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No wage rise for our lowest paid workers
The Australian Fair Pay Commission has announced that the minimum wage will not increase, due mainly to fears about the......
Work choices finally put to bed
The Rudd government’s new industrial laws come into effect tomorrow finally bringing an end to Howard’s Work Choices. Unions are......
Queensland Stolen Wages Provoke Legal Challenge
For many years, Aboriginal workers effectively had their wages stolen from respective State government bodies. The money was invested in......
International Workers Memorial Day
There are 7000 work related deaths each year in Australia and many of these are due to corporate neglect. The......
The ghost of Workchoices
Around half a million workers are stuck on Australian Workplace Agreements or AWA’s, and are set to earn less than......
Australian women pay more tax than their male counterparts
In the time of the coming recession, everyone wants to make their dollar go further, but if you’re a woman......
Hardys found to have misled over asbestos compensation
The fight for compensation for asbestos victims has been a long and hard-fought one. Today brought a degree of bad......
Million Dollar Pay Gap
You might think women’s income rights have come a long way in the past thirty years but a new study......
Trade Unions call for increase to minimum wage
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has called for the Fair Pay Commission to increase the minimum wage by $21......
Textile workers get a worse deal than blokes who make cars
It would be fair to say that there are around 1800 fairly depressed people facing the prospect of unemployment after......