Work Choices Public Meeting - Wed 7
May 30, 2006
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Rights at Work campaign - Spotlight
May 30, 2006
“Workers at Spotlight will be given a pay increase of just two cents an hour in exchange for losing entitlements like penalty rates, rest breaks and overtime.
The Australian-owned chain of fabric and homewares stores employs 6000 workers and rakes in over $600 million a year. But new staff will lose up to $90 a week under the terms of Spotlight’s new AWA individual contracts.
Support the Spotlight staff. Tell Spotlight’s owners Morry Fraid and Ruben Fried how you feel about their company’s actions.
Spotlight’s management has argued that they were given the green light to rip off workers by the Howard Government. “Our AWA obviously meets all of the Work Choices requirements,” they told AAP. “We are not the ones writing the laws,” they told the Herald Sun. They’re right. The new IR laws encourage businesses to cut their employees’ take home pay and conditions. But is this how Australian businesses should treat their staff?
Tell Spotlight: Just because the IR laws let you to rip off workers doesn’t mean you have to. www.rightsatwork.com.au/campaigns/spotlight
Many thanks,
Sharan Burrow, Greg Combet,
and the Rights at Work campaign team.”
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morepraxis Community?
May 29, 2006
Angry Young Thing has posted a question that could use a page of its own.
I think that this is a good question for the morepraxis community to answer together.
Personally, it feels most like an active community to me in the weeks where other members posts and comments have to be scheduled so each post gets a days on the top of the page. Basically when I can see that people are reading and engaging with the content. It also helps that some of our members are part of communities I spend time with.
More of my thinking about our community is in the about morepraxis and join our community
Recently morepraxis had an upgrade and new features were added to make our site more functional and easy to navigate. These addtions hopefully help people connect better to what goes up and builds the sense of community too.
….So the space is open (as always) to suggest ways to build and develop morepraxis as a site, community, resource and a movement.
What will make morepraxis more of a community for you?
Age with motivation from Angry Young Thing 
BubbleHands
May 29, 2006
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Iraq Film now at Cimema Nova
May 25, 2006
International award winning feature on Iraq “In the Shadow of the Palms” now in limited season at Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St Carlton, group booking available on 9347 5331 / 9349 5201.
“In the Shadow of the Palms” is the only documentary filmed in Iraq prior to, during and after ‘liberation’ documents the changes in Iraqi society, and the lives of ordinary Iraqis by focusing on a cross-section of individuals.
“One of the most remarkable and moving documentaries ever made” - The Age – Tom Ryan
View trailer www.intheshadowofthepalms.com
Info: 03 9670 6736 or
info@ipso-facto.com.au
Deadly Legacy Exhibition 21-27 May
May 22, 2006
Opening Night of Deadly Legacy - A photographic exhibition on the effect of landmines and cluster bombs
Monday 22nd May, Gallery Open 6pm-8pm, Official Program 7pm
Come and be inspired by Nu Nguyen, who lost both her legs to a landmine when she was just three years old, and by John Rodsted, the exhibition photographer, who has been involved in the campaign to rid the world of landmines since its inception in 1992.
Entry is free! For more information contact Kerryn Clarke on
kerryn.clarke@vic.uca.org.au - 9251 5277
Exhibition will be open all week
Sunday 21st May - Saturday 27th May,12pm-5pm
Gallery 314 @ 314 Church St Richmond (next to Richmond Uniting Church).
Kerryn
BubbleSupper2
May 22, 2006
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Sorry Day & Reconciliation Week - 26May-3 June
May 19, 2006
Friday 26 May - Saturday 3 June
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of National Reconciliation Week. This year’s theme, Reconciliation: take the next step, reflects that there is still much to be done to build relationships which achieve better outcomes for us all - Indigenous and non-Indigenous people of Australia.
Reconciliation Victoria will be producing our annual poster and Calendar of Events. To get your Rec Week event on the calendar send details to info@reconciliationvic.org.au. If you would like educational materials, posters etc for your event please contact Rec Vic.
An ecumenical worship service for Reconciliation Sunday and a daily Bible readings and prayers for the week have been prepared by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission of the National Council of Churches in Australia. These resources are available to download from the web at www.ncca.org.au (follow the link from the home page). These resources can also be provided in hard copy by contacting Steph at the JIM unit - ph 9657 5365 or email steph.tashkoff@vic.uca.org.au
For information on the history of the National Reconciliation Week and to download a colourful poster for your church (can be printed nicely as B&W) go to http://www.reconciliationaustralia.org/i-cms.isp?page=97
J.I.M
Sorry Day 26 May
May 17, 2006
Melbourne All are welcome to gather at Federation Square, and will then walk to Parliament. School students will take part. Their theme is ‘Stories untold but not forgotten’. Recognising that many older people have felt unable to speak about their removal, the Victorian Committee is encouraging these people to tell their stories, and arranging transport for those unable to walk. They will go on to Billabong Park, where there will be a barbecue and entertainment. There will also be events in Port Philip and St Kilda.
Contact:
Melissa Brickell, Chair, Tel 03 9471 1855 Melissab@vacca.org
Mary Micallef Tel 0419 538 425
Mick Edwards Tel 0409 930 742
Liam N. (email) poetic-justice@alphalink.com.au
Click here for other state events
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Simply Sharing Week 14-21 May
May 16, 2006
The decision to live simply and share what we have is recognition that we can make a difference to the massive problems of injustice and poverty in the world: by sacrificing some luxuries in our own lives, we can fill the future with hope.
Simply Sharing Week is a development education program for schools and churches all over Australia and is a joint program of Caritas Australia and Christian World Service/National Council of Churches Australia.
Each year, we choose one country to focus on as a case study. On 14-21 May 2006, we are focussing on health in the Solomon Islands!
This website has lots of useful information for you to host your own Simply Sharing Week at any time of year that suits your group best. If you would like to know more, contact Kaylea on (03) 9650 6811, email kfearn@ncca.org.au.
May 28th, 2006 at 10:57 pm Judas; Yes, but how can we make morepraxis more of a ‘community’?