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While the unemployment rate is at a record low, the number of people working multiple jobs is at an all-time high. Workers everywhere with full-time day jobs are spending their nights, weekends or even lunch breaks driving Ubers, cleaning houses or taking up casual customer service shifts. These workers are not picking up ‘side hustles’…
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/09/30/eat-sleep-work-and-work-and-work-repeat/
‘Early Pay Access’ apps are increasingly popular in Australia under the guise of an employee ‘benefit’ – but ultimately they take advantage of already vulnerable workers.
Sticking to the minimum wage on its own simply isn’t enough to keep us out of poverty.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/04/01/what-is-a-living-wage-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
A real, meaningful increase to the minimum wage is not only the right thing to do, but makes plenty of sense, writes Chloe Ward.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/09/making-the-case-for-a-living-wage/
Australia’s a great place to live with a high standard of living, and we want to keep it that way. A cornerstone of our way of life is a decent wage – not just a minimum wage but a living wage. A decent wage that includes penalty rates, overtime allowances and paid leave. A national…
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2018/07/11/the-minimum-wage-should-be-a-living-wage/
Unfair rostering disadvantages workers in insecure work: unions are calling for for roster justice.
