Providing free early childhood education and childcare is vital for the economic recovery
In July 2020, Australian Unions released our plan for National Economic Reconstruction. The first part of that plan was the provision of appropriately funded, free childcare. Back in 2020, as the pandemic started to rage across the world, the the Commonwealth government recognised that childcare is an essential service. It committed $1.6 billion to offsetting…
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The Right to Disconnect: allowing workers to properly unplug
If your boss calls or emails you outside work hours, do you reply? Too many of us do. Australian Unions have recognised how the working from home requirement during the pandemic has exacerbated a problem across the workforce: the struggle to disconnect.
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Get the real story on the Sydney train shutdown
There was no strike. This was a shutdown and lockout of the workforce by bosses and the NSW government.
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The federal election is around the corner, but the disinformation is already here
ACTU secretary Sally McManus has sounded the alarm bells on anti-union disinformation as the government swings into full campaign mode.
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Couriers and drivers strike back against the gig economy
Amazon Flex drivers will now be the first in the world to enjoy enforceable rates of pay along with rights to dispute resolution, union representation and collective bargaining.
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