RSS feeds
I know RSS feeds are an old phenomon, but I hadn’t really paid much attention to them until recently. Essentially it’s like a pod cast for blogs. You get your RSS reader (that’s not what’s it’s acutally called) I use a free one called BlogBridge, which works on PC, Mac and Linux. Basically anytime you find a blog you like you chuck it’s RSS feed details into Blog Bridge. Most sights will allow you to put in a feed for both articles as well as comments. Another thing too is that every youtube account has an RSS feed.
http://www.youtube.com/rss/user/THE USERS NAME/videos.rss
Anyway, just thought I’d do a little plug for RSS feeds cause I know I’ve been around blogs for a while and never really knew what they were, so I figured there are probably other people in the same position.
RNC
This is a little video I put together of what is probably the most inspiring thing I saw happen in the footage of the RNC (Republican National Convention) protests. The song is called Smash Things Up by TchKung. Check them out at http://www.myspace.com/tchkung
Also The Stimulator from Submedia.tv was cool enough to post this on their YouTube channel which has heaps of good coverage of the RNC. And if that’s not enough go check out www.rnc8.org for the poor kids who are looking a big sentences for alleged RNC related mischief. And also San Francisco Indy Media has put out a cool doco of the RNC which I’ve watched and enjoyed most of. Get it here.
Student’s rights at work: Youth Wages
Recently the Australian UNITE union posted a short but informative article on the effects of youth wages. Click here to read it.
Working Women’s Centre Interview
This is the full transcript of an interview with Sandra Dann (Director of Working Women’s Centre) that appeared in The Antidote.
Interview with Mike Treen from UNITE NZ
An interview done by Mike Treen of UNITE NZ for MediaStrike, a snippet of this appears in the article about UNITE in issue 001 of The Antidote
Welfare to Serfs
The National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) has released this document outlining how the Welfare to Work legislation is going to effect people.
Work Choices spin
“Pick the spin” adapted excerpts from Speakers Notes produced by the Southern Adelaide Workers Defence Committee.
1. “Employees on AWA’s earn, on average 13% more than those on collective agreements and 100% more than those on awards” – Gov. (taxpayer funded) ads
100 % more! Seem to good to be true? It is. These figures can only be achieved if you take into account executives and managers (who were always doing better than awards and on individually negotiated contracts and often earn 6 figure sums). The ABS recently reported on earnings from ordinary workers, showing that those on AWA’s earn 2% less than per hour than workers on union negotiated contracts. However the real damage to wages comes to those employed as casuals (earning 15% less) and part-time (25% less!). › Continue reading