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The world of work will never be quite the same after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. How it will look and what impact it will have on workers is still to be determined.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/11/29/making-our-workplaces-safe-is-a-race/
There’s a lot of noise from employers at the moment about not being able to find workers. Even with millions of workers returning to the labour force after falling out of work during the pandemic, employers – apparently – simply cannot find anyone to fill vacancies. In response, the Morrison Government has announced this week…
The Prime Minister has managed a unique feat in creating a piece of history by doing as little as he possibly can.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/11/22/scott-morrisons-great-strollout/
The erosion of secure working conditions in Australia and around the world takes many forms, not all of which receive equal levels of attention or recognition, writes Lauren Piko
Sending a parcel in the mail and expecting it to arrive on time has become a set and forget ritual for millions of Australians. As we approach Christmas, we could all be in for a rude shock as global supply chains buckle under the strain of a post-pandemic restart. It’s not just customers who are…
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/11/08/workers-deliver-a-message/
As many parts of Australia head toward the 80% target of double COVID-19 vaccination for eligible people, a sense of excitement is building for a life free of long lockdowns and pandemic restrictions that have disrupted so many lives. At the same time, reaching that vaccination benchmark is a source of real anxiety for hundreds…
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/10/28/the-pandemic-trap-secure-jobs/
Meet one of the frontline workers getting us through this Pandemic; veteran registered Nurse Michael Dawes.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/10/18/michael-dawes-on-the-job/
As vaccination rates creep closer to the National Cabinet thresholds for economic reopening in lockdown states, many workplaces are preparing to expand their operations in a new context, writes Lauren Piko
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/10/15/reassessing-workplace-safety/
This pandemic is not over – and nor is the economic hardship that millions of Australian workers are facing as 2021 draws to a close. Scott Morrison’s decision to tether the removal of disaster payments for affected workers to when a jurisdiction reaches 80% of eligible people being fully vaccinated is certain to leave many…
As NSW opens up, already battle-weary healthcare workers are feeling anxious about what it could mean for them, writes Francis Leach
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/10/11/nurses-face-the-unknown/
The Morrison Government’s mismanagement of the pandemic continues with plans to cut COVID payments, writes Lauren Piko
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/10/08/cutting-disaster-payments/
Australians are facing an organised campaign by far-right activists to undermine confidence in our life saving public health response, writes Sally McManus
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the city of Shepparton in late August, unions rallied to help a community in need, writes Francis Leach
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/21/unions-rallied-for-the-city-of-shepparton/
Australian support of a vaccine waiver is bringing us closer to vaccine equity, but the Government must follow through, writes Lauren Piko
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/17/global-vaccine-equity/
With one in five jobs lost across the sector, urgent help is needed to save Australia’s universities, writes Francis Leach
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/14/how-can-we-save-our-university-sector/
Healthcare workers are the irreplaceable heart of our healthcare system. They must be better supported through the surge in COVID cases, writes Lauren Piko.
Australian Unions has launched a national campaign to encourage working people to get vaccinated to support essential workers and those who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/08/vaccination-is-an-act-of-solidarity/
Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics published their employment and wage price index for the June quarter. We take a look beyond the numbers.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/08/31/unstable-work-and-wages/
Addressing the inequalities in Australia’s housing market is essential to our economic recovery, writes Lauren Piko
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/08/20/housing-must-be-considered-in-economic-recovery/
COVID-19 has continued to expose vast inequalities, drawing back the curtain on who we really are as a nation and what we stand for, writes Francis Leach
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/08/17/the-fair-go-is-all-but-gone/
An economic and structural reboot of the cultural sector is needed to ensure this vital sector survives the pandemic, writes Lauren Piko
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/07/30/rebooting-the-cultural-sector-is-vital/
Without a JobKeeper wage subsidy, lockdowns will keep exacerbating and further entrenching patterns of inequality, writes Lauren Piko
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/07/16/safeguard-in-a-public-health-crisis/
It’s time to face the truth. Our wages problem is because of the weak bargaining power of workers, writes ACTU Secretary Sally McManus
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/07/14/no-economic-recovery-without-a-wages-recovery/
Ed Husic and Labor are preparing for tomorrow’s work today, and the steps we need to put in place as we come out of a pandemic
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/06/16/how-to-prepare-for-our-working-future-today/
If we want our economy to recover, working people need a pay rise – three workers share what a minimum wage increase would mean to them.
The budget has failed as a plan to revive Australia’s social infrastructure and as a plan for economic recovery, writes Chloe Ward
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/05/13/this-budget-is-a-failure/
Working Australians are facing a job security crisis. Let’s break down what that means and why it’s so important to your working future.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/05/07/job-security-and-your-working-future/
Economist Professor Ross Garnaut tells On the Job that while the economy may be coming out of some of its darkest days, we shouldn’t be happy to return to the status quo.
US President Joe Biden had used his first speech to Congress to tell the world what we already know – unions improve the lives of workers, their families and communities. Will the Morrison government catch on?
2021 Budget and beyond – Australian Unions has been planning an economic recovery that takes care of people, at all stages of life
ACTU President Michele O’Neil has called on the Morrison government to provide a budget that delivers for women, telling the National Press Club, “A better budget for women is not just a better budget for women, it’s better economic management, it’s better for men, it’s better for everyone.”
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/27/a-better-budget-for-women/
Australian Unions have released For a Stronger, Balanced and Inclusive Recovery – a report proposing solutions to protect working people and build greater resilience in the economy.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/27/for-a-stronger-balanced-and-inclusive-recovery/
ACTU President Michele O’Neil to call for a fair and inclusive plan for economic recovery in her address to the National Press Club on April 27
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/26/actu-president-to-keep-the-heat-on-morrison/
The IMF has released its latest Fiscal Monitor Report calling for continued and sustained government spending to stave off the catastrophic economic consequences for working people if government stimulus ends too quickly – but the Morrison government still doesn’t get it.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/07/the-imf-gets-it-so-why-doesnt-scott-morrison/
This time last year, Australian Unions fought for, and won, JobKeeper. This week, the Morrison Government has taken it away, with no plans for a replacement, writes Chloe Ward.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/02/the-end-of-jobkeeper-and-those-left-behind/
Financial journalist and commentator, Michael Pascoe, says the proposed withdrawal of Government stimulus over the next three years is going to be ‘genuinely scary’.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/01/frightening-times-ahead-with-end-of-jobkeeper/
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Assistant Secretary, Liam O’Brien, says vaccination is the “only ethical way that we move beyond the pandemic.”
A year ago this week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) made an announcement we never imagined would happen in our lifetime – the outbreak of a global pandemic.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/18/covid-19-a-year-on-our-plan-for-a-better-australia/
Performer and producer Maeve Marsden said it has been a tentative return for many in the arts industry post the pandemic shut down.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/12/risk-far-from-over-for-the-arts-industry/
The COVID-19 recession has been an economic calamity for millions of Australian women and its impact on their financial wellbeing could linger for decades to come according to a new report released by the Grattan Institute.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/09/women-hit-hard-by-covid-recession/
On this day in 1856, Melbourne's Stonemasons fought for – and won – the 8-hour workday as a nationwide industry standard.
Unfair rostering disadvantages workers in insecure work: unions are calling for for roster justice.
