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Nov 208 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 148 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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Dec 10, 202111 min read
Women’s wages and the 2019-20 Annual Wage Review
Introduction International Women’s Day (IWD) is now just a week away. A few days later, March 13th, is the deadline day for submissions...
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Dec 10, 20217 min read
Restoring Solidarity Bargaining: is it possible?
Earlier this week, as the ACTU pointed out, the government’s mid year economic update (MYEFO) confirmed that the Morrison government...
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Dec 10, 20211 min read
Morrison government escalates class warfare
Dear Friends, click here to listen to Caroline and I discuss the Morrison’s government’s intentions on behalf of employers to make the...
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Dec 10, 20217 min read
Annual Wage Review decision: class warfare continues
Last Friday the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down its decision arising from the Annual Wage Review (AWR). This annual Review is...
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Dec 10, 20215 min read
Fine Dining and Class Warfare … Australian Style
Sticking up for Big Hungry Profiteering Over the past few days various media reports have highlighted the delicious connections between...
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Dec 10, 20215 min read
Some thoughts on “the right to strike” and the Change the Rules Campaign – Part 2
The “right to strike” versus employer opposition and Laborist naivete The “right to strike” is one of two (see below) demands that would...
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Dec 10, 20214 min read
Some thoughts on “the right to strike” and the Change the Rules Campaign – Part 1
What is real power for workers? It’s time for a sharper focus on ”the right to strike” The Australian union movement’s Change the Rules...
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