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. [...]
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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 [...]
Against Rudd against strikes
One of my more popular posts is on ‘Concerns for the right to strike: Kevin Rudd ˜Facing the Future” 17/4/2007′ Still reads well and now with Gillard’s Fair Work Act the repression of strikes continues. http://chriswhiteonline.org/2008/09/concerns-for-the-right-to-strike-kevin-rudd/
Elliott Johnston speaks
Elliott Johnston’s title was ‘the rule of law’ but he soon turned to capitalism and politics and cites Don Dunstan and supports self-determination for aboriginal people, the environment and workers rights and more… Public Forum on the 5 October, 2004, to a packed Elder Hall University of Adelaide. Organised by Australian Options with the support [...]
Abbott vs unionism
Abbott tells corporate leaders that WorkChoices was not an economic mistake, not all bad, but politically a mistake. WorkChoices was necessary as regulation for unlimited freedom for profit making and undermining unions. Turnbull was to hide WorkChoices 2. With Abbott the contest is back in the open. But the Murdoch press weekly has propaganda “Abbott [...]
Poll:Liberals bring back WorkChoices
ACTU media release. Liberals will bring back WorkChoices to cut wages and conditions at next election: new poll A majority of Australians believe a Liberal Government led by Tony Abbott-led will bring back WorkChoices, a new national opinion poll released today shows. The poll of 2,099 working Australians finds fewer than one fifth (18%) believe [...]
Rudd breaches right to strike
Typical media reactions against current workers’ strike actions hides the political reality analysed in detail on this blog that Labor’s Fair Work fails to ensure the right to strike, largely denies workers’ lawful industrial action, and so continues one of the worst repressive regimes against unions. I will look at in 2010 some of the [...]
Global labour column
Interesting reading at Global Labour column. http://column.global-labour-university.org/
Two more deaths at work
TWO young Victorian workers have died in the past 24 hours. It is reported in the Age yesterday that “A 24-year-old Wangaratta man was hit by concrete as he cleaned out a concrete pump hose yesterday, and a 21-year-old plumber died in hospital on Monday night after receiving an electric shock while working at Stawell [...]
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