Things don't have to break before they can be fixed The world is waking up to the importance of workers who feel supported, safe and satisfied. Unfortunately, sometimes the business’s profitability drives this change in the workplace. The purely profit-driven approach to mental health goes something like this: Happy workers are hard workers. Hard workers…
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Contrary to misinformation from the business lobby, increasing wages actually helps create more jobs. We have a once-a-year opportunity to raise wages for almost one in four workers. The Australian Council of Trade Unions has called for a 5.5.% increase to the minimum wage as part of the Annual Wage Review. As happens with each…
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A safe workplace seems like it should be the bare minimum right for all workers but up until this week it wasn’t acknowledged as a right for all workers worldwide. After years of campaigning by workers across the globe, the fundamental right to a healthy and safe workplace has been recognised in international law at this…
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Is the social contract in trouble? Yes according to Dartmouth College Emeritus Professor of Sociology John L. Campbell in this week’s On The Job. Campbell says that there is a warning that we must heed as we watch the rise of billionaires like Elon Musk. “Personal interest, from the standpoint of the super-rich, can get…
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Rather than offering pay rises to attract workers, employer groups want to lock in a real wage cut. It seems there’s never a time for a pay rise according to the bosses and their lobbyists.
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Thankfully, there are ways to explain the benefits of union membership for yourself and your employer without confronting your boss with a folder of evidence documenting a few hundred years of systemic worker exploitation.
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