WorkChoices and the ABCC
6.00 - 8.00pm Wednesday
3 September
Bluestone Church Hall
10 Hyde Street, Footscray
(next to Maribyrnong Town Hall)

Light refreshments.

Speakers:

• Cath Bowtell - ACTU
• Brian Boyd - Victorian Trades Hall
• Electrical Trades Union representative
• CFMEU representative

What is happening with WorkChoices and the ABCC?
How do communities and unions organise to protect and improve working people's rights and conditions?

Jointly organised by the Western Suburbs Community and Unions Coalition and the Victorian Trades Hall.

More info: Shirley Winton 0417 456 001 | Bronwyn Halfpenny 96623511

Labels: ABCC, Community Meeting, WorkChoices

Protecting our planet, defending our communities!
7pm-till late Saturday
August 23rd
Brunswick Town Hall
233 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

Entry: Tickets Pre-sell and bookings $20, Group of 4 $60.
At door $25, Solidarity $30, included a glass of wine.

Two fantastic Latin American bands

• "Santa Pacha Bendita": Colombian band - ballads, rumba and Latin rhythms.
• "Da Chos", Eight-piece Latin band - Salsa/Reggae and Merenge.

Special Guest:
Walter Shaw is from Mt Nancy town camp in Alice Springs, a 'prescribed area' under the Northern Territory Intervention, and is an Executive Member of the Tangentyere Council.

Through the night Multicultural Community Dance Groups and Music. Party-fiesta with high-energy and live performances will empower and strength our efforts to build a better world... Don't miss out this fantastic night and collective endeavour.

All proceeds to support the Latin American & Australasian Indigenous Solidarity Gathering,
23-26 October 2008, Melbourne Australia
infogathering@latinlasnet.org | http://www.latinlasnet.org/gathering/freedom.html

Bookings: 9481 2273 - 9419 8700 - 0400 914 944

Not BYO - Latin Canteen and food available

more info: lasnet@latinlasnet.org | www.latinlasnet.org

10.45 am for 11am start
Monday 25 August
Victorian WorkCover Authority
222 Exhibition Street
Melbourne

The Victorian Trades Hall Council WorkCover Committee has, with the endorsement of Secretary Brian Boyd, called a protest demonstration against the Victorian WorkCover Authority over a secret plan to implement the Hanks Review recommendations.

The VTHC has a copy of an internal VWA document that details the time table for the drawing up of legislation and its introduction into Parliament of changes based on the Hanks Review recommendations.

The document was prepared months before the Hanks Recommendations were finalised.

Affiliates are urged to encourage attendance at the protest and to visit the Fix WorkCover Campaign web site at www.fixworkcover.org where they can send a letter supporting the VTHC's campaign to state ALP MPs.

more info: www.fixworkcover.org | www.vthc.org.au

Labels: Community Protest, Fix WorkCover, WorkCover

7pm Monday
18 August
Fitzroy Town Hall
Meeting Room
cnr Napier & Moor Streets Fitzroy

Labels: Community Meeting, Yarra group

An evening with author David Spratt
6 for 6:30pm Thursday
14 August
Bella Union Bar
Trades Hall
Cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts,
Carlton

At the recent launch of Climate Code Red, Victorian Governor David de Kretser read out a quotation from George Monbiot which features in the book:

“When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to stop it, they call you a communist …everyone is watching and waiting for everyone else to move.”

David Spratt and Philip Sutton’s book clearly demonstrates that global climate change requires radical action – by government and by all of us – to avoid complete environmental meltdown. So what is the next step?

The New International Bookshop invites all unions, activist groups, community sector organizations and concerned individuals to this important discussion of the way forward on climate change.

A New International Bookshop event | Entry by gold coin donation

more info: Seb 0431 294 773