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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
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Morrison Government’s construction industry attack dog now being used more widely
By Ugly As the Australia movement resumes its campaign to Change the Rules, the Australian building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has been turned by the Morrison government to be used against this.
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Unclaimed wages likely to top one billion dollars
This article published in The Age (29 October 2018) and written by Anna Patty, refers to research revealing that migrants workers are being used as a chap source of labour in agricultural seasonal work, and […]
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We need wage theft laws now
A pre-election campaign to raise the need for laws against wage theft in Victoria is being directed at Liberal Party leader Matthew Guy. There is a petition out now, and you can sign it via […]
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Casualisation of work must be turned around
By Joe Montero According to the OECD, Australia is suffering from one of the highest incidences of temporary work in the industrialised world. It should not be this way. The health of the economy does […]
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Video: Union leader on the end of the “Permanent Casual”
The WorkPac v Skene federal court decision is an important union win that changes the law for casuals in coal mining. It says casual labour workers on long-term fixed rosters aren’t really casual and are […]
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Foodora taken to court over gig economy underpayment
From Victoria Gig economy food delivery giant Foodora is going to court over allegations of under payment of three riders.
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Video: The basic right to strike is almost dead in Australia
Although there has never really been a right to strike in Australia, changes to industrial law in recent years has brought in a regime that outlaws workers and unions walking off the job. The right […]
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Workers at XXXX in Brisbane to strike over jobs
By Adam Carlton Close to a hundred workers at the XXXX plant at Milton in Brisbane plan to walk off the job over job security and threats to lower working conditions.
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Work and mental health
By Glen Work expresses our humanity, enriching us as social individuals, making us human. Paid work is part of what makes us human, giving us benefits, that can also be utilised in activities such as […]