Streets ice-cream boycott launched
Contributed from New South Wales The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) is calling on Australians to boycott Streets ice cream products, as part of its…
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Collie mine strike pased its tenth week
Contributed from Western Australia The strike by maintenance workers at the Griffin Coal Mining Company’s mine in Collie Western Australia has for just over ten weeks…
Video: UGL picket reaches 100 days
UGL workers at Esso Gippsland have been on the picket line for over 100 days, waging a battle top protect their wages and working…
Glencore wash plant workers join miners against contract work
Contributed from Townsville Glencore is another employer trying to turn its permanent workforce at the Oaky North into contractors. In its effort to enforce compliance…
Ugly greed at Exxon Mobil and Esso
Contributed by Ugly Esso’s parent, The American Exxon Mobil, happens to be the sixth largest company in the world. It chooses to use its subsidiary…
The gig economy is bad for jobs and Australia
Contributed by Joe Montero There are those who talk up the so-called gig economy as new way to create work and flexibility in people’s lives….
Boral company caught out trying to threaten workers
Contributed by Ben Wilson Concrete giant Boral’s subsidiary De Martin & Gasparini, threatened to retrench its 100strong workforce, if they continued to refuse to accept…
Australian childcare workers to walk off the Job
Contributed from Victoria Workers at major child care centres will walk off the job across Australia on Thursday, in what is shaping up to be…
Video: Bernie Sanders supports raising minimum wage and strong unions
Labor Day will take place in the United States on 4 September in 2017. It was born, following the killing of workers by the army…
Company bringing in foreign labour to take away jobs
Contributed from Western Australia INPEX, a multi-national oil and gas company that is bringing in foreign workers when there are plenty of local Australians ready…
