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Let’s talk about what can be done to take the stress out of returning to work as a new parent and how can we fix some of the challenges it presents for workers.
A number of recent memes and articles pronounce the girlboss dead. And maybe that isn’t such a bad thing.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/06/03/girlbossing-too-close-to-the-sun-harms-working-mums/
With flatlining wages, the rising cost of living pressures, and an uneven economic recovery from the pandemic, what does the 2022 Federal Budget mean for you?
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/03/30/what-does-the-2022-federal-budget-mean-for-you/
Remember that brief period in 2020 when early childhood education and childcare centres were made free for working parents? That scheme lasted three months before it was taken away again.
So what happened?
Nine years of wage stagnation, rising cost of living and a gender pay gap are just as the Morrison Government intended.
Amidst the tumult of the COVID19 crisis, Australian families were given a glimpse of what a transformation to their lives – universal and affordable early childhood education – could bring.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/02/early-education-and-childcare/
While the Morrison Government contemplates tax cuts for the wealthy and returning to a punitive approach to welfare payments, Australian unions have been thinking hard about what comes after the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2020/07/23/what-comes-after-covid-19/