ARK TRIBE, THE ABCC & THE AUSTRALIAN CRISIS IN OHS&W by Andy Alcock Introduction I was asked by the members of the Eco Socialist Convergence in South Australia to prepare a pamphlet about the struggles by the union movement to have the most effective OHS&W laws in Australia to protect workers from death, disease and [...]
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Decent work
Vision video: 2 million unionists. Should this promotion of unionism be on TV? Discuss. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zpwA0lI_nZU
Insecure work
Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia http://securejobs.org.au/ I recommend two changes for more secure work. 1. Amend the Fair Work Act to have an effective right to strike. 2. Amend the Fair Work Act to restrict casual and other forms of precarious work to a limited period and apply more secure contracts of employment. [...]
Schweppes locks out workers
Read here for the details. Say to retailers that you do not want to buy Schweppes products. As argued on this blog, here is another reason why the lawful lock-out ought to be denied to the more poweful employer. Workers and their unions have such a limited right to strike that our so-called “fair” bargaining [...]
Worst anti-union companies
This Year’s Worst Companies to Work for if You Want the Right to Join a Union By Liana Foxvog and Sean Rudolph, International Labor Rights Forum Today we published our list of this year’s Scrooges for workers’ right to unionize. The companies that topped our list are Dole, Hershey’s, Philippine Airlines, and Wal-Mart. These corporations [...]
FWA review
Fair Work review is an opportunity to dispel employer myths and strengthen workers’ rights 20 December, 2011 ACTU Media Release Next year’s review of the Fair Work Act must not become a forum for employer grandstanding, and unions will take a strong interest to ensure the voices of working Australians are heard and that their [...]
ABCC remains
ABCC hangs on, but legislation to scrap it will be debated early next year from Dave Noonan CFMEU Despite our best efforts, the ABCC has received a stay of execution. The legislation introduced by the Labor Government to scrap it was not debated this year, and won’t be back in Parliament until February at the [...]
MP pay system not for workers
Union leaders are understandably upset that their union members do not get these large increases. Putting aside the Remuneration Report’s recommended high level for the base rate for MPs, one issue is the wage fixing system itself- that under the Fair Work Act for all and for the political elite their own. Our political elite [...]
Occupy and the waterfront
December 12th West Coast Port Shutdown Occupy and Class Struggle on the Waterfront by MIKE KING ‘On December 12th, the entire Occupy movement on the West Coast will blockade their respective ports to shut down “Wall Street on the Waterfront.” This is both an effort to build a mass social struggle in the US against [...]
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