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ILO canes the ABCC again - 11 March 2010 The national secretary of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union's building division, Dave Noonan, said the ILO had "directly criticised the work of the ABCC, and exposed its practice of prosecuting workers as a breach of international labour standards".
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Union says it fed starving workers - 8 March 2010 A building industry union says it had to feed 30 starving Chinese workers who it discovered working illegally and without payment on a Canberra school site.
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Qld coal miners warn BHP on 16-hour shifts - 5 March 2010 Our Union in Queensland has warned BHP to back off its attempt to provide for the introduction of 14-16 hour shifts at its Central Queensland coal mines.
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Mind the gap: benefits from free trade haven't quite gone the distance - 3 March 2010 Five years on, it is clear the free trade agreement between Australia and the United States was a dud. Despite the fanfare with which the Howard government introduced it, no tangible benefits have resulted for Australia.Australia's exports to the US in the five years to last year grew by only 2.5 per cent, compared with double-digit growth for exports to all the major Asian trading partners.
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'Robin Hood tax' takes from the banks to give to the worthy - 25 February 2010 Nearly 800 years after celebrated rogue Robin Hood launched raids from their Sherwood Forest hide-out - redistributing wealth from a greedy and corrupt aristocracy to the starving peasantry - he has been recruited to a new campaign. This month, 350 prominent economists have publicly backed a proposed 'Robin Hood tax' on speculative financial transactions, which could raise about $US400 billion ($A450 billion) a year worldwide.
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