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Interest Rates Rise A couple weeks ago, the Reserve Bank of Australia increased interest rates for the ninth consecutive time. It was news delivered along with a grim warning. It wouldn’t be the last of such increases; there were several more to come. RBA Governor Phil Lowe sticks by his decision and is quick to remind…
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2023/02/20/rates-railroads-and-relief-for-refugees/
My abhorrent crime for which I am forking up well over a week’s pay was keeping my poorly insulated house warm through a bitter winter. I did this mostly for my baby daughter.
To deal with wages growth, we need to deal with job insecurity and fix the broken collective bargaining system.
Workers with insecure jobs have fewer rights, lower pay and limited ability to plan for the future. Read the report into insecure work in FNQ
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/11/30/spotlight-on-job-insecurity-se-nsw/
The end to lockdowns and restrictions is bittersweet, we can all celebrate seeing our sorely missed family and friends and newfound freedoms, but we would be lying to ourselves if we thought that we were all coming out of this equally. Our frontline workers are exhausted, with 4 in 5 teachers now considering leaving the…
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/11/10/workers-battle-stagnant-wages/
A new report has revealed a record number of Australians working more than one job to survive.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/28/record-multi-jobs/
Workers with insecure jobs have fewer rights, lower pay and limited ability to plan for the future. Read the report into insecure work in FNQ
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/23/spotlight-on-job-insecurity-fnq/
The insecure work crisis is hitting the workers of Tasmania hard. Tasmania has the highest level of casual work (26.6%) in the country – that’s 4.7% higher than the national average. Tasmanian workers earn 13% less than the Australian median weekly wage. One in three workers in Tasmania are on insecure work arrangements including casual,…
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/02/spotlight-on-job-insecurity-and-wages-tasmania/
Former Treasurer Wayne Swan tells On The Job his take on the state of the Australian economy and the issues facing workers today.
A minimum wage increase will improve the lives of millions of Australians, but employer groups are trying to block it. What can be done?
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/05/19/what-can-be-done-about-low-wages/
The Morrison Government’s obsession with wage suppression is now threatening Australia’s economic recovery, writes Francis Leach.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/05/17/josh-frydenbergs-wages-trap/
While Australian workers face a job security crisis, Frydenberg delivers a budget focused on one thing – the re-election of the Morrison government.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/05/12/self-serving-budget-leaves-workers-out-in-the-cold/
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.
