Country Road workers take industrial action for equal and decent pay
Contributed from Victoria Country Road is a well-known clothing chain in Australia, which likes to market itself as an ethical business. The local parent company…
Contributed from Victoria Country Road is a well-known clothing chain in Australia, which likes to market itself as an ethical business. The local parent company…
Contributed by Joe Montero Among industrialised nations, Australia has for some time led as the land with the highest number of hours worked by full-time…
Contributed by Ugly How could it be that in modern day Australia that agricultural seasonal workers be treated so badly? This work is highly exploitative….
Sonali Kolhatkar writes (Pressenza 16 October 2021) about growing dissatisfaction among American workers, as their wages and conditions of work deteriorate. Despite historically low union…
Contributed by Adam Carlton Last Friday, truckies walked off the job across Australia. They are angry about the move by American logistics company Toll, to…
Contributed from Victoria Around 7,000 truck drivers working for Tool, the giant American owned logistics company, are striking today. The members of the Transport Workers’…
Contributed by Joe Montero Iceland has won a 36 hour working week and no reduction in wages. Support for shorter working hours gained public support…
Contributed from Victoria Why has Australia been accepting stagnant wages for eight years? Nominal wages have only grown by around 2 percent on average. Since…
We hear a lot of claims that the U.S. economy is bouncing back from Covid and there is a boom in new jobs. The truth…
Contributed by Joe Montero Last Friday, the Port of Melbourne was shut down by determined members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). They did…