[www-features] SUGGESTED FEATURE: Australian workers in huge protests against government anti-union push

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Australian workers in huge protests against government anti-union push(https://publish.indymedia.org/earth/servlet/Mir?module=Content&do=edit&id=117396)

      <pre>A week of nation wide protests and strikes against the conservative Federal Government&rsquo;s proposed industrial relations changes has drawn to an end with a rally in &lt;a href=&quot;http://sydney.indymedia.org/archive/features/2005/06/2005-07.html#10296&quot;&gt;Sydney&lt;/a&gt; on Friday. The protests, some of the largest seen in Australia in recent times, including over 100,000 people marching in &lt;a href=&quot;http://melbourne.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=9606&amp;category_id=13&quot;&gt;Melbourne&lt;/a&gt; , highlighted the impacts that the industrial relations changes will have on low and middle income earners, as the government gains full control of both houses of parliament, and is in a position to push through it&rsquo;s reforms.</pre><!-- Couldn't get value of variable encodeHTML: Couldn't get referent of encodeHTML: Couldn't get referent of encodeHTML: freemarker.template.TemplateModelException 	at mir.generator.FreemarkerGenerator$Be
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 ol.java:683) 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)  --><br /><br />      <pre>&lt;b&gt;Reports&lt;/b&gt; :  &lt;a href=&quot;http://melbourne.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=9606&amp;category_id=13 &quot;&gt;Melbourne&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/93113.php&quot;&gt;Brisbane&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://perth.indymedia.org/?action=newswire&amp;parentview=11538&quot;&gt;Perth&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://sydney.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=56489&amp;group=webcast&quot;&gt;Sydney&lt;/a&gt;</pre><!-- Couldn't get value of variable encodeHTML: Couldn't get referent of encodeHTML: Couldn't get referent of encodeHTML: freemarker.template.TemplateModelException 	at mir.generator.FreemarkerGenerator$BeanAdapter.get(FreemarkerGenerator.java:349) 	at freemarker.template.expression.Dot.getAsTemplateModel(Unknown Source) 	at freemarker.template.expression.MethodCall.getAsTemplateModel(Unknown Source) 	at fre
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 .java:948) 	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:127) 	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:596) 	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:433) 	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:948) 	at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:152) 	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:799) 	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:705) 	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:577) 	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683) 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)  -->      <pre>The reforms are designed to undermine collective bargaining and the influence of unions by pushing workers on to individual contracts, k
 nown as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Workplace_Agreement&quot;&gt;Australian Workplace Agreements&lt;/a&gt;. They will also strip workers of protection against unfair dismissal and will lead to a wage freeze for those on the minimum wage. &lt;p&gt; Rallies took place in regional areas, as well as in capital cities where workers, unionists, church groups and community members took to the streets in a colourful display of solidarity. Unions have emphasised that this is the first stage of a long struggle to build a broad based resistance to the reforms. &lt;p&gt;</pre><!-- Couldn't get value of variable encodeHTML: Couldn't get referent of encodeHTML: Couldn't get referent of encodeHTML: freemarker.template.TemplateModelException 	at mir.generator.FreemarkerGenerator$BeanAdapter.get(FreemarkerGenerator.java:349) 	at freemarker.template.expression.Dot.getAsTemplateModel(Unknown Source) 	at freemarker.template.expression.MethodCall.getAsTemplateModel(U
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