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South West Trades and Labour Council

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25.01.2022 Are you an AMWU apprentice? Check out Logan explaining why it's important to join our online mass meetings on Monday to save apprenticeships. 5pm Eastern Day...light Savings time https://www.amwu.org.au/save_apprenticeships OR 8pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time (5pm WA time)* https://www.amwu.org.au/save_apprenticeships_2 Not an AMWU apprentice? Show your support by signing the petition! https://www.megaphone.org.au//keep-apprentices-on-the-tools *Yes we know Logan said 7pm but it's 8pm (5pm WA time) we promise

23.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS WA Upper House just passed the Health and Safety Bill to finally give Western Australia Industrial Manslaughter laws that will send bosses to pris...on if they kill a worker by cutting corners on safety and quality. Our deepest respect and thanks to every single person who turned up yesterday in support and solidarity with each other, and with the families of workers who went to work one day and never came home. You all made this happen. When workers stand together we win. Always.

21.01.2022 From the site 'A Mighty Girl': On this day in 1975, in a remarkable display of solidarity and determination, Iceland’s women went on strike for equal rights. Th...ey refused to go to their jobs, do housework, or perform childcare, all to show the importance of women in their society. Incredibly, 90% of women in Iceland participated in the strike. Of those, 25,000 women -- almost 12% of Iceland’s population at the time -- took to the streets of Reykjavik in a demonstration while other protests were held in towns across the country. The historic strike was called Women’s Day Off and it’s gone down in Icelandic history as the beginning of a dramatic change in the status of women -- and the first step toward Iceland becoming the world’s most feminist country. Although the right of Icelandic women to vote was recognized in 1915, by 1975, there were still only three sitting female Members of Parliament, less than 5%. Across the country, women faced discrimination at work, including lower pay and fewer job opportunities. The progress being made in other Nordic countries, where women held 16 to 23% of parliamentary seats and had more recourse against discrimination, was frustrating women’s right activists in Iceland. A women’s group called the Red Stockings was the first to propose a strike, but it was initially considered too confrontational by many. After the event was renamed the Women’s Day Off and framed in such a way as to show the many ways Iceland’s women contributed to the country, it secured near universal support. When the day of the protest came, many companies were forced to close for the day; schools and daycares kept their doors shut. Fathers ended up taking their children to work and easy to prepare foods like sausages were sold out in many grocery stores. Meanwhile, women took to the streets to listen to speeches and discuss how they could improve their nation. The majority of men were supportive of the effort: Styrmir Gunnarsson, who was the co-editor of the conservative paper Morgunbladid at the time, said, I do not think that I have ever supported a strike but I did not see this action as a strike. It was a demand for equal rights it was a positive event. He added that "Probably most people underestimated this day's impact at that time -- later both men and women began to realize that it was a watershed." Vigdís Finnbogadóttir says her life was particularly changed by the Women’s Day Off -- she would go on to become Europe’s first female president in 1980, a move she insists could not have happened without the protest. What happened that day was the first step for women's emancipation in Iceland," she explained. "It completely paralyzed the country and opened the eyes of many men Things went back to normal the next day, but with the knowledge that women are as well as men the pillars of society. So many companies and institutions came to a halt and it showed the force and necessity of women -- it completely changed the way of thinking. The impact of the changes that this show of power by women helped foster are obvious in Iceland today -- women now hold 38% of the seats in parliament and the country has been ranked number one in the world for gender equality by the World Economic Forum for eight years in a row. For her part, Finnbogadóttir, who served as Iceland’s president for 16 years, will always look back with fondness on that historic day when women stood together: There was a tremendous power in it all and a great feeling of solidarity and strength among all those women standing on the square in the sunshine.

21.01.2022 IT'S HERE! For the first time, our stellar Anna Stewart workshops, forums and actions will be available online to any woman who is a member of her union! You ca...n register and attend as many workshops as you like which means that you can tailor the program to fit your skills, interests, and schedule. If you would like to receive a certificate of completion for the Anna Stewart Memorial Project you will need to attend at least 5 workshops over the course of the two week program. These 5 workshops can be of your choosing, there are no compulsory workshops. Check out our amazing full program, and register here: https://www.unionwomen.org.au/events

20.01.2022 They're coming after workers' rights.

19.01.2022 United AWU ETU AMWU state organisers in the South West together negotiating for union members SOLIDARITY

16.01.2022 Our face masks have arrived! Stay safe and show your union pride for $10 plus $5.50 tracked postage. To place your order please email [email protected].

13.01.2022 Solidarity from the Geelong construction shop stewards meeting to Christy Cain and the MUA WA Branch in their campaign to save Fremantle Port.

12.01.2022 Portland has a choice: Will it become a climate leader with clean, reliable renewable energy jobs? Or will it take a risk of expanding the dirty gas industry?

05.01.2022 Tony Wolfe has worked in coal for over forty years. But he knows it's time for a change - it's time to embrace renewables. Australia needs clean jobs to reboot its economy. That's why we created the Clean Jobs Plan. Learn more about it here: https://climc.nl/3hAZdSW

04.01.2022 REMINDER: APPRENTICES don't miss your chance to have your voice heard this Monday afternoon! RSVP for either of our online mass meetings below. 5pm Eastern D...aylight Savings time https://www.amwu.org.au/save_apprenticeships OR 8pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time (5pm WA time)* https://www.amwu.org.au/save_apprenticeships_2 Not an AMWU apprentice? Show your support by signing the petition! https://www.megaphone.org.au//keep-apprentices-on-the-tools