Over 500 New Zealand union members working for a company owned by Woolworths Australia have been locked out until they agree to abandon their claim for a national collective agreement.  This blatant attempt to destroy a union is being carried out by a company boasting of a 24% increase in profits. 

The union is calling for a big international campaign to put pressure on the company and urging people to send off protest messages today: http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=140

The 107 Australian construction workers charged under the Howard Government's harsh industrial laws for the building industry will appear in court on August 29 and 30. In an unprecedented case, these individual workers are being prosecuted by the Government appointed, funded and directed Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) for alleged industrial action over the sacking of a union delegate on the Perth to Mandurah Railways project. They face fines of up to A$28,600, plus court costs.

Show your solidarity with the workers by sending letters of protest to Australian Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews and the ABC Commissioner, John Lloyd.

Click here to send the letters of solidarity: http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=137

Dear friends,

Last year on 12th June we had a demonstration in Tehran protesting the discrimination against women in the Iranian constitution. It was organized by several women groups from Tehran and other cities and turned out to be a turning point for the Iranian women's movement.