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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, 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, 20218 min read

We defeat the “Ensuring Integrity” Bill: tactical victory or strategic breakthrough?

How should union movement activists define the first defeat of the Ensuring Integrity Bill (EIB)? A major strategic breakthrough or a...

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Dec 10, 20218 min read

Just transition and green new deals – “Plan B AAA-Rated”: workers taking charge

The Australian school students strike on September 20 put forward 3 general demands for climate justice, that they have repeated since:...

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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, 20213 min read

A delicate moment | Michael Roberts Blog … this is actually a big deal for the Australian elec

IMF chief economist, Gita Gopinath reckoned the global economy had entered “a delicate moment”. She offered a decisive insight: “If the...

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Dec 10, 20213 min read

Kimberley Clark’s closure of Huggies in south west SYDNEY can be reversed: from April to May 1st cou

Global unions IndustriALL and UNI, are holding a day of action on 11 April against Kimberly-Clark’s restructuring plans and the company’s...

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Dec 10, 20211 min read

Wages, wage suppression and crocodile tears

House price falls are not the economy’s biggest worry Reserve Bank governor Dr Philip Lowe had more sensible things to say in three hours...

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Dec 10, 20212 min read

Understanding exploitation

https://portside.org/2019-01-26/erik-olin-wright-1947-2019 This obituary for Erik Olin Wright makes me regret not paying more attention...

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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, 20211 min read

The Productivity Commission and Superannuation: Wage Theft on a Grand Scale?

Yes, its 2019 and Caroline Pryor is back with Radio Skid Row’s “Workers Radio” … 88.9FM. Today I joined her to discuss the arrest of...

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Dec 10, 20213 min read

Cops, protest and the future of work

From time to time police, and their union, seek pay rises and other improvements in their conditions. They are protesting when they do...

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Dec 10, 20211 min read

Preparing for New Parliamentary Power: Reproducing or Breaking the Electoral Cycle

In this article for the SEARCH Foundation I expand somewhat on some brief comments in other posts: https://www.search.org.au/preparing_fo...

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Dec 10, 20219 min read

Right to strike mystery in an election year: back to 1993?

My hunch is that soon Labor and union negotiators will turn to their 1993 version of the right to strike to finalize their workplace and...

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Dec 10, 20213 min read

The coming economic recession and its interaction with climate change

grist.org/article/what-the-stock-market-crash-means-for-the-climate/ I have thanked John Pratt for sharing this article, and do so again....

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Dec 10, 20212 min read

Economic Recession, Changing the Rules and Climate Change: welcome to 2019

In his latest blog Michael Roberts provides another useful summary of the current economic situation globally and in some specific...

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Dec 10, 20213 min read

The latest wages data, election strategy and #changetherules

New wages data and what it might mean On Wednesday (November 14th) the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its quarterly...

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Dec 10, 20215 min read

Changing the rules going global: unions and climate change

Last week 3 significant reports from distant parts of the world highlighted the crucial role that workers and their unions can play in...

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Dec 10, 20215 min read

Impending crisis, the broken rules of the system v the 90%

Here, Michael Roberts gives a good overview of the global picture regarding new levels of instability in the economic system. Instability...

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