Vigilance Bulletins
2010
No. 47 - July 19, 2010
Kevin Rudd out, Julia Gillard in . . . and only the mining companies win
Mining profits were never in danger
Democracy and Labor
European workers fight austerity measures
US Longshore workers blockade Israeli ship
POAGS Melbourne death leads to 24hr stoppage
DP World Botany Labour Review finalised
Incorrect containers
Ex-Sydney Ferries boss: corrupt AND bankrupt
No. 46 - June 14, 2010
Israeli army attacks Freedom Flotilla
SMH props up Israel and slanders MUA
Swedish dockers boycott Israeli ships
Get rid of the ABCC!
DP World Botany Labour Review: the good and the bad
Fight called off without a yard meeting vote
No. 45 - May 19, 2010
Greek workers say: “We won’t pay”
“Lazy Greek workers”: myth versus reality
Beware the “Iron Man”
Firebomb car attack on NSW CFMEU office
DPW selection criteria
Patrick: new safety model?
Forced shift extension
Fight for permanent jobs
No. 44 - February 28, 2010
MUA delegate Bob Carnegie removed from offshore job
Dublin dockers “victory” leaves little to celebrate
2009
No. 43 - September 30, 2009
MUA officials reshuffled - and not an election in sight
Urine tests for drugs & alcohol: time to piss 'em off
Ideology: the 'velvet glove' of the ruling class [From the In the Red Corner: In Defence of Marxism section]
Vigilance Bulletin maritime action program
No. 42 - July 20, 2009
Fremantle wharfies fight retrenchments - and WIN!
The State: neutral umpire or defender of the rich?
[From the In the Red Corner: In Defence of Marxism section]
Vigilance Bulletin maritime action program
No. 41 - May 21, 2009
DP World Botany gets away with economic blackmail
Patrick Port Botany hit by wildcat strike action
Rich and poor: what causes this inequality?
[From the In the Red Corner: In Defence of Marxism section]
Vigilance Bulletin maritime action program
No. 40 - March 31, 2009
Why should WE pay for THEIR economic woes?
Vigilance Bulletin maritime action program
2008
No. 39 - November 3, 2008
DP World Botany EA 2008: Now it is crunch time
Don’t give up our First Aid Post without a fight
So what was "Not in the union's name" again?
Barack Obama - change we can believe in?
Karl Marx warned us that this would happen
Vigilance Bulletin maritime action program
No.
38 - September 9, 2008
DP World EA: What we will end up with and what we need
Vigilance Bulletin maritime action program
2007
No.
37 - November 21, 2007
Vote
Labor ahead of the Coalition - put Labor to the test
Ninety six
WA CFMEU members face fines of up to $28,600
Rudd expels
WA Construction union official from the ALP
Labor PM
Bob Hawke - the anti-worker "union boss"
No.
36 - October 22, 2007
John
Howard - after 11 years, it's time to go!
Vote
for a Rudd Labor government . . . what choice have we got?
No
matter who you vote for, the government always gets in
No.
35 - September 17, 2007
Never
mind Howard - here comes Peter Costello
"The
rich getting richer, the poor get the picture"
Union
donations to the Labor Party: value for money?
No.
34 - July 30, 2007
Bosses
caught funding dirty tricks campaign
Australia's
Rich 200 getting richer by the minute
Where
has the Labor and union "left-wing" gone?
No.
33 - June 4, 2007
Howard
pretends to make WorkChoices "fairer" . . .
.
. . while Labor backflips on WorkChoices & AWA repeal
Union
democracy - some lessons from the past
No.
32 - May 14, 2007
MUA
2007 elections - April 30 to June 14
Elect
better officials - YES! But is that enough?
For a militant,
democratic MUA
No.
31 - February 21, 2007
Robert
Coombs: Bump me into parliament
MUA
2007 Quadrennial Elections: April 16 - June 14
Treasurer
Costello vs. Venezuelan President Chavez
2006
No.
30 - October 23, 2006
Botany
Community Picket for sacked CFMEU delegate
US-led
occupation kills over 655,000 Iraqis
Who's
afraid of a 24-hour general strike?
No.
29 - September 18, 2006
Vale
John Cummins (1948-2006)
Cowra abattoir
boss caught out
Walkout
at Durban ITF Congress
No.
28 - August 12, 2006
Forty
more WA workers face $28,600 fines
ACTU
ads: What the Daily Telegraph fails to reveal
Israel
and Hezbollah: separating fact from fiction
No.
27 - July 10, 2006
After
the June 28 rallies: what comes next?
WA construction
workers face massive ABCC fines
East
Timor: Behind Australian troop intervention
No.
26 - May 22, 2006
Unions
NSW rams through June 28 rally decision
Britain:
Public sector unions suspend strike action
US: Millions
strike for immigrant workers' rights
Nepal:
19 day general strike restores parliament
No.
25 - May 1, 2006
May
Day March: All of us need to be there
ACTU
plans a marginal seats campaign - again
Australian
Labor Party: Jobs for the boys (and girls)
Fat rich
CEOs: Getting richer and richer by the minute
Banks continue
to make record billion dollar profits
Britain:
Campaign for a New Workers Party launched
No.
24 - April 17, 2006
"WorkChoices"
laws claim their first victims
French
unions beat anti-worker laws: SO CAN WE!
Britain
and Greece hit by massive twenty-four strikes
No.
23 - March 27, 2006
Beware!
"WorkChoices" laws are now in effect
ACTU
votes for June 28 national union protests
Europe-wide
dockworkers strike targets EU directive
US: Politicians
scuttle DP World buy-out of P&O Ports
No.
22 - March 14, 2006
"WorkChoices":
making industrial action illegal
P&O
Darling Harbour / Glebe Island EBA - dudded again
Danish
cartoons: provocation or free speech?
Northern
Ireland: Royal Mail hit by wildcat strike
No.
21 - February 27, 2006
Will
Beazley and the Labor Party deliver the goods?
Kerry
Packer: avoids taxes - but can’t cheat death
Cronulla
riots and the role of the racist far-right
Britain:
first steps towards a new workers party
No.
20 - February 20, 2006
Thousands
sign petition for a National Stoppage
P&O
Port Botany EBA - wharfies vote with their feet
Cronulla
riots and NSW Labor’s new police powers
Iran:
Bush lies about “nuclear weapons program”
Iran:
Hundreds of striking Teheran bus drivers jailed
New
York transport workers reject proposed deal
No.
19 - January 22, 2006
ACTU
must call a national stoppage
P&O
Points System: fair & equitable treatment?
Mainstream
media playing hide and seek
NY paralysed
by transport strike
Half-day
general strike hits Italy
2005
No.
18 - December 1, 2005
Nov.
15: 600,000 say NO to anti-union laws
600,000
join union protests against Howard's IR agenda
Australian
Labor Party: whose interests first?
“Dubya”
Bush battles to win hearts and minds
No.
17 - November 3, 2005
“Anti-terror”
laws = attack on civil liberties
Belgium:
Another 24-hr general strike
US "democracy"
comes to Iraq
Anti-union
laws: NZ‘s bitter experience
No.
16 - October 24, 2005
Maritime
Bulletin brings out the
knives
No.
15 - October 18, 2005
Suggested
resolutions for the Sydney MUA Branch Conference
Workers
take one-day general strike action
Lock out
at Gate Gourmet comes to an end
No.
14 - September 26, 2005
Toll
vs. Patrick: should we give a damn?
British Airways
hit by unofficial strike
Longshore
union and corruption charges
Oil workers
in Iraq take strike action
No.
13 - September 5, 2005
ACTU
changes date for national day of action
Sydney
MUA to hold October 18-19 Branch Conference
Howard attacks
construction workers - again
Lawsuit filed
against US longshore union
Short
memories? The Daily Telegraph & Iraq
No.
12 - August 17, 2005
ACTU
calls October day of nationwide protests
What
happened to our union democracy?
The
"War on Terror": London and Iraq
Militant
wins US longshore union position
No.
11 - July 29, 2005
P&O
EBA 2005 - Vote NO to trade offs!
500,000
workers strike in Portugal
And
another thing . . .
No.
10 - July 17, 2005
We
CAN beat anti-worker laws!
What
has Beazley promised workers?
No.
9 - July 1, 2005
Now's
the time for a united fight-back!
Craig Johnston
released from prison
No.
8 - June 19, 2005
Sydney
MUA to hold July 1 stop work
Costello's
Budget: A win for workers?
And another
thing . . .
No.
7 - May 29, 2005
Stop
Howard’s anti-union laws! All out on July 1!
No.
6 - April 5, 2005
Fight
Howard's anti-union attacks!
Time
for a united fightback!
No.
5 - March 14, 2005
P&O
EA 2005 - No Trade Offs!
Iran:
Bush's next target?
No.
4 - February 10, 2005
Solidarity
can stop Howard’s union busting
2004
No.
3 - November 17, 2004
Howard
has no Mandate!
Patrick
and P&O corporate plunder: what's the alternative?
Police
assault Chilean dockworkers leader
No.
2 - October 20, 2004
Beware
. . Three more years of Liberal rule
Is Labor
the only alternative?
Free Craig
Johnston - What can you do?
No.
1 - September 1, 2004
Free
Craig Johnston!
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