Without wanting to be a smartarse about it, there also isnt too many Unions in this state which could put 5,000 people on the street. The movement against corporate power, is growing at a rate that is catching everyone off guard. But some remain uneasy at the thought of a heightened involvement. If we don't then we are simply alienating the next generation from our own almost identical cause and abrogating the leadership by default to the extremists amongst us. At the end of the day its only peoples programming and irrational fears which divides us and keeps us from the promised land.
Lets play it smarter.
John Maitland has been one of the generals. In her May Day address, Bus Union state president Pat Ryan looks at the role women have played in the labour movement. He looks at this week's action. His modern-day fan club might not like it, but Rowan Cahill argues wartime PM Robert Menzies sailed close to the winds of Fascism. An international meeting of union representatives in Cuba has vowed to start a campaign to defend workers rights from the effects of globalisation.