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Labour Movement Film Festival
Worklife is proud to present a series of free film evenings at the Paddington Workers’ Club. Each film examines and celebrates an aspect of labour history. Drinks will be available and pizzas can be purchased just down the road. All showings commence at 6:30pm for 7pm on the third Thursday of each month
16 April: Amongst Equals (documentary, 88 mins.) A film about the history of the Australian Trade Union movement - starting with the Shearer's strike of the 1890's and leading to the present day, featuring interviews with prominent unionists. The film was sponsored by the Australian Council for Trade Unions which eventually withdrew their support for the project after disagreeing with the filmmaker's interpretation of history.
21 May: The Willmar 8 (documentary, 50 mins.) – This film is about the longest bank strike in United States history. In the 1970s in rural Minnesota, unequal pay, denial of promotional opportunity and lack of respect drove eight unassuming, church-going women to form a union and begin the first bank strike in the state’s history.
18 June: Final Offer (documentary, 79 mins.) – This film focuses on the negotiations in the1984 dispute in Canada between the United Auto Workers and General Motors. Union leaders are caught between the aspirations of their rank and file members and instructions from their American-dominated parent union. In the end, the Canadian autoworkers secede from the “international” union.
16 July: Friends and Enemies (documentary, 88 mins.) – Tom Zubrycki’s film of the 1985 SEQEB dispute is a blow by blow account of a year-long dramatic industrial dispute in Queensland where a small union takes on the notorious Bjelke Peterson state government. At issue is the replacing of the permanent workforce with individual contractors. The film tells the story from both sides shifting between union offices, worker rallies, garden parties and country shows.
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Saturday 1st and 22nd November - stalls at West End Markets to promote the campaign against the ABCC
Stall rosters drawn up from 3:00am - 12:00am each Saturday, with petitions, leaflets handed out and YR@W ballons to give to children. |
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Thursday 13th November - a public forum and end of year party - the re-invigoration of unions
Dialogue led by Leda BlackwoodSocial psychologist, researcher into union activism, and recently returned from NZ : Lessons from the experience of UNITE, a 'campaigning' union organizing non-standard workers in fast-foods in New Zealand;
How people are politicised, how movements can be built, and what this means for union renewal
Discussion around these issues
Followed by drinks and Xmas cheer at the club bar, and a cheap pizza from the nearby Kookaburra cafe!!- 6:00 -8:30pm, Paddington Workers Centre, cnr Given Tce & LaTrobe St., Paddington. entry by Gold Coin Donation. |
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Monday 29 September - a public forum on "Unions in the 21st Century"
Dialogue led by John Robertson (Unions NSW), Dr Stephane LeQueux (Griffith Uni), and chaired by Ron MOnaghan (Gen. Sec., QCU)......Monday 29 September, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30pm, Paddington Workers Centre, cnr Given Tce & LaTrobe St., Paddington. entry by Gold Coin Donation. |
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Friday 8 August ............. protest at the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) Attacks on Human Rights.
Let P.M. Kevin Rudd know that "enough is enough"! A protest outside Mr. Rudd's electorate office, at 630 Wynnum Rd., Morningside, on FRIDAY 8 August at 6:30am - 8:30am |
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Saturday 9 August ..............A stall to inform people about the role of the ABCC in threateneing human rights.
West End Markets, Saturday morning, August 9 |
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Thursday 28 August ............"Constructing Fear" - a film about the insidious role of the ABCC in attacking the human rights of everyday construction workers
Thursday 28 August, 6:00pm - 8:00pm. Why is it such an affront to all our rights and freedoms? Hear building workers tell it as it is. Paddington Workers Centre, cnr Given Tce & LaTrobe St., Paddington. entry by Gold Coin Donation. |
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Call Centres ? .. All you ever wanted to know about them, but could not get off hold to ask!
An exploration of the issues relating to the growth of call centres. How widespread are they? What is their impact in workers in them? What is the impact on the community? Why are they being set up overseas? What are the latest changes in them? How should unions respond to them? With Bob Russell (academic researching call centres at Griffith Uni), workers from call centres Katrina Barben and Jim McIlroy, and union organisers dealing with call centre workers.
Thursday 22 May, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30pm, Paddington Workers Centre, cnr Given Tce & LaTrobe St., Paddington. entry by Gold Coin Donation. |
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What is to be Done?
An exploration of the current political economy of Australia. What are the big issues that impact on this - climate change, labour politics, interest rates, inflation, etc? What policies should the labour movement advocate? How do we move beyond academic discussion?. Two perspectives: John Quiggin, Federation Fellow in Economics at UQ, Howard Guille, former Qld Sec, NTEU and Assoc. Professor in Political Economy at QUT. Chaired by Beth Mohle, Assistant Sec., Qld Nurses Union.
Thursday 13 March, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30pm, Paddington Workers Centre, cnr Given Tce & LaTrobe St., Paddington. entry by Gold Coin Donation. |
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Fosters Campaign: The ETU, LHMU and AMWU have a campaign running at the Yatala Foster's site calling on the Foster's Group Limited to negotiate a union collective agreement at the site. Workers at Fosters have now rejected a "non-union agreement", and are currently campaigning for a Union Collective Agreement. Help assist their campaign by printing off the petition and assist with collecting signatures. |
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Worklife Stalls at public events such as markets. |
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Assist with a stall in your local area. We have stocks of leaflets you can distribute from the stall. Also download a copy of the ACTU petition to the ALP to ensure they support workers rights if elected to government, see icon at left . |
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Brisbane-wide Day of Action for Democracy in Australia....Followup from the Australia at the Crossroads meeting.For detailed info contact: AnnetteBrownlie,
Just Peace
For info flyer download here |
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Australia at the Crossroads
August 8th
A major public meeting at City Hall . 6:30pm for 7:00pm.
Speakers included:
Sharon Burrow - working conditions under the new IR lawsProf Ian Lowe - state of the environmentJulian Burnside QC - human Rights in AustraliaDr Helen Caldicott - Iraq and militarismJacqui Katona - an indigenous perspective Music by Leah Cotterell |
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Forum & Discussion: "Dignity and Determination " |
July 28, 1:45pm, Saturday 28 July. Brisbane Workers Communitry Centre, 2 Latrobe Tce., Paddington.
A forum exploring the history and lessons for the present of the historic 1964 Mt Isa dispute, with Fred Thompson, Bob Anderson, Karin Mayer, Andrew Dettmer, and music which was written in the heat of the struggle in 1964, performed by Griff Bignell and Combined Unions Choir.
To download a flyer for the event, see at left
Comments:
From Sean Mee, Director of Redcap: "We were able to do our production becauise we employed a world class researcher for 6 months - Karin Mayer"
Fred Thompson: "The miners were fighting not only for their wages and conditions - they were fighting literally for their life, because of the apalling safety conditions in the mine. During the course of the dispute, 36 miners lost their lives" |
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Film Evening - The Take 16th May 07
A film about workers running their own factories in Argentina. |
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Easter activity outside Darrell Lea - 7th April 07
Darrel Lea Chocolates (400 workers Australia wide) have been reported to force their workers onto AWA's with draconiam provisions such as no penalty or overtime rates, no guaranteed wage rises for 5 years. Worklife members joined others to hand out leaflets to shoppers on a busy Saturday morning outside the Queen Stree mall store - distributing over 700 leaflets, and talking with supportive workers from other surrounding shops. See a poster for use in this on-going campaign at left (300k). |
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Work and Welfare Community Forum
- November 2006
Featuring: Sharan Burrow (ACTU President), Wayne Sanderson (MS Australia) and Josh Keech (Young Workers Advisory Service).Brook Hotel Conference Centre, Osborne Road Mitchelton (next to Brookside Shopping Centre).1pm – 3pm Saturday 25th November, 2006 |
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