Why it’s time for a 5% increase to the minimum wage
Australia’s living standards and wages need to stop going backwards. Wage increases need to more than cover the rising cost of living – we need a genuine living wage.
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You’re never alone when you’re a union member
You already know the advantages to being a union member. Now we want the rest of working Australia to know too.
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“Aloha from Cobargo!” – Australian workers show their best ‘signs’ of support for secure jobs
Workers across the country have come out to display warning signs for the Morrison Government: all 15,000 of them.
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What does the 2022 Federal Budget mean for you?
With flatlining wages, the rising cost of living pressures, and an uneven economic recovery from the pandemic, what does the 2022 Federal Budget mean for you?
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The Budget magic show full of bogus tricks and illusions
Funny that. After nine years of keeping wage growth low, the Coalition Government have suddenly realised that people with empty pockets aren’t so easily convinced with their economic wand-waving and empty gestures.
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Reduced poverty and free childcare are possible, but Morrison refuses to act
Remember that brief period in 2020 when early childhood education and childcare centres were made free for working parents? That scheme lasted three months before it was taken away again. So what happened?
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