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(Working) Life in a Northern Town

Published: 18/07/2021

People are always talking about mining, miners and their communities - but it occurred to us that hardly anyone is speaking with them.

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Australian Unions have your back at work


The war against COVID is also a fight for equality

The war against COVID is also a fight for equality

Published: 16/07/2021
Category: On The Job

The inequalities that existed before COVID-19 are widening as workers in insecure jobs suffer the worst of the pandemic, writes Francis Leach

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Reactive economic policy is no safeguard in a public health crisis

Reactive economic policy is no safeguard in a public health crisis

Published: 16/07/2021
Category: Analysis Working life

Without a JobKeeper wage subsidy, lockdowns will keep exacerbating and further entrenching patterns of inequality, writes Lauren Piko

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There’ll be no economic recovery without a wages recovery

There’ll be no economic recovery without a wages recovery

Published: 14/07/2021
Category: Analysis

It’s time to face the truth. Our wages problem is because of the weak bargaining power of workers, writes ACTU Secretary Sally McManus

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Work won’t love you back

Work won’t love you back

Published: 14/07/2021
Category: On The Job

American journalist and author Sarah Jaffe spoke with On the Job about how ‘doing what you love’ can be a recipe for worker exploitation.

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Australian Unions have your back at work


Casualisation of Australian universities must end

Casualisation of Australian universities must end

Published: 12/07/2021
Category: On The Job

Being employed at an Australian university has become a poverty trap for thousands of workers across the country, writes Francis Leach

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