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Albanese government to scrap the Australian Building and Construction Commission

07/26/2022 The Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Albanese government is moving to scrap the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) and it’s about time this happened. The ABCC has been a political police force generated as a major […]

Unions move to defend workers and community from cost of pandemic

01/25/2022 The Editor 0

By Joe Montero Unions have met and discussed how to react to the ongoing health crisis and deepening economic crisis being felt by working people. Those they represent include health workers and others contributing o […]

The new battle on Melbourne waterfront to defend rights at work

07/13/2021 The Editor 0

By Joe Montero Last Friday, the Port of Melbourne was shut down by determined members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). They did this to send a message to tugboat operator Svitzer. The dispute […]

Attack on union rights results in rising death toll

04/15/2021 The Editor 0

By Joe Montero When I was working for the Builders Labourers Federation back in the mid 1980’s, part of my responsibility was to research deaths and injuries in the Australian construction industry. The evidence was […]

Big business and Morrison government want the minimum wage frozen

04/06/2021 The Editor 0

By Joe Montero In its submission to the current minimum wage case, Australian Chamber of Commerce (ACCI) and Industry has put that Australia cannot afford it. It wrongly suggests that Australia already has one of […]

Morrison government needs organised action to be defeated

02/08/2021 The Editor 1

By Joe Montero One certainty for this year and beyond, is that most Australians will face challenges beyond anything we’ve seen for some time. JobSeeker and JobKeeper are soon coming to an end. Last December, […]

Video: Hurting workers hurts Australia’s economy

02/01/2021 The Editor 0

Scott Morrison has banded together with the most extreme corporate executives and big business lobbyists to draft new workplace laws that would remove job security and cut wages for millions of workers. The Australian council […]

Morrison ramps up exploitation of workers

11/30/2020 The Editor 0

By Jim Hayes Scott Morrison has made it clear. His government is about to move on with changing the industrial relations system. It is already heavily weighted against workers and restricts union representation, through limitation […]