Industrial Workers of the World

MP-33: Solidarity with Dave Kerin and Union Solidarity

The International Solidarity Commission of the Industrial Workers of
the World, an international independent labor union with members in
Australia, strongly condemns the Australian government's persecution
of Dave Kerin, coordinator of the labor coalition Union Solidarity.
The Australian Workplace Ombudsman has issued Kerin with a "notice to produce documents" in relation to a recent strike at Boeing. If he

Well it is a bit of a joke that ABOUT TIME was a tad late - but what the Hell we can live with it.

Dear Supporters of Union Solidarity

1. Union Solidarity: Extraordinary Meeting.
2. Union Solidarity Coordinator Faces 6 months jail.


1. Union Solidarity will hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the
situation facing Dave Kerin.

6pm Wednesday
May 7
Trade Halls (follow the signs to meeting room)
Lygon St
Carlton
(All welcome)


2. Union Solidarity Coordinator Faces 6 months jail.

 

In my book there are three major classes in modern, industrialised societies of the world:

The IWW is a revolutionary organisation because it advocates the abolition of the current system of production--the wages system.  This distinguishes us from garden variety leftist groups as we are not just asking for parts of the social product of our labour e.g.

New labour ie Blair & Rudd just like Margaret Thatcher and John Howard have a neo liberal outlook.

Gillard was quoted saying that they are going to bring in legislation to allow employers to spy on their employees emails. I suspect many employers do that already but it just shows how anti worker people like Rudd and Gillard are. Not only this Gillard has been egging on the Australian Building and Construction Commission to hit the CFMEU and its members on the job. The Crime - Industrial action or in the case of Craig johnston standing up for his members.

"When the working class unites, there will be a lot of jobless labor leaders." Eugene Debs, 1905 speech

WW EDMONTON (Canada) ONLINE LIBRARY:
A WORKERS SELF EDUCATION READING LIST

Price rises are not always the result of inflation.  Supply and demand for a product of labour or a natural resource can drive prices up and down around their value.  The inflation of prices has to do with the supply of the commodity we all know as money.  Money is what we use to exchange commodities in our society.  Money is used to circulate these commodities, including the one commodity workers must sell in order to make a living—their labour power.

If indications count for anything, Australia is shortly going to be quite up to date in the science of exploitation. Though local exploiters have never exhibited any other tendencies than those characteristic of their class throughout the world in this respect, still their economic experts and politicians, Labor and Liberal alike, would appear to be of the opinion that there are a few tips on the "scientific" management of labour which their Australian paymasters would do well to study. So the various State Governments have jointly agreed to import a gentleman from U. S.