North Sydney Markets - Saturday / Special ABC TV series - Sunday & Monday
Conveners
Just a quick reminder that we'll have our 'Your Rights at Work' stall
at the North Sydney Markets this Saturday, 12th May.
Where:
Civic Park, Miller Street, North Sydney, from 9am
Between Council Chambers and Stanton Library
Look for the orange 'Your Rights at Work' sign
(The wet weather venue is Ridge Street Car Park)
We'll be talking to people in the community and giving out
information.
Thanks to all who contributed to our last meeting. If anyone has any
ideas
for slogans/cartoons/ drawings for our group etc, let us know, as we
have a volunteer keen to use their creative skills for our group!
Volunteers for the market stall are also welcome (and needed!).
Please get in touch with us.
ABC TV Special Event: ' Bastard Boys '
Screening on ABC, 8.30pm this Sunday and Monday.
The following is from the ABC's website:
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200705/programs/DR0515V001D13052007T203000.htm
"It was the fight that stopped the nation - the 1998 battle for
Australia's waterfront. More than just a dispute over reform, it
became a war for the hearts and minds of Australians. Political
thriller, war epic, buddy movie, love story and courtroom drama rolled
into one, BASTARD BOYS is the riveting story of the people behind one
of the greatest conflicts in Australia's industrial history.
Colin Friels and Jack Thompson lead an outstanding cast featuring
Geoff Morrell (Blue Heelers, Grass Roots), Daniel Frederiksen
(Stingers), Anthony Hayes (Look Both Ways, Changi), Daniel Wyllie
(Love My Way, The Shark Net), Justin Smith (Queen Kat, Carmel and St
Jude), Justine Clarke (Look Both Ways) and Rhys Muldoon (Dr Bogle and
Mrs Chandler, Grass Roots)
GREG'S WAR
In November 1997, the National Secretary of the Maritime Union of
Australia (MUA), John Coombs (Colin Friels), receives a mysterious
phone call warning him of a top secret plan to remove union members
from the waterfront. John calls upon Greg Combet (Daniel Frederiksen),
Assistant Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
for support. Suspecting the government is somehow involved, they
devise a three-pronged strategy to fight back. The union wins round
one!
Then, out of the blue, the wharfies are locked out of Patrick
Stevedores' berths at Melbourne's Webb Dock. With John in Sydney, Greg
must try to salvage the situation. It will be a long, hard fight
ahead.
JOSH'S WAR
Young up-and-coming lawyer Josh Bornstein (Justin Smith) is outraged
by the events taking place on the docks in Melbourne and offers his
services pro-bono to Greg Combet and the union movement. Amazed to
discover Greg hasn't finalised any sort of legal strategy yet, Josh
urges a radical new approach - don't wait to be attacked. Attack
first. Take the company and possibly even the government to court for
conspiracy. It's visionary and scary!
Josh and the team engage in a race against time to try to forestall
what they know is now imminent - the mass sacking of Patrick's entire
unionised workforce. But literally hours before they're due in court,
the event they've all been dreading takes place. In the dead of night,
three days before Easter, security guards with batons and dogs march
MUA members off the Patrick docks around the country. Before it is
over, the entire country will be divided "
We hope you can tune in!
Regards,
Julia Armitt