November/December 2011

Striking back

The right to strike has been steadily undermined in recent years by coercive labour legislation. What is the future of the labour movement’s most time-honoured tactic? Is it time for the labour movement to start breaking the rules, as government and industry have been doing for decades?

Inside This Issue

Letter from the editor

by Valerie Zink Nov 1, 2011 4 min read
Homeplace as revolutionary front

by Cynthia Dewi Oka Nov 1, 2011 5 min read
From the jaws of defeat

by Yutaka Dirks Nov 1, 2011 12 min read
The end of the strike?

by Rhea Rollmann Nov 1, 2011 11 min read
The confines of compromise

by Dave Bleakney Nov 1, 2011 9 min read
Crisis in care

by Justin Panos Nov 1, 2011 5 min read
Armed with knowledge

by Tracey Mitchell Nov 1, 2011 6 min read
The teacher trap

by Aleksandra McHugh and Aleksandra McHugh Nov 1, 2011 5 min read
From worker to worker

by Katherine Nastovski Nov 1, 2011 2 min read
“The best game you can name”

by Sheldon Birnie Nov 1, 2011 4 min read