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Dec 6, 20246 min read
Women start “working for free” in March
And men? The gender wage gap, profits and labour exploitation Recently, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU ) and the Workplace...
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Nov 20, 20248 min read
Are you better off than you were in …?
The Annual Wage Review 2024-5, living standards struggles, and the next election The question in the title draws from what Trump...
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Jun 14, 20248 min read
The Annual Wage Review is deliberately anti-democratic
Last week the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down a 3.75 % increase, starting from July 1st, for the national minimum wage (NMW) for...
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Jun 2, 20246 min read
ACTU Congress: 10-15% union density top priority?
Ecological, political and economic context The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Congress is this week from June 4-6. The...
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Jan 19, 20243 min read
Living standards in 2024: a programme with socialist characteristics
Just before Christmas, the Socialist Alliance (SA) put forward a ten-point programme to deal with the cost of living crisis in the...
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Jun 20, 20225 min read
Wage increases in the real world: an honest discussion
Last week’s Annual Wage Review (AWR) lifted the National Minimum Wage (NMW) by $40 per week, which is 5.2%. The minimum wages in our...
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