(Working) Life in a Northern Town
People are always talking about mining, miners and their communities - but it occurred to us that hardly anyone is speaking with them.
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The war against COVID is also a fight for equality
The inequalities that existed before COVID-19 are widening as workers in insecure jobs suffer the worst of the pandemic, writes Francis Leach
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Reactive economic policy is no safeguard in a public health crisis
Without a JobKeeper wage subsidy, lockdowns will keep exacerbating and further entrenching patterns of inequality, writes Lauren Piko
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There’ll be no economic recovery without a wages recovery
It’s time to face the truth. Our wages problem is because of the weak bargaining power of workers, writes ACTU Secretary Sally McManus
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Work won’t love you back
American journalist and author Sarah Jaffe spoke with On the Job about how ‘doing what you love’ can be a recipe for worker exploitation.
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Casualisation of Australian universities must end
Being employed at an Australian university has become a poverty trap for thousands of workers across the country, writes Francis Leach
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