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The deadly dust behind your kitchen bench

The deadly dust behind your kitchen bench

Published: 19/07/2022
Category: Work Health and Safety

A new study from Curtin University predicts as many as 10,000 Australians will develop lung cancer in their lifetime due to exposure to silica dust. 

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While big business have their disco, unions raise the alarm on wages

While big business have their disco, unions raise the alarm on wages

Published: 18/07/2022
Category: On The Job

"What we need in this country is the cost of living crisis addressed through the wage packet. We need price caps on energy, and we need profits taken down a peg or two, because the people at the top of the economy, they’re having a disco"

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Workers supported to isolate with COVID sick leave restored

Workers supported to isolate with COVID sick leave restored

Published: 18/07/2022
Category: Covid-19

Good news for workers without paid sick leave: the Albanese Government has restored the $750 Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment. 

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The Uber Files

Published: 17/07/2022

Since it arrived on our streets over a decade ago, Uber has prided itself on being a "disrupter" with little regard for convention.

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Early Pay Access apps: employee benefit or employer trap?

Early Pay Access apps: employee benefit or employer trap?

Published: 15/07/2022
Category: Women To The Front

‘Early Pay Access’ apps are increasingly popular in Australia under the guise of an employee ‘benefit’ – but ultimately they take advantage of already vulnerable workers.

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Australian Unions have your back at work

Young workers lead the way on climate change leave

Young workers lead the way on climate change leave

Published: 15/07/2022
Category: On The Job

When people say they need to help their communities in the face of climate disasters, we want our organisation to say, "What can we do to help?"

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How to prepare for the third wave of COVID-19

Published: 14/07/2022
Category: Work Health and Safety

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Australian CEOs earn 100 times more than the average worker

Published: 13/07/2022
Category: Industrial Relations

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Why we can never take our healthcare system for granted

Published: 13/07/2022
Category: Human Rights

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