Asbestos Awareness Week: an enduring and deadly legacy
Asbestos use has a deadly legacy in Australia. But it's not just in our past: still today, more than 4,000 Australians die from asbestos-related disease every year.
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20 reasons why the gender pay gap is closing faster
The gender pay gap now at its lowest point ever at 11.5%. If we continue to progress as we are, the gender pay gap in Australia could close completely within nine years.
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Permanent vs casual workers’ rights in Australia
In Australia, your rights as a worker can differ when it comes to your type of employment, especially when it comes to your health and safety, job security, wages and entitlements on the job.
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New rights and protections for gig economy workers
Thanks to new laws which union members won this year, gig economy workers are entitled to the pay, rights and benefits that other workers enjoy.
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Strings attached: casual workers are no longer just a situationship
Casual workers across Australia now have stronger rights and protections, thanks to new laws won by union members.
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55 years: From Zelda to our lowest gender pay gap ever
On 21 October 1969, legendary union activist Zelda D’Aprano chained herself to the doors of the Commonwealth Building to protest for Equal Pay.
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