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Analysis: Maritime Union in Battle with Multinational Svitzer

Posted on Blog by Workers Solidarity · September 02, 2021 11:35 PM

The Maritime Union and tug workers at ports across Australia are locked in battle with the country’s largest towage operator, Svitzer, in industrial action to protect their hard-won working conditions in the face of Svitzer’s sabotage of enterprise bargaining talks and in addition, their sacking of 18 tug workers at Geelong.

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Backbone of Our Movement: Olly

Posted on Blog by Workers Solidarity · July 16, 2021 11:21 AM

Olly, delegate at the Australian Services Union VicTas

 

How long have you been a union member?

Since my first job as a teenager.

Why did you join the union?

Working class people are the overwhelming majority of society. We do all the work, we produce all wealth, and we should run things ourselves. The only way to do this is to come together with our fellow workers and organise – to win better wages and working conditions today, and to build towards a world where we control our own workplaces and run them democratically in the interests of everyone, not just for profit.

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Backbone of Our Movement: Kim Bullimore

Posted on Blog by Workers Solidarity · March 07, 2021 9:13 PM

Kim Bullimore, NTEU Rank and file

How long have you been a union member?

I am a currently a member of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). I have been a rank-and-file member now for 5 or 6 years. However, I first joined a union more than 30+ years ago, when I was 19 or 20 years old and working in retail. Coming from a working-class family, I understood the importance of being part of a union, as they are the basic defence organisation for the working class. Trade unions allow us to collectively organise, to fight and defend workers right and to act in solidarity with oppressed and minority groups.

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