Your Rights at Work: Rally on Wednesday June 28!

Say No to Unfair Work Laws! Australia-wide Week of Action June 25 – July 1

Sacked by text message. Fired then rehired on a contract that pays $200 less a week. Pay docked for doing a whip around for the widow of a mate killed on the job. All around the nation Australians have felt first hand the real cost of the Howard Government’s new industrial relations laws.

June 25 – July 1: Take action all around Australia.

There will be rallies in almost all capital cities in Australia on Wednesday June 28. There will also be heaps of other activities including delegates' meetings, community performances, and church services all over the country throughout the week. Stay tuned to the Rights at Work website for venue and time details!

Last November hundreds of thousands of Australians took to the streets and filled community venues to show their disgust for the Howard Government’s legislation.
Ignoring popular opinion, the Government used its Senate majority to ram the laws through parliament.

The 2006 Budget clearly showed the Government looks after corporate Australia at the expense of working families. As petrol prices and interest rates continue to rise, the average employee got tax cuts of only $7 or $10 a week. At the same time our job security has been undermined by the new IR laws, which attack the pay and conditions we all rely on.

As we count down to the next election, a new worker and a new family is affected by these IR laws every day. We must show these workers our support, and show the Government that we will never forget the human impact of their radical laws. We have to show both sides of politics that Australians will fight for our rights at work.

To be kept up to date on all activities in your state, join in the Rights at Work website email list!

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Fri Jun 02, 2006

JUNE 28: Darwin rally. 12 noon at Raintree Park, Darwin City Centre.

ACT

Mon May 29, 2006

JUNE 25: 1.30pm
Your Rights at Work family and community supporters event during half time at the Raiders v Roosters Rugby League match. Canberra Stadium, off Battye Street, Bruce, ACT.

JUNE 28: Workplace "Orange Day." Workers encouraged to wear orange to work (or wear Your Rights at Work merchandise) and to decorate workplaces in orange.

JUNE 28: Delegations of Canberra union members to Liberal Senator Gary Humphries office. Including handing out Your Rights at Work flyers to people outside his office in Shop B12, Canberra Centre Bunda Street.

JUNE 30: 10.30am
'Sea of Orange' – thousands of orange ribbon 'flags' to be placed at Federation Mall between Old and New Parliament Houses.

NEW SOUTH WALES

Wed May 24, 2006

JUNE 28 Sydney 9am
Rally at Blacktown Showground, Richmond Rd.

JUNE 28
Bathurst 12 noon
March and rally, meet at Machatti Park
Gosford 11.30am
Cavalcade of vehicles, starting at Adcock Park, West Gosford. Hand out leaflets at major railway stations on the morning of the 28th June. Wear something orange.
Newcastle 10am
Rally meet at Newcastle Panthers Club, King St.
Wollongong 12 noon
Meet at Fred Moore House. March through the Mall to Crown St. Speakers to address the community assembly outside the office of Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.
Queanbeyan Queanbeyan Park 12 noon.
Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Amphitheatre, Fitzmaurice St 12.30 pm
Albury March up Elgin Blvd to High St, then finish at Wodonga Civic Centre 12 to 1 pm
Goulburn Goulburn Worker’s Club 8.30 am
Nowra In front of Joanna Gash’s office 24 Berry St 12.30
Tweed Heads Rally from Chris Cunningham Park 9 am
Armidale Opposite Armidale Tafe, Beardy St 12.30 pm
Lismore Cnr of Magellan and Carrington St 12.30 pm

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Wed May 24, 2006

JUNE 24 - 28 Your Rights at Work Information booth
Murray St Mall, Perth. Saturday 10-5, Sunday 11-5, Mon-Wed 8.30-5.30

JUNE 25 "Shelter yourself, join your union." 12 noon. Kings Square, corner of Adelaide St and Queens St Fremantle. Bring your brollie to the launch of the week of action. To demonstrate the importance of union membership unionists will launch the Week of Action by coming together under the umbrella of union membership. All welcome.

JUNE 26 "Your Rights at Work – Worth Giving Blood For." Unionists to give blood at the Perth Red Cross, beginning on the 26th and continued throughout the week. Perth Red Cross. To make an appointment call Red Cross Blood Service on 13 14 95

JUNE 28 Perth 12pm
Rally followed by a march (route to be decided). Live music and sausage sizzle. Meet Russell Square, corner of James St and Parker Ave.

TASMANIA

Wed May 24, 2006

JUNE 28 Launceston: Rally
12 noon: March from Princes Square
12.30pm: Rally at Albert Hall

JULY 1 Hobart: Rally Saturday
11am: Parliament House lawns

JUNE 28 to JULY 1
"Jolly Jumbucks and the Gentle Art of Sedition" - a dramatic performance. Jolly Jumbucks is a satirical study of childcare workers, the childcare industry, politics and the laws of sedition. For more info contact JollyJumbucks@hotmail.com.

QUEENSLAND

Wed May 24, 2006

JUNE 28 Brisbane city:12 noon
Southbank Cultural Forecourt
March through the city to Celebration Lawn at Roma St Parkland.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Wed May 24, 2006

JUNE 28 Adelaide City Rally 12 noon- Victoria Square
Southern Rally 7.30am: Outside Liberal MP Kim Richardson's office, 209 Main South Road, Morphett Vale.
North East Rally 10am: Outside Liberal MP Trish Draper's office, 959 North East Road, Modbury.
Northern Rally 12 noon: Outside Liberal MP David Fawcett's office, Shop 89 Munno Para Shopping Centre, 600 Main North Road, Smithfield.

JUNE 28 Whyalla 4.30pm: Rally corner of Horwood & Jamieson Street.
There will also be rallies in Berry and Mt Gambier. Details will be published here.

VICTORIA

Wed May 24, 2006

JUNE 28 Melbourne: 10am
Marches will start from Federation Square, Spring St, Trades Hall (Carlton), and Southern Cross Station (formerly Spencer St station). Converge at Bourke St Mall.

JUNE 28
Albury and Wodonga 12.30 - 1.30
March up Jack Hore Place to High St on to Wodonga Civic Centre.
Ballarat 11am
Community Cavalcade. Join the drive for Your Rights at Work. Cars assemble in Victoria Park, Sturt St side. Final destination and speakers at 12 noon in Wendouree Village, Gillies Street.
Geelong 1pm
Geelong Trades Hall, 127 Myer St, Geelong Hospital, Bellarine St, and Gordon Tafe. March into the CBD.
Portland 10am, Angling Club, Foreshore.
Warrnambool 11.15 info stall at Temperance Hall, 12.15 rally and march to Liberal MP John Vogels' office.

JUNE 29 Deakin: 7.30am to 9.00am
Breakfast protest in Phil Barresi’s Office (Lib MP), Unit 5, 602 Whitehorse Road, Melways Ref 48 K9. -- Deakin, the most marginal Victorian Liberal seat, is held by Phil Barresi, a key supporter of Howard's IR agenda. So come along, enjoy a community breakfast and let Barresi know that the voters of Deakin do not support these laws.--