Thousands protest Howard's anti-worker laws
"Australia: A crowd of up to 175,000 protesters in Melbourne has heard this morning that unions will hold the government to account for the 'human cost' of the federal government's new workplace laws.
"ACTU secretary Greg Combet urged all workers to join a union and fight the workplace reforms.
"Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and ACTU president Sharan Burrow also addressed the rally, Mr Bracks saying his government would mount a High Court challenge to the legislation.
"Traffic ground to a halt in Melbourne's CBD as protesters filled Federation Square and surrounding streeets."
The Age
Howard brushes off IR rallies
Thousands march in IR protests
Hundreds of thousands of workers protested over industrial relations reforms today, causing traffic havoc.
Fear and loathing in the CBD
Video: Scenes from the protests
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Gallery: Workers challenge IR laws
Gallery: Workers protest in Sydney
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Pip Wilson posted item above at 5:20 PM | Permalink
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Hi! You may want to check out this article about today's protests:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Hundreds_of_thousands_rally_in_Australia_against_IR_legislation
The article is supposed to be neutral, i.e. representing all points of view equally, and representing opinions as opinions rather than as facts.
If you think it is biased, feel free to edit it yourself - you don't even need to create an account, you can edit it anonymously.
Thanks for the tip. It looks good. Wikinews keeps going from strength to strength.
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