At last Morrison goes a little in the right direction
Contributed by Joe Montero It’s a start. The Morrison government has at last made some positive moves, on a scale that might have some effect….
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Video: Unions go for paid Covid-19 leave for permanent and casual workers
The Australian Council of trade Unions (ACTU) is leading the union movement in pursuing two weeks leave paid by employers, arguing that it is their…
Wages not rising largely because of rising casual and insecure work
Contributed by Adam Carlton Last week’s new ABS figures continue the gloomy outlook for the Australian economy, and especially for the prospects of an improvement…
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…
Woolworths caught underpaying its workers
Contributed by Ben Wilson Major supermarket monopoly Woolworths has admitted that it had underpaid nearly 6000 salaried of its workers for the last 10 years….
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…
The truth about unemployment in Australia must be told
Contributed by Joe Montero Just about everyone is talking about the dark economic clouds on the horizon. The numbers and politics don’t look good. The…
Catalans rally for independence day
Contributed by Joe Montero Catalans came together in Barcelona to celebrate Independence Day (11 September), or the Diada is its locally called. Estimated to be…
