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Resorting to child labour instead of bettering wages and conditions?

Resorting to child labour instead of bettering wages and conditions?

Published: 06/09/2022
Category: The Bulletin

Hiring 13-year-olds is a recipe for exploitative disaster. They would be paid even less than their 15-year-old counterparts and, owing to their age, would have so little voice and agency in their workplaces.

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Early childhood educators can't pay the bills with love

Published: 04/09/2022

Australians love to talk about how we need to give our children the best possible start in life.

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Denial of ten-minute breaks a multi-million-dollar screw up for McDonald’s

Denial of ten-minute breaks a multi-million-dollar screw up for McDonald’s

Published: 03/09/2022
Category: Workers rights

Some workers were offered free soft drinks instead of a paid break while others were told that the couple of minutes it would take to take a drink water or got to the toilet would accumulate to a 10-minute break.

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The fair, simple and accessible way we will boost wages

The fair, simple and accessible way we will boost wages

Published: 02/09/2022
Category: Industrial Relations

Australia needs sustainable pay increases so that working people’s pay keeps up with the cost of living and productivity increases. For this to occur we need to modernise the collective bargaining system.

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We know what respect for working women looks like. Here's how we make it happen

We know what respect for working women looks like. Here's how we make it happen

Published: 02/09/2022
Category: Industrial Relations

A fairer approach and simpler right to flexible work arrangements in our workplace laws that recognise the importance for all of us of balancing work and care.

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Australia’s care crisis requires an industry overhaul

Australia’s care crisis requires an industry overhaul

Published: 02/09/2022
Category: Women To The Front

Addressing the cracks in the sector is long overdue. The care compact provides more than job improvement for workers. It is an investment in the dignity and quality of life of the many Australians – young and old – who depend on carers.

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