Editor, Author at May Day Melbourne

Toyota Altona plant closure and the death of the car industry

October 9, 2017 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Toyota manufacturing plant in Melbourne closed last Tuesday. For Australia, this is the second last act that will put an end […]

Reserve bank maintains the rate of interest at a record low

October 9, 2017 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Something is going on. The Reserve Bank has just kept the official rate of interest at a low 1.5 percent for the […]

Catalan referendum scores massive vote for independence

October 3, 2017 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The fallout of the independence referendum in Catalonia is that many more people voted than expected, given the circumstances of an outright […]

Campaigning in South Australia for Newstart increase

October 3, 2017 Editor 1

From South Australia The Anti-Poverty Network in South Australia, with the support of the South Australia Council of Social Service and Uniting Communities, is engaged […]

Glencore wash plant workers join miners against contract work

October 3, 2017 Editor 1

From Townsville Glencore is another employer trying to turn its permanent workforce at the Oaky North into contractors. In its effort to enforce compliance after […]

Ugly greed at Exxon Mobil and Esso

October 3, 2017 Editor 0

By Ugly Esso’s parent, The American Exxon Mobil, happens to be the sixth largest company in the world. It chooses to use its subsidiary in […]

Never again to tyranny and dictatorship in the Philippines

October 3, 2017 Editor 2

By Migrante Australia Today (21 September 2017), we commemorate the 45th year of Martial Law declaration with a sense of déjà vu with the transformation […]

We’ve turned our unis into aimless money-grubbing exploiters of students

October 3, 2017 Editor 0

Perhaps not everyone will agree with everything Ross Gittins (Economics Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald 17 September 2017) has to say in this article […]