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Why has Australia’s United Workers Union refused strike pay to locked-out Coles workers? One of the key issues raised by workers throughout the near-three month lockout of Coles supermarket warehouse workers at Smeaton Grange in southwestern Sydney has been why the United Workers Union (UWU) has rejected calls to provide strike pay, let alone organise solidarity action by any of its 150,000 or more members. Last Tuesday, the Smeaton Grange workers voted, 167 to 163, to reject the latest sellout deal struck between Coles and the UWU, taking a significant stand against the sweeping destructio...

Whanganui earth house finished after three years 8 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 6 minutes to read Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron After a three-year "rollercoaster ride", the light earth house built on Māori land near Putiki in Whanganui is finally finished. It's at the end of Hewitts Rd, on the 26.6ha Riri a Te Hori 2 Native Reserve, and was the project of the late Moari (Ari) Bailey, a descendant of the owners. Her vision was for an eco-kainga of many houses and gardens. She was a high-earning IT analyst and...