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News and discussion about the Australian Trade Union Movement. The politics of labour - manufacture, service and provision in Australia and around the world today. Our positions are: 1. Freedom = Dignity in Work + Empowerment 2. Unions provide for dignity of work 3. Freedom of information is empowerment 4. The Union Show fights for union rights and freedom of information.
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The Union Show · 1Y ago

What is The Union Show?

The Union Show broadcast on community TV C31 in Melbourne Australia from 2005 to 2009 and is a rich source of information on unions and issues affecting unions in this country. Whilst the program is no longer produced for television, the producers, United Productions maintain both a Union Show blog
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The Union Show · 1Y ago

Rigger’s industrial laws fight back in court

By Candice Marcus Updated Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:33pm AEST Rigger Ark Tribe arrives for another court appearance (ABC News: Patrick Rocca) A lawyer for a construction worker charged under federal industrial laws has told Adelaide Magistrates Court the prosecution case is seriously flawed. Rigger Ark Tri
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The Union Show · 1Y ago

Rigger’s industrial laws fight back in court

By Candice Marcus Updated Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:33pm AEST Rigger Ark Tribe arrives for another court appearance (ABC News: Patrick Rocca) A lawyer for a construction worker charged under federal industrial laws has told Adelaide Magistrates Court the prosecution case is seriously flawed. Rigger Ark Tri
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The Union Show · 1Y ago

SES volunteers continue to respond to widespread flooding

Date: 07 September 2010 Time: 06:00 HRS SES volunteers continue to respond to widespread flooding across Victoria, with over 300 properties affected so far. 280 properties are at-risk of being flood affected today at Shepparton, Wangaratta and Horsham. The Shepparton area remains an operational focu
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The Union Show · 1Y ago

SES volunteers continue to respond to widespread flooding

Date: 07 September 2010 Time: 06:00 HRS SES volunteers continue to respond to widespread flooding across Victoria, with over 300 properties affected so far. 280 properties are at-risk of being flood affected today at Shepparton, Wangaratta and Horsham. The Shepparton area remains an operational focu
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The Union Show · 1Y ago

Greren Left Weekly Interview with Greens MP elect Adam Bandt: ‘I’ll give a voice to the movements’

Friday, September 3, 2010 Adam Bandt, the MP elect for the seat of Melbourne (long considered a “safe Labor seat”), and the Greens’ first House of Representatives member to be elected in a general election has been very busy since August 21. He says he left the triumphant Greens’ election night part
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The Union Show · 1Y ago

Greren Left Weekly Interview with Greens MP elect Adam Bandt: ‘I’ll give a voice to the movements’

Friday, September 3, 2010 Adam Bandt, the MP elect for the seat of Melbourne (long considered a “safe Labor seat”), and the Greens’ first House of Representatives member to be elected in a general election has been very busy since August 21. He says he left the triumphant Greens’ election night part
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The Union Show · 1Y ago

Greens and Labor Commit to Agreement

01/09/2010 – 11:30 The Australian Greens and the Labor Party have signed an agreement to ensure stability for Labor in Government. The Greens will ensure supply and oppose any motion of no confidence in the Government from other parties or MPs. Labor will work with the Greens to deliver improved tra
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The Union Show · 1Y ago

Greens and Labor Commit to Agreement

01/09/2010 – 11:30 The Australian Greens and the Labor Party have signed an agreement to ensure stability for Labor in Government. The Greens will ensure supply and oppose any motion of no confidence in the Government from other parties or MPs. Labor will work with the Greens to deliver improved tra
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The Union Show · 1Y ago

Dean Mighell has been appointed to a new Office of Solar Energy

A new Office of Solar Energy and a $30 million boost to support renewable energy technology will drive new investment and the development of cleaner energy in Victoria, according to Premier John Brumby, who said a $30 million funding boost would support the development of alternative energy technolo
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