There is an exciting upcoming event happening in Sydney to raise money for the rehabilitation of former child soldiers.
The event is the ‘Article 39 concert’, an initiative of a passionate yr.12 student Isadore Biffin, and supported by Oaktree’s End Child Slavery campaign.
The Article Thirty-Nine concert is being held at The Factory and features some of Sydney’s best up and coming bands and artists, including Peregrine, The Dawn Collective, Tim Ireland, The Shipwrecked, Falling in Autumn, Jack Carty and The Party, and Adam Cousens from Melbourne.
Tickets for the Article Thirty-Nine Concert are now available for purchase online for just $22 (incl. booking fee) at http://tinyurl.com/article39concert .
This is a chance to support an extremely worthy cause and also have a fantastic night out!
Details
Date: Sunday, 23rd November
Time: 4- 11pm
Place: The Factory, 105 Victoria Road, Enmore. NSW
A workshop with Baganan Kurityityin Theresa Creed and John Tracey
This workshopchallenges non-Aboriginal participants to explore the relevance of concepts such as land rights, native title, sovereignty, reconciliation, treaty, self-determination, Aboriginal deaths in custody, customary law, traditional owner etc. to their own life on this country.
It explores ways in which non-Aboriginal people can support Aboriginal Australia.
The workshop offers no easy answers, only difficult questions.
6pm, Tuesday November 25th
@ “The Den” 116 Little Bourke St. Melbourne
(between Russell St. And Exhibition St. on the north side of the street)
Workers making Prada, Mulberry, Louis Vuitton, Samsonite have been dismissed and forced to resign from the union. Conditions at three Turkish factories are appalling: Workers earn poverty wages, work long hours, and suffer from a variety of health complaints linked to poor health and safety conditions. They complain that there are not enough toilets for all the workers and those that exist are filthy. The only drinking water is from a hose on the toilet floor.
URGENT APPEAL: Suspected government agents attempted to kill Laguna labor leader
10 November 2008
From the - Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR)
Rm. 702 Culmat Building 127 E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, Brgy. Mariana, Quezon City
Telefax: 632.411.0256 email address: ctuhr.manila@gmail.com
www.ctuhr.org
URGENT APPEAL: Suspected government agents attempted to kill Laguna labor leader
Issues: attempted killing, harassment, right to life and security, freedom of association
Check outthe men’s and women’s clerical shirts (otherwise known as dog collar shirts!).
All of the shirts are made from 100% Fairtrade Certified Cotton - not the usual poly-cotton mix - which ensures that small scale cotton farmers from developing countries receive a fair and stable price for their goods and labours. Additionally they receive a Fairtrade premium which enables them to invest in their farm businesses and communities.
Professor David Karoly will be hanging out at UpperRoom next Monday!
“There aren’t many people on the planet that know more about climate change than Australian climatologist Professor David Karoly.
His work with the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change brought him international recognition. Now, as a Federation Fellow at the University of Melbourne, his expertise is back in Australia … and he’s determined to make a difference.” ABC-Catalyst
The inconvenient truth will be playing as advertised earlier but it has now been confirmed that during the show there will be conversations and live commentary with David.
This is the night to bring your questions and friends who are interested in climate change and the environment.
Monday the 10th of November from 6pm
Upstairs in the Shine Café/Bar (74 Kingsway Glen Waverley)
Armed men shoot, miss Laguna labor leader
11/06/2008 | 11:39 PM
MANILA, Philippines - A labor leader from Laguna was almost killed when armed men, suspected to government agents, shot him, a labor center said Thursday night.
On Wednesday last week, Remigio Saladero, the chief legal counsel for the KMU (an independent labour federation in the Philippines) and the union representing Dole Philippines’s workers, were illegally arrested by the Philippine government. The International Labor Rights Forum has launched a campaign to call for his release:
Go here - for more information (scroll down when you get to this link)
Cyndy Connole from the LHMU made a great presentation at the recent Education at the Edges forum about this innovative project. Check it out! Inspiring stuff!
