All out on July 6 against Abbott's budget
Help build the July 6 protests against Abbott's horror budget:
Adelaide
11:30am, Victoria Square
www.facebook.com/events/671969382850846
Brisbane
11am, Queens Park
www.facebook.com/events/577570825694890
Canberra
12noon, Parliament Lawns
www.facebook.com/events/1426046244336071
Darwin
12:30pm, NT Parliament
www.facebook.com/events/1430681837215773
Lismore
12 noon, Heritage Park
www.facebook.com/events/477419052395522
Melbourne
1pm, Victoria Gardens
www.facebook.com/events/241569156038162
Newcastle
1pm Civic Park
www.facebook.com/events/1427439527535968
Sydney
1pm, Town Hall
www.facebook.com/events/1513687442192862
Perth
1pm, Stirling Gardens
www.facebook.com/events/682264308510856
Wodonga
11am, Woodland Grove Park
www.facebook.com/events/1499914540242368/
Block the budget
Time to turn up the heat in the campaign against the government
The government is ducking and weaving in the face of combined resistance to its cruel budget...
We can already see potential for a campaign bigger than Work Choices against Prime Minister Tony Abbott's attacks. In 2005, more than 600,000 people rallied around the country against then-PM John Howard's workplace laws on November 15. It was a Tuesday, and hundreds of thousands walked off the job to attend, risking fines and penalties for doing so. READ MORE
Open letter calls on Trades Hall to strike against the budget
Union activists have written an open letter to Victoria Trades Hall Council calling for a state-wide delegates meeting to organise a strike to bust the budget. READ MORE
Union activists urge industrial action to beat the budget
A glaring omission from the strategy debate over how to fight the budget has been any solid discussion from most union leaders about how and when to deploy industrial action. READ MORE