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A change in work laws means you might well be about to get a well-deserved pay increase.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/12/08/new-work-laws-provide-three-boosts-to-workers/
It’s a shocking figure that has gained massive media attention, making headlines in the ABC and the Guardian. Even The Australian understands that one in four Australian skipping meals means we need urgent reform.
It’s been a whirlwind of a month. We’ve rounded up some of the big stories affecting workers across the country and the world.
Multi-employer bargaining contributes to gender equality by raising wages in female-dominated industries.
If nothing changes, we will continue to see educators leave the sector in droves. Not for lack of love, but because it breaks our hearts to be forced to put profit above children.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/11/19/strength-and-safety-for-childcare-workforce/
Most of us would take 2,332 years to earn the same amount as the highest paid CEO. We may as well live on different planets.
Ever had to drop everything after your boss calls you asking if you can come into work on your day off? Perhaps you’ve had the opposite problem – finding out at the last minute that you won’t be getting enough shifts to pay your bills the following week.
Do you ever get the feeling someone is watching you? It’s not just because it’s the spookiest day of the year – it could be your employer.
A zombie agreement is a collective agreement made under old legislation but continues to operate as they have not been terminated or replaced by another Agreement.
The Albanese Government announced funding decisions in the Federal Budget last night that will impact the lives of millions. We’re here to help you pull out the bits you need to know.
Prices on everything are going up but our wages have failed to match those increases. The budget is a chance to turn the trend around. But don’t just take it from us. It’s what the experts are saying too.
This is a really important moment for CPSU members. We’ve been dealing with nearly a decade of the coalition bargaining approach across the public sector, and that’s included wage freezes, it’s held back wages growth, and it’s prohibited any improvement in conditions.
Do you work on a plane? Or in a café? Or conduct tours? If you work one of these jobs or one of the many others in aviation, hospitality, travel and tourism, you should have received a few extra dollars in your most recent pay slip. As of 1 October, workers in these industries have…
The workers that bring you the ‘Genius bar’ at Apple have made a clever move: they’ve joined their union.
The bad faith negotiation tactic from Tuftmasters was an attempt to erode wages and conditions that union members had bargained for over decades, such as a redundancy agreement that provided three weeks pay per year of service.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/09/14/tuftmasters-carpeted-by-union-win/
Australia needs sustainable pay increases so that working people’s pay keeps up with the cost of living and productivity increases. For this to occur we need to modernise the collective bargaining system.
Keep an eye out of the next few days for the union movement’s positive plan to ensuring millions of workers can get a pay rise.
It is important to remember that the steady decline in enterprise bargaining is one of several factors contributing to this stagnation of wages.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/08/30/workers-deserve-easy-access-to-the-bargaining-system/
We are staring in the face of a massive cost of living crisis where the prices everywhere have gone up but our wages have not. So what do we do to tackle such a big challenge?
Perhaps the only thing slower than watching grass grow is watching the rate of wage increases in Australia.
If corporate profiteering is the Hollywood cowboy riding off into a sunset of success, then workers’ wages are the cacti left in the billowing dust.
“Despite being in a high inflation environment, despite seeing the costs of everything going up, those settings would ordinarily point towards workers being able to get a decent increase in their wages, what we see is more money going towards profit, less money going towards workers pockets instead,” Dan Walton said.
The interest rate rise of 0.5 percentage points, which brings the cash rate to 1.85 per cent, announced on Tuesday by the Reserve Bank of Australia will worsen the cost-of-living crisis for workers.
When people say they need to help their communities in the face of climate disasters, we want our organisation to say, “What can we do to help?”
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/07/15/young-workers-lead-the-way-on-climate-change-leave/
Union members have stood together at Carpet Court locations around the country, calling on the retailer to stand up for workers who are facing deep wage cuts and potential redundancies from major supplier Tuftmaster Carpets.
The August edition of your member benefits update brings you the latest on how to put your tax refund to good use, we look at the scourge of unpaid super, there’s some great Father’s Day deals available using your Member Benefits program and you could win one of five family (ADMIT 4) inseason passes to see Angry Birds in our monthly competition!
Save or splurge? Put your tax refund to good use
How good is tax time? In exchange for a few hours filling out your tax return, you could receive a handy refund cheque.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2019/08/08/member-benefits-update-august-2019/
Wassim asks: I’m going to start an apprenticeship to be a mechanic next month. I’m worried because I can’t afford to take time off from work to go to TAFE. My sister says I should be paid when I go to TAFE. Is she right? Congratulations Wassim! I have some good news for you –…
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2017/10/12/should-apprentices-be-paid-for-going-to-training-2/
Leonie asks: I work for the local council and I’ve just now changed jobs within the council.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2015/04/24/should-i-be-paid-for-any-overtime-i-work/
Joan asks: Is it possible to get extra leave for things aren’t family related? Like moving house or taking an animal to the vet?Extra leave, which isn’t covered by the NES (such as moving leave or pet related leave) is the sort of entitlement that can be negotiated for by a union in an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2014/02/10/non-family-related-leave/
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.
