http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/nat/newsnat-6may1998-93.htm
75000 mennesker marsjerte i dag i Melbourne til støtte for havnearbeiderne.
Tallet som ble oppgitt på ABCs nyheter i dag var altså større enn politiets.
Men sjøl 55000 er fantastisk. Oppsving for fagbevegelsen til tusen.
Jeff Kennett er delstatspresident i Victoria der Melbourne er hovedstaden.
Han er en meget maktfullkommen Napoleon-type og er fra Liberals, dvs.
de konservative, som også har statsministeren i Australia, John Howard.
Trond Andresen
>Wednesday 6 May, 1998 (6:07pm AEST)
>
> Police estimate more than 55,000 people marched in support
> of the Maritime Union of Australia in central Melbourne
> today, a figure described by Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett as
> pathetic.
>
> The union movement now says its main priority is to see the
> removal of the Howard Government.
>
> ACTU president Jenni George says the fight is far from over
(ACTU = LO i Australia)
> for the maritime union and the union movement as a whole.
>
> She says union members and supporters should exercise their
> voice at the next election and vote against the Federal
> government.
>
> "Laws that try to de-unionise, that's what we've got now," Ms
> George said.
>
> "That's what we're going to put an end to when we see the
> re-election of a Labor Government committed to the principle
> of working class people," she said.
>
> A number of speakers from unions representing teachers, bank
> workers and cleaners addressed the crowd about the problems
> the Federal Government's industrial reforms have caused for
> their members.