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There are some things that are easy to understand. Like the simple principle that you if two people are doing the same job they should get the same pay.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/12/02/ending-the-labour-hire-racket/
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/
In one fell swoop, the king of spin has decreed that our weekends are safe from the tyranny of electric vehicles (EV’s).
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/
Clothes can say a lot about a person, but they can also reveal a lot about who made them too.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/10/22/ethical-shopping-workers/
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/
Hospo Voice activist Grace Dowling has a clear message when it comes to sexual harassment in the workplace, “Just because it’s everywhere, just because it’s common, just because it’s rife, doesn’t mean it’s fine.”
Writer and academic Professor Catherine Lumby says shifting workplace cultures of sexual harassment is “a very, very long historical process.”
Senior Associate at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers Patrick Turner joined On the Job with Francis Leach & Sally Rugg this week to discuss some of the legal questions around working from home.
After spending time abroad working on solar energy projects in early 2000s, Lucinana Giangiordano decided to return to Australia to set up his own solar company, but it wasn’t the simple transition he had hoped for.
Australia has the potential to create 76,000 new clean energy jobs in regions hardest hit by COVID-19, according to researcher for the Climate Council, Dr Simon Bradshaw.
A long-time climate action campaigner, Dr Bradshaw spoke with On the Job with Francis Leach & Sally Rugg about the economic opportunities of a transition to clean energy.
This episode; a Victorian Aboriginal owned social enterprise that is a dynamic fashion label managed by health professionals and the Federal Government’s latest industrial relations bill.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2020/12/13/clothing-the-gap-and-the-new-3/
We travel to Canberra to talk with Chief Economist and former Executive Director of The Australia Institute, the well known and hugely insightful Richard Denniss.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2020/12/07/richard-denniss-on-the-job-ahead-and-sally-mcmanus/
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.
