centre * Alison Thorne - Coordinator of CPSU local organising committee at Moorabbin Call Centre 11.00 - 11.30 amBreak 11.30 - 1.00 pm Trade Unions and political representation: Party response * Sue Bull - Socialist Alliance * Gurm Sekhon - Greens * Chris Clarke - CPSU ALP member (personal capacity) 1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch 2.00 - 3.30 pm Trade Unions and political representation: Union response * Leigh Hubbard - VTHC * Craig Johnston - AMWU * Martin Kingham - CFMEU 3.30 - 4.00pm Break 4.00 - 5.30pm Making solidarity a reality * Chris Spindler - Skilled Six * Annie Delaney - FairWear * Jill Polson - Australia Asia Worker Links * Martin Kingham - Friends of the Construction Industry 5.30 - 6.00pm Close Evening:Drinks at Trades Hall Bar WHO ARE THE SOCIALIST ALLIANCE? NEARLY 2000 workers, students and pensioners have joined the Socialist Alliance since it was launched by eight socialist groups just 14 months ago. The Socialist Alliance stood 15 candidates in the federal election and ran senate tickets in six states. We have already contested elections in South Australia and the Northern Territory, and we stood in the 2002 Moreland and Darebin council elections. We are a registered federal party and the only socialist party registered in NSW. But Socialist Alliance is much more. We played a big role in opposing Bush and Howard's war on Afghanistan. We are backing the refugee campaign to the hilt. We have branches across Melbourne, Geelong and interstate. -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Socialist Alliance Trade Union Seminar - 11 May 02
SOCIALIST ALLIANCE TRADE UNION SEMINAR Saturday 11 May 2002 9.00 am - 6.00pm Victorian Trades Hall Council Chambers Victoria Street, Carlton Socialist Alliance invites union and community activists to participate in a seminar on militant unionism and community solidarity. Conference themes: - Political representation of Trade Unions - Politics in the Workplace: refugees, racism, sexism and war - Solidarity with the Community For more details or to register your interest contact Riki on (03) 9387 7819 or 0400 877 819 or log onto www.socialist-alliance.org TRADE UNION SEMINAR AGENDA 9.00 - 9.30 am Registration 9.30 - 11.00 am Politics in the Workplace * Michele O'Neil - TCFUA (to be confirmed) * Barbara Rogalla - former nurse at Woomera Detention Centre * Alison Thorne - Coordinator of CPSU local organising committee at Moorabbin Call Centre 11.00 - 11.30 amBreak 11.30 - 1.00 pm Trade Unions and political representation: Party response * Sue Bull - Socialist Alliance * Gurm Sekhon - Greens * Chris Clarke - CPSU ALP member (personal capacity) 1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch 2.00 - 3.30 pm Trade Unions and political representation: Union response * Leigh Hubbard - VTHC * Craig Johnston - AMWU * Martin Kingham - CFMEU 3.30 - 4.00pm Break 4.00 - 5.30pm Making solidarity a reality * Chris Spindler - Skilled Six * Annie Delaney - FairWear * Jill Polson - Australia Asia Worker Links * Martin Kingham - Friends of the Construction Industry 5.30 - 6.00pm Close Evening:Drinks at Trades Hall Bar WHO ARE THE SOCIALIST ALLIANCE? NEARLY 2000 workers, students and pensioners have joined the Socialist Alliance since it was launched by eight socialist groups just 11 months ago. The Socialist Alliance stood 15 candidates in the federal election and ran senate tickets in six states. We have already contested elections in South Australia and the Northern Territory, and we stood in the 2002 Moreland and Darebin council elections. We are a registered federal party and the only socialist party registered in NSW. But Socialist Alliance is much more. We played a big role in opposing Bush and Howard's war on Afghanistan. We are backing the refugee campaign to the hilt. We have branches across Melbourne, Geelong and interstate. http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Messenger - A great way to communicate long-distance for FREE! . -- -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:INFO: Marx's CAPITAL reading/study group
13 June 2001 Dear Comrades I have several friends who are interested in starting up a reading group on Karl Marx's CAPITAL. We are all women, have been around left political circles for a long time but do not belong to any political party. I am posting this proposal to see if there are any interested people out there in the left who would be interested in joining a small reading/study group. Initial thoughts for a reading/study group are: Chapter 1, Sections 1 - 4, Capital: Critique of Political Economy. The basic ideas and concepts of Capital are introduced in this first chapter. Depending on the level of interest, we could either move further into Capital and study it at greater depth; OR we could study the development of capitalism as described by Marx in the Communist Manifesto. The future direction of the reading group would have to be planned out from there, but it would be good to see how what we read in Capital helps us understand the changes that are taking place in the economic and political spheres today. Therefore we could look at globalisation and its impacts; and the anti-capitalist movement which has developed in response. If you are female or male; socialist, anarchist or other; and are interested, or would like more details, please email me I will get back to you. Maureen Murphy -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
