100,000 protesting workers tipped to clog city (Australia) [View All]

By Angela O'Connor
June 30, 2005

Motorists are being warned to stay away from the city today as an expected crowd of up to 100,000 rallies against the Howard Government's shake-up of workplace laws.

A week of protest against the changes will climax today when tens of thousands of people attend rallies in cities around Australia in the biggest co-ordinated industrial action since the 1998 waterfront dispute.

In Melbourne, protesters will march from Trades Hall to Flinders Street Station, where Opposition Leader Kim Beazley will speak about 11am.

The march comes on the eve of the Government gaining a majority in the Senate, allowing it to pass its industrial relations legislation this year. <snip>

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