tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237Sun, 04 May 2008 09:43:14 +0000http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/index.htmdazzaBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-4486660780293626148Sun, 04 May 2008 09:41:00 +00002008-05-04T19:43:14.914+10:00strikesBoeingCommunity Assemblies Workers at Boeing vote to return to work at a mass meeting, the open and democratic way to make decisions during industrial disputes. The strike at Boeing's Fishermans Bend plant ended last night (Sun 27 April) with a vote to return work. For nearly three weeks workers stood up to massive legal threats and company lies while showing solidarity with a worker who was unfairly dismissed. The http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2008/05/boeing-dispute-ends.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-2456717053879089990Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:49:00 +00002008-04-28T12:53:12.734+10:00strikesBoeingCommunity AssembliesCommunity Assembly Wharf Road Fishermens Bend (Off Todd Rd - Melways E12) Public Transport 235, 237 or 606 Bus Download and print support leaflet | Boeing Workers Fundraising Concert | Support Poster Fri 25 April: Quick Update Support for strike growing Boeing's legal threats softening?Workers vote to continue strike Solidarity concert for workers Sat May 3.Another legal development Support http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2008/04/boeing-remain-defiant.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-5202317069041183529Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:48:00 +00002008-04-26T00:51:16.808+10:00strikesBoeingCommunity AssembliesCommunity Assembly Wharf Road Fishermens Bend (Off Todd Rd - Melways E12) Public Transport 235, 237 or 606 Bus Download and print support leaflet | Boeing Workers Fundraising Concert | Support Poster Wed 23 April: Quick Update BBQ at Community Assembly Thurs 24 April 12noon Boeing's legal deadline for return to work passesBoeing starting to move? Solidarity concert for workers. BBQ A BBQ for http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2008/04/boeing-dispute-enters-wed-23.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-5159509160502945694Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:41:00 +00002008-04-23T11:45:40.533+10:00strikesBoeingCommunity AssembliesCommunity Assembly Wharf Road Fishermens Bend (Off Todd Rd - Melways E12) Public Transport 235, 237 or 606 Bus Download and print support leaflet | Boeing Workers Fundraising Concert | Support Poster Mon 21 April: Quick Update Mass meeting voted overwhelming to continue disputeBoeing rejects workers proposed settlementBoeing continues to threaten striking workers with legal actionSolidarity http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2008/04/boeing-dispute-enters-3rd-week.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-7483213378235858577Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:49:00 +00002008-04-21T20:50:27.558+10:00strikesBoeingCommunity AssembliesCommunity Assembly Wharf Road Fishermens Bend (Off Todd Rd - Melways E12) Public Transport 235, 237 or 606 Bus Download and print support leaflet Fri 18 April: Battle of the meetings Yesterday (April 17) Boeing in a fairly transparent effort to affect a return to work organised a meeting of employees at Docklands. At most 200 turned up. Boeing promised to drop all legal action but only if theyhttp://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2008/04/boeing-workers-fri-18.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-4238990979835105865Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:09:00 +00002008-04-18T20:10:39.357+10:00Community Assembly 6am Thur 17 April Wharf Road Fishermens Bend (Off Todd Rd - Melways E12) Public Transport 235, 237 or 606 Bus Download and print support leaflet Wed 16 April: Management's plan thwarted A mass meeting this morning of 500 Boeing workers and supporters at 6am prevented efforts to break the picket line. It was rumored that strike breakers in buses with assistance of police http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2008/04/managements-plans-thwarted.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-4768786329728308087Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-04-16T17:02:25.992+10:00strikesBoeingCommunity AssembliesCommunity Assembly 6am & 2pm Wed 16 April Wharf Road Fishermens Bend (Off Todd Rd - Melways E12) Public Transport 235, 237 or 606 Bus Download and print support leaflet Tue 15 April: Boeing workers continue their strike action as the Federal Court has insisted on mediation between Boeing and AMWU to resolve the issue. A workers mass meeting yesterday (Mon 13 April) determined to continue the http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2008/04/boeing-workers-continue-strike.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-6728592617024721601Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:11:00 +00002008-04-15T18:13:34.318+10:00strikesBoeingCommunity AssembliesShow of support for AMWU worker sacked - 500 on strike Community Assembly Wharf Road Fishermens Bend (Off Todd Rd - Melways E12) Public Transport 235, 237 or 606 Bus Thurs 10 April: This week Boeing at Fishermans Bend (Melbourne) sacked an AMWU member unfairly. When fellow workers tried to organise a mass meeting Hawker De Havilland tried to prevent it by running to the Industrial Relations http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2008/04/community-assembly-at-boeing.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-3308034357189260693Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:54:00 +00002008-04-16T16:55:36.460+10:00Community AssembliesA Community Assembly was held 20th March between 6am - 10am at Visy in Charles St, Coburg [Melbourne]. The action was in support an AWMU member who was unfairly dismissed by Visy. The community assemblies could escalate if Visy do not reinstate the sacked worker.http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2008/03/community-assembly-at-visy-in-coburg.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-8169366614396092225Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:43:00 +00002008-03-10T17:43:57.536+11:00QantasShow of support for workers sacked after refusing to sign AWA's On Friday March 7 a successful community assembly of up to 150 union and community activists shut down Qantas Valet parking operations at Melbourne Airport. The action took place from 6.00am in support of ASU members who were either forced on AWA's or sacked for refusing to sign. Two thirds of the ASU's staff were reportedly http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2008/03/stop-qantas-awas-community-assembly.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-5054852495379757530Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:39:00 +00002007-12-07T17:45:04.102+11:00Alliance for Indigenous Self DeterminationAround 100 people marched against the Federal Government’s racist intervention into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory on Sunday (Nov 18), calling for community autonomy and investment in Indigenous-determined, Indigenous-controlled solutions to poverty, health problems, and child abuse. The protest, held at the GPO Building in Bourke St Mall, was part of a National Weekend of http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/12/melbourne-rally-against-nt-intervention.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-4371788464761286303Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:51:00 +00002007-11-28T20:57:32.400+11:00 On the eve of the Federal election - which in the event saw an emphatic end to the Howard Government in Australia - unionists and others rallied at the State Library in protest at the Australian Building and Construction Commission’s banning of the Eureka flag from building sites on the pretext that it implied a pressure on workers to join a union - something denied by the unions...more sourcehttp://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/11/time-to-rebel-eureka-rebellion.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-5359413606345308785Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:37:00 +00002007-11-16T16:44:29.392+11:00 Extracts from speeches made at a rally held in Melbourne at the old GPO building on Thursday 15 November, expressing solidarity with the people of Pakistan and calling for an end to Australian Government support for the Musharraf dictatorship ... There was a long list of speakers, including two who spoke in Spanish with an interpreter, so individual speeches are unavoidably truncated. source: http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/11/stop-repression-in-pakistan.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-4797353528211601565Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:41:00 +00002007-06-08T16:54:59.756+10:00Community AssembliesAbout 100 supporters assembled around 11am this morning (Tues 5 June), outside the CSR property on Lyell St, Yarraville, where the Ormiston is docked. The crew were notified during the morning that they were expected to bring the boat to Webb Dock at 3pm this afternoon. One of the workers said: This morning’s community assembly was held in solidarity with the crew of the Ormiston, who expected http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/06/community-assembly-to-save-seafarers.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-1565744699567892929Sat, 12 May 2007 02:19:00 +00002007-05-12T14:39:46.487+10:00Community AssembliesMECAbout 60 supporters gathered outside Elliot Engineering* on Friday May 11 between 6 am and 12 noon. Delivery trucks were turned away by the peaceful Community Assembly. * Elliot Engineering is part of a group of companies behind the outrageous lockout of union members in the La trobe Valley 48 workers from Mechanical Engineering Services have been locked out for 34 weeks from the Yallourn http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/05/successful-community-assembly-outside.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-2004734090169934450Tue, 08 May 2007 10:07:00 +00002007-06-06T22:18:16.443+10:00Community AssembliesMECCommunity Assembly 6am-2pm Friday May 11 Elliot Engineering 176 Colchestar Rd Kilsyth In response to the employer violence on the picket last Friday and in support of the workers in Latrobe Valley who have been locked out for 34 weeks a community assembly will be held outside Elliot Engineering in Kilsyth. * Elliot Engineering is part of a group of companies behind the outrageous lockout of http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/05/community-assembly-to-stand-up-to.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-2947404441253828962Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:19:00 +00002007-04-23T16:20:19.230+10:00strikesPreston MotorsCommunity AssembliesThe month long dispute at Preston Motors is over. A breakthrought came on April 13 and NUW workers voted to return to work. Lessons learnt Yet again another employer has been forced to negotiate with the relevent union in dispute through community assemblies and wider support. Congratulation to the workers at Preston Motors who stuck together and were successful in achieving a much improved http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/04/preston-motors-strike-over.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-300140279255242010Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:02:00 +00002007-04-23T16:40:52.700+10:00Community Assembly Shuts Deliveries Coles Myer Distribution Centre Union Rd, Somerton (Melway 180 C9) Download support leaflet An unlucy day for Coles Myer on Friday 13 April at their distribution centre in Sommerton. A community assembly successfully stopped all deliveries in and out. The centre's deliveries were stopped from 6am until 10am. Metal construction workers at the Coles Myer http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/04/fight-against-awas-in-construction.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-3973116427749125291Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:43:00 +00002007-04-11T22:08:01.213+10:00strikesPreston MotorsCommunity AssembliesPicket report Wednesday 11 April. Overall a quiet day on the picket, management seems to have given up on trying to move anything through the picket expect for one incident with a confused truck driver. There was also a lack of the usual mouthing off by some of the security staff and sales reps. Signs, perhaps, that management has accepted the picket as a fact. Word came down to the picket thathttp://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/04/all-quiet-on-northern-front.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-364959685657468003Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:59:00 +00002007-04-09T22:19:54.905+10:00Preston MotorsCommunity AssembliesPreston Motors 1551 Sydney Rd Campbellfield [Melways: F7, map 7] Another successful community assembly took place this morning outside Preston Motors in Campbellfield (Thurs 5 April) as the company still refuses to negotiate with the union in good faith, management have even knocked back an offer by the AIRC (Australian Industrial Relations Commission) to intervene...more More Support Needed http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/04/preston-motors-workers-need-your.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-5461438858271357774Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:12:00 +00002007-03-24T19:27:57.700+11:00Preston MotorsCommunity ProtestPreston Motors 1551 Sydney Rd Campbellfield [Melways: F7, map 7] Another successful community assembly took place on Thurs morning (22 March) with workers from a range of unions attending. The action was mostly free of incident apart from one deliberate attempt to drive a truck through the picket. Luckily no one was injured and the driver after being "politely" asked to move on did so. Over 30http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/03/preston-motor-struggle-continues.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-4355353603189040098Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:10:00 +00002007-03-21T16:36:28.033+11:00Preston MotorsCommunity Assemblies8-11am 22 March Preston Motors 1551 Sydney Rd [Melways: F7, map 7] Around 70 workers and members of the community assembled this morning (Mon 19 March) at Preston Motors in Campbellfield. The action spread over two hours and two gates stopped deliveries and supplies in support of striking NUW members. Over 30 workers working in the spare parts/stores section of Preston Motors began a strike on http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/03/preston-motors-community-assembly.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-5532276204472735552Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:44:00 +00002007-03-14T20:58:21.515+11:00Community ProtestHundreds of women and men rallied in Melbourne to celebrate International Women's Day. With speakers such as Sharan Burrows and Julia Gillard, what women wouldn't be proud of our achievements. Jane Cliffton did a fine job as MC and fun was had by all. Many of the speakers outlined the negative effect that the IR laws have had on women. It should also be noted that men also came out and supportedhttp://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/03/international-womens-day.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-3099878334384952241Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:57:00 +00002007-02-26T10:05:23.679+11:00The 49 locked out workers from Eliott group's MEC Engineering continue to maintain a six-month "protest embassy" to fight for their jobs and entitlements back. MEC locked out workers on September 13, 2006 in response to a campaign of minor industrial action such as banning overtime. The workers voted for this action to oppose MEC's push for a new enterprise agreement that would take away a http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/02/mec-workers-six-month-lock-out.htmldazzatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791237.post-3142576411130116173Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:11:00 +00002007-02-20T13:17:24.748+11:00Community ProtestPort CampbellRally against Origin Energy and Woodside's - Port Shambles!!! 11.30am Friday 23 Feburary Origin Energy 360 Elizabeth St Melbourne download leaflet Armed with John Howard’s new anti-worker and anti-union IR legislation, Woodside - a multinational company that reported $1,107.4 million profit last year - has done the dirty on workers at its Port Campbell gas plant. They may claim the hiring and http://www.unionsolidarity.org/actions/2007/02/rally-to-defend-workers-rights.htmldazza