5:30 Wednesday April 11
At:
116 Queensberry Street (cnr Cardigan St)
Sth Carlton

If the doors aren't open when you arrive (they get locked at 5:30) pls use
intercom and we'll come down to let you in...).

We will be preparing to have a presence at the Union Community Family Day
on Sunday April 22 (12:00 - 4:00 @ Myer Music Bowl) and planning further
events for 2007 - be there to contribute to your ideas and shape how we'll
address specific campaign areas (Welfare to Work, Sustainability of the
Social & Community Services sector and WorkChoices)

Friday March 30
4pm to 6pm
Swanston Street, Melbourne city centre.

UNITE union will be holding a demonstration.
This demonstration will not be the usual run of the mill union rally; instead it will be more like an open air gig that
take place within meters of the doors of Melbourne’s busiest fast food outlets.

Some of Melbourne’s best local hip hop acts will play on the day including Illzilla,
SS Pecker and Mata & Must. Taking place between 4pm & 6pm it is timed to take place
after school on the last day of term. It is expected that hundreds of young people
who work in fast food and retail will attend.

UNITE will be using the demonstration to launch its new campaign called ‘Boost Our
Pay’. The Boost Our Pay campaign has four key demands:
* No to youth wages – Equal pay for equal work
* No to wage cutting individual contracts (AWAs)
* Boost the minimum wage to $16 per hour
* For Secure hours - All casuals should have the option to be made permanent after
six months

Saturday, March 24
6.00 pm for a 6.30 pm start
Solidarity Salon
580 Sydney Road, Brunswick
(between Blyth St & Stewart St)

Join in an evening of uppity entertainment hosted by Campaign for Women's
Reproductive Rights. Spoken word performances by Geoff Fox, Jen Jewell
Brown, Tom Cho and Amelia Walker. Excerpts from Abortion, Corruption and the
Cops, documenting Bertram Wainer's battle in the 1960s to end backyard
abortions and make the procedure legal and safe for all women.

Entry: $20+ Solidarity, $15 Waged, $10 Unwaged. Includes delicious finger
food. No BYO, drinks available from the bar. Proceeds to Campaign for
Women's Reproductive Rights. Everyone is welcome!

Saturday 31st March
10am- 2pm
21 Smith Street, Collingwood

Tons of second hand bric-a brac, books, music, clothes, furniture and more from today and yesteryear. Grab a bargain and help Community Radio 3CR in the process!

more info: www.3cr.org.au

Sweatshop Awards - Vote now and make sure you’re invited!

The much awaited sweatshop awards ceremony will be held:
Friday, 30th of March
Lithuanian Club
44 Errol St
North Melbourne

To get an invitation to the awards visit www.sweatshopaward.com to nominate the company that you want to receive the Sweatshop Award - for excellence in avoiding transparency and accountability and enter your details to be invited. See you at the awards ceremony!

more info: www.fairwear.org.au | www.sweatshopaward.com