Success of Change the Rules rallies has the Morrison government reeling
Contributed by Joe Montero After hundreds of thousands of workers hit the streets around Australia over the this week, the Morrison government and its…
Unions
Video: Join 23 October Melbourne rally and help change the rules
It’s time to turn around record inequality and bring back the fair go. We need everyone out on the streets. Video from Australian Unions…
Change The Rules nationwide rallies
Union leaders Karen Batt CPSU Victoria Sally McManus Michele O’Neil Troy Gray ETU – Electrical Trades Union of Australia, Victorian Branch and Lori-Anne Sharp…
ACTU announces plan in the Change the Rules campaign
Contributed by Ben Wilson At the John Curtin Research Centre on Thursday, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) unveiled a plan to move along…
Video: Union leader on the end of the “Permanent Casual”
The WorkPac v Skene federal court decision is an important union win that changes the law for casuals in coal mining. It says casual…
Former BLF assistant secretary Norm Wallace has passed away
Contributed by Joe Montero Norm Wallace passed away yesterday (17 September 2018). He was a well known and respected union figure, shaped by the 92…
Why this UOW academic had to return to work four days after breast cancer surgery
This article by Agron Latifi (Illawarra Mercury 9 September 2018), through the story of one individual lays out why Australia’s academics are so upset by…
Alcoa strike in Western Australia against casualisation and wage cuts continues
Contributed from Western Australia Members of the Australian Worker’s Union (AWU) walked of the job at Alcoa’s aluminium refineries and bauxite mines in Western Australia,…
Video: We built this country
The Morrison Coalition government has signaled a new bid to get rid of the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU). But not…
Threat to deregister construction union is a threat to the rights of all of us
Contributed by Jim Hayes Indications that prime minister Scott Morrison may be moving to deregister the Construction Forestry Mining Maritime and Energy Union (CFMMEU), should…
