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450 000 extra skilled training places still not enough
Prime Minister Rudd has promised to provide an extra 450,000 skilled training places to address the nation’s crippling skills shortage......
Cleaners fight for rights
The National Cleaners Union were out on the streets in an attempt to call attention to poor wages and conditions......
AWA’s – dead or disguised?
The Federal Government’s first round of workplace changes have passed Parliament today, bringing an end to the former Government’s Workplace......
Women in Construction
Women have taken up tools and are demolishing the glass ceiling of the construction industry. Coming off the cuff of......
Equal Opportunity for Women in the workplace
The equal opportunity for women in the workplace recently released their 2008 Employer of choice for Women list. They recognised......
Another study finds women are being paid less than men
A global study of sixty-three nations has revealed that on average, woman’s wages are 16 percent less than that of......
Where are the Women?
Earlier this week it was the lack of women on the steering committee of the Federal Government’s new think tank......
Mitsubishi compensates workers
Today, Mitsubishi workers in Adelaide voted to accept a redundancy offer from the company, which will get them a lump......
Centrelink jobs slashed by 2,000
Two-thousand Centrelink employees will lose their jobs in the next financial year to achieve budget savings demanded by the Rudd......
AWAs first to go as government begins industrial law roll-back
The Transitions Bill went before Parliament today – the first step in the rolling back of the very unpopular Work......