Qantas moves to use labour hire and casualise workforce
Contributed by Ben Wilson The Transport (TWU) is furious about more of workers at Qantas facing the sack. The company is continuing with its plan…
Contributed by Ben Wilson The Transport (TWU) is furious about more of workers at Qantas facing the sack. The company is continuing with its plan…
A caravan of taxis shut down the Brooklyn Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge on Thursday afternoon, leading to local traffic warnings. The latest in a…
The following, written on 11 September 2020, by Paddy Crumlin, National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), is about the attempt of shipping…
Contributed from Victoria The Australian union movement faces a serious challenge. The loss of membership through the loss of traditional industries and the rise of…
Contributed from Victoria Hundreds of university academics have come together across Australia under the banner of the National Higher Education Action Network, and they have…
Contributed by Joe Montero Reports are the government has reacted favourably to a joint call by peak business organisations, to make it easier to use…
Contributed by Joe Montero More of the unemployment story is starting to leak out now. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) number presented for July…
Contributed by Ben Wilson Early childhood workers have been left out. Care centres are being closed in Victoria, and this is likely to spread through…
Amid the confusion, and sometimes misinformation, over the future of JobKeeper and JobSeeker, Lauren Kelly (Jacobin) provides some much needed clarity. Both were introduced as…
William Olson writes (Australian Independent Media Network 15 July 2020), about the finding of as Victorian report documenting the extent of abuse within the gig…