ACTU must heed lesson of past elections
Former Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council and member of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Executive, Brian Boyd, writes about the dangers of…
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Massive turnout in Melbourne marks Australia’s latest Change the Rules marches
Contributed by Joe Montero At least 150,000 union members and other Australians hit the streets in Melbourne to tell the Scott Morrison government that they…
Deaths in building industry have become much too frequent
Contributed from New South Wales One young man dead and another seriously injured. This is not a war zone, but an all too common scene…
Chemist Warehouse workers win on both wages and labour hire
Contributed by Adam Carlton After a two-week strike, workers at the Chemist Warehouse distribution centres at Somerton and Preston in Melbourne and Eagle Farm in…
Ship held up in Port Kembla for the disgraceful treatment of its crew
Contributed by Ugly Why is it still going on in this day and age? Another shipping line, this time a German outfit called Johann MK…
Video: In Australia we have people working full-time living in poverty
The return to a living wage would be significant step forward in the fight against poverty in this country. Video from Sky News Australia Labor's…
Chemist warehouse workers call for respect from their employer
Chemist Warehouse distribution centre workers in Victoria and Queensland are campaigning to keep their jobs, to not have them transferred to a labour hire firm,…
People pitch in to cover ABCC fine imposed on union organiser
Contributed by Ugly Joe Myles was given a personal $44,000 fine by the by the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). The reason is that…
Video: Seafarers in Western Australia act on use of cheap labour on our ships
Resource companies in Australia are killing the Australian shipping industry and seafarers are fighting back. Video by Kyle McGinn MLC Stopwork meeting at BHP BilitonI…
Morrison Government’s construction industry attack dog now being used more widely
Contributed by Ugly As the Australia movement resumes its campaign to Change the Rules, the Australian building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has been turned by…
