Deliveroo riders get tough on workplace health and safety
Contributed from New South Wales On 1 November, food delivery riders with Deliveroo sent letters to the compsny, demanding that it comply with workplace health…
Unions
There is nothing right about the attack on John Setka
Contributed by Joe Montero The concerted attack on the Victorian secretary of the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) is a gross violation…
Why the labor strike is back in the United States
The United States is experiencing the biggest across nation strike that has been seen in a long time. Forty-nine thousand workers at General Motors have…
Wollongong unions demand action on climate change
Kate McIlwain writes (the Illawarra Mercury 30 September 2019), unions in Illawarra, a coal and steel town, have joined to stand for action on climate…
Video: Scott Morrison’s so-called ‘Ensuring Integrity’ Bill is an attack on the basic rights of all working people
The Morrison government’s Ensuring Integrity Bill is nothing more than an attempt to launch a major attack on Australia’s union movement through the criminalisation of…
Video: Walmart union busting employee training
This video was leaked by a concerned insider. It depicts what seem to be hired actors posing as employees. They explain why unions are not…
Penguin Random House Australia tries to silence union delegate
Contributed by Ugly A Union delegate and editor at Penguin Random House has been given a first and final warning by management, because she posted…
Esso dispute ends after more than two years
Contributed by Ugly The ongoing battle between the Longford workers and ESSO, its subcontractor UGL and its labour hire subsidiary MTCT Services, has finally come…
Emma Walters and John Setka tell their side of the story
Some people who do know, or at least should know better, have been quick to kick down John Setka, just because he is not getting…
Scott Morrison declares intent to send industrial relations back to the Howard era
Contributed by Jim Hayes We all knew it was coming. Scott Morrison has announced the introduction of new anti-union laws. And we can expect to…
