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Workers Online - Issue 303
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The eight hour day turns 150 as WorkChoices turns Libs against Howard.
Editorial Brand Spanking It took the Easter Bunny, a couple of diplomatic crises and a bit of classic Howard wedge politics to shift industrial relations off the front pages, but if you think the story is over, forget it. Yes, the more trigger-happy employers and their legal advisers appear to have been scared off for now, but the law is the law and employershave a history of exercising their rights. Just give them time. There are a number of factors running in the union movement's favour as they begin the 18-month project to hold the Howard Government to account. more: http://workers.labor.net.au/303/editorial_editorial.html |
