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	<title>Crikey &#187; ACTU</title>
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		<title>Unions, Labor and Greens embrace web platform with GOP ties</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/unions-labor-and-greens-embrace-web-platform-with-gop-ties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/07/unions-labor-and-greens-embrace-web-platform-with-gop-ties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 02:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian council of trade unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Greens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Left-wing political parties and organisations are using LA-based NationBuilder website platforms, but concerns have been raised that the company has a right-wing agenda in the US.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unions to strike: ACTU plots &#8216;aerial war&#8217; over insecure work</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/15/unions-to-strike-actu-plots-aerial-war-over-insecure-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/15/unions-to-strike-actu-plots-aerial-war-over-insecure-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shorten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ged Kearney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom bramble]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=349171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The labour movement is preparing to unleash a serious campaign against the vagaries of insecure work. ACTU president Ged Kearney talks to <em>Crikey</em> about tactics in an election year.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>$600b in voting rights wasted, now unions rally on super funds</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/25/600b-in-voting-rights-wasted-now-unions-rally-on-super-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/25/600b-in-voting-rights-wasted-now-unions-rally-on-super-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Oliver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Mighell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry super funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Howes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=344641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The local labour movement is becoming increasingly bullish about how its members' superannuation money is invested. What happens if more unions start putting their money where their mouths are?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Too little, too late by the ACTU</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/05/too-little-too-late-by-the-actu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/05/too-little-too-late-by-the-actu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Richard Farmer’s chunky bits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Database of Happiness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ACTU certainly took its time to wake up to the damage being done to the whole trade union movement]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/05/too-little-too-late-by-the-actu/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The no man&#8217;s land that is the Thomson saga</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/04/crikey-says-the-no-mans-land-that-is-the-thomson-saga/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/04/crikey-says-the-no-mans-land-that-is-the-thomson-saga/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gillard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HSU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=283823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the no man's land that is the Craig Thomson saga, a story that has already taken up way too much space in the nation's political consciousness,]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/04/crikey-says-the-no-mans-land-that-is-the-thomson-saga/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Delegitimising unions in the great game of labour v capital</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/02/delegitimising-unions-in-the-great-game-of-labour-v-capital/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/02/delegitimising-unions-in-the-great-game-of-labour-v-capital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macro economic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As voters become more estranged from corporations and economic reform, neither labour nor capital is responding effectively to the sentiment.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/02/delegitimising-unions-in-the-great-game-of-labour-v-capital/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>135</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grog: Could the real Paul Howes please stand up?</title>
		<link>http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com/2010/11/lack-of-confessions.html</link>
		<comments>http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com/2010/11/lack-of-confessions.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>f79</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Howes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=187116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So-called "faceless" union man Paul Howes has bold visions for the future of the ALP, but sadly you won't find them in his new book, writes <b>Greg Jericho</b> at <em>Grog's Gamut</em>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>So&#8230; just why do we need IR reform again?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/18/so-just-why-do-we-need-ir-reform-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/18/so-just-why-do-we-need-ir-reform-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Work Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WorkChoices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178774</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We're told time and again that we need more IR reform. But no one ever says why.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/18/so-just-why-do-we-need-ir-reform-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>72</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hey liberals, muscle-up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/08/in-the-echo-chamber-progressives-need-to-muscle-up-on-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/08/in-the-echo-chamber-progressives-need-to-muscle-up-on-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Australian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=177252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rather than lamenting the lies told by many in the mainstream media, progressive groups need to follow the ACTU's lead and start investing in the tools of public policy debate. <b>Bernard Keane</b> weighs in.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/08/in-the-echo-chamber-progressives-need-to-muscle-up-on-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>42</slash:comments>
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		<title>The lonely island of centrism</title>
		<link>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Its-just-a-jump-to-the-left-pd20101007-9YRQU?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph&#038;WELCOME=AUTHENTICATED%20REMEMBER</link>
		<comments>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Its-just-a-jump-to-the-left-pd20101007-9YRQU?OpenDocument&#038;src=sph&#038;WELCOME=AUTHENTICATED%20REMEMBER#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Federal Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Truss]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=176874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a game of push me-pull me being played in Canberra this week, with the ACTU trying to pull the ALP back to the Left, while Liberal MPs attempt to drag the party back to the right, says <b>Rob Burgess</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The inner workings of Sharan Burrow</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/business/working-for-a-greater-union-20100627-zbw3.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/business/working-for-a-greater-union-20100627-zbw3.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian council of trade unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Trade Union Confederation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharan burrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=148854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ACTU president <b>Sharan Burrow</b> has just been announced as secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. How did a female teacher rise up so high in the blokey world of union politics? <b>Ben Schneiders</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.theage.com.au/business/working-for-a-greater-union-20100627-zbw3.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health Services Union in controversial merger</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/07/health-services-union-in-controversial-merger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/07/health-services-union-in-controversial-merger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health services union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Williamson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ALP National President Michael Williamson has launched an audacious bid for full-spectrum control of the troubled Health Services Union, creating an eastern states conglomerate and dissolving the Victorian branches.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/07/health-services-union-in-controversial-merger/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Colless: Tony, don&#8217;t be afraid of the big bad union</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/union-campaign-should-not-derail-coalition/story-e6frg6zo-1225838392149</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/union-campaign-should-not-derail-coalition/story-e6frg6zo-1225838392149#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial relations laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WorkChoices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace relations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=121691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new media campaign by ACTU called <a href="http://www.actu.org.au/Campaigns/Dontgobacktoworkchoices/default.aspxl">"Don't Go Back To WorkChoices"</a> is an unfair and untruthful attack on Tony Abbott. The Libs<em>need</em> to offer a suitable IR alternative since Rudd's policies are collapsing, writes <b>Malcolm Colless</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW ALP rank-and-file told to commit political suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/nsw-alp-rank-and-file-told-to-commit-political-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/nsw-alp-rank-and-file-told-to-commit-political-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW Labor Government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/nsw-alp-rank-and-file-told-to-commit-political-suicide/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday last week, the NSW Left voted against one of its defining tenets, namely the support of rank-and-file preselections, writes <b>Prue Believer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/11/nsw-alp-rank-and-file-told-to-commit-political-suicide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Thoughts after an Association of Superannuation Funds Australia lunch</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/thoughts-after-an-association-of-superannuation-funds-australia-lunch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/thoughts-after-an-association-of-superannuation-funds-australia-lunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Association of Superannuation Funds Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation payments]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/thoughts-after-an-association-of-superannuation-funds-australia-lunch/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the Government raise compulsory super contributions from 9% to 12%, it will simply subsidise higher income earners' retirement by foregoing taxes at a ridiculously high level and overtaxing those on lower incomes.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Jetstar propping up Burma&#8217;s dictatorship?</title>
		<link>http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/200909/2697981.htm?desktop</link>
		<comments>http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/200909/2697981.htm?desktop#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jetstar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myanmar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jetstar has come under fire for running flights into Burma, with critics claiming the airport fees and money the airline brings into the country are helping fund Burma's repressive military junta.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>No Bandidos clubhouse in Bligh&#8217;s backyard?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/tips-and-rumours-80/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/tips-and-rumours-80/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bandidos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biker gangs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris lilley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stern Hu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/tips-and-rumours-80/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anna Bligh worries about new Bandidos clubhouses and further Fairfax subscription woes. Plus, who is rumoured to play Steve Irwin in the new telemovie titled <em>Crikey</em>?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unions win some lose some at Ruddfest 09</title>
		<link>http://wl.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25873069-5013404,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://wl.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25873069-5013404,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=77559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ruddfest 09 delivered "good outcomes" for unions, with entitlements for workers of collapsed companies. But workplaces will not become more "union friendly".]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>ACTU bites its tongue, retreats to attic</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/actu-bites-its-tongue-retreats-to-attic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/actu-bites-its-tongue-retreats-to-attic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Sparrow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/actu-bites-its-tongue-retreats-to-attic/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What trade-off has the ACTU received for biting its tongue about the building industry? So far, just some half hearted words of encouragement about 'buying Australian'.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/actu-bites-its-tongue-retreats-to-attic/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gillard&#8217;s ACTU spray a centrist triumph</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/gillards-actu-spray-a-centrist-triumph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/gillards-actu-spray-a-centrist-triumph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/gillards-actu-spray-a-centrist-triumph/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard's speech at the ACTU Congress yesterday a display of raw executive power, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/gillards-actu-spray-a-centrist-triumph/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>PM plays a dangerous game of bluff</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-27/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-27/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Richard Farmer’s chunky bits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-27/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labour looks like its told the unions what for, but will that translate into votes? And finally, some good economic news.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-27/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hypocrisy of swine flu treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comments & corrections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-9/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers chat swine flu, digital radio and the ACTU. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-9/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>ACTU&#8217;s rebranding strategy undermined from within</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/actus-rebranding-strategy-undermined-from-within/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/actus-rebranding-strategy-undermined-from-within/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Financial Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Lawrence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=55887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ACTU’s “growth and campaign” revitalisation plan, the bare bones of which were leaked by dissident unions to the <i>AFR</i> on Monday, could end in tears,.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/actus-rebranding-strategy-undermined-from-within/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unions trade member interests for seats and influence</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/unions-trade-member-interests-for-seats-and-influence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/unions-trade-member-interests-for-seats-and-influence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFMEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Mighell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The revelations over the ABCC do little to explain the broader labour movement’s continuing counter-productive closeness to its lackeys in the ALP.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/unions-trade-member-interests-for-seats-and-influence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forget IR legislation, ACTU must get back to basics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/26/forget-ir-legislation-actu-must-get-back-to-basics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/26/forget-ir-legislation-actu-must-get-back-to-basics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[POLITICS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trade unions in their current form are a cultural and industrial anachronism, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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