Unions launch advertising campaign against work laws
Contributed by Joe Montero Australia’s unions have launched their biggest advertising push in more than a decade as part of a pre-election campaign to overhaul…
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Wages won’t grow so let’s build them
The following has been sent to The Pen. The author is Luke Hilakari, who is the Secretary of Victorian Trades Hall Council. It was first…
Union merger scares the hell out of the Turnbull government and its mates and encourages working Australians
Contributed by Joe Montero The merger of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), Australian Maritime Union (MUA) and Textile Clothing and Footwear Union…
Ban of Eureka flag is against the real Australian identity
Contributed by Jim Hayes The ban imposed by the Australian Building and Construction Commission on building sites and the promised punishing employers who do not…
Australian Paper workers striking to keep their conditions
Contributed by Ugly Since 16 January, workers at the Australian Paper plant in Preston have been on strike. They have set up a picket. It…
Fair Work’s Sydney Train dispute decision is about eroding the right to strike
Contributed by Adam Carlton By ordering a stop to the Sydney rail strike and associated overtime ban, the Australian Fair Work Commission’s partisanship has been…
Sydney rail workers push ahead with industrial action
Contributed from New South Wales Sydney’s rail workers decided to go on strike, in a major escalation in their dispute with Sydney Trains. Nearly 6,000…
Webb Dock battle is a front line in a bigger war to reshape Australian workplaces
Contributed by Joe Montero As the battle on Melbourne’s Webb dock over rights at work continues, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has released a…
Supreme Court orders unions to stop blockading Melbourne port
Contributed by a member of the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance Yesterday (12 December 2017), Supreme Court Justice Michael McDonald ordered unions to lift the…
A major battle is building on Melbourne’s Webb Dock
The following has been written by members of the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance (MEAA), who are taking part in the growing support movement for…
