SYDNEY BOOK LAUNCH “WE BUILT THIS COUNTRY BUILDERS’ LABOURERS AND THEIR UNIONS 1787 TO THE FUTURE” by Humphrey McQueen The book should be compulsory reading for new and old union officers and organisers; it will certainly challenge them to decide whether they are workers’ representatives or ‘workplace relations practitioners’. Howard Guille, former secretary of the [...]
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The WorkChoices restoration
The Workchoices Restoration or “Unfinished Business”: The Qantas lockout and power at work under the Fair Work Act A shorter version is in Australian Options by Don Sutherland – November, 2011 The context for the Qantas and Nurses’ dispute Right now, about 40% of the Australian workforce is employed in “precarious” or “flexible” employment, and [...]
ACTU for the right to strike reforms of FWA
ACTU submission on the FWA Review February 2012 Section only on the Restrictions on taking protected industrial action – one key reform for the Gillard government and Minister Bill Shorten “The UN and ILO recognise the freedom to strike as a fundamental human right. It is particularly important in the context of collective bargaining. However, [...]
Fair Work Act Review
Fair Work Act Review Submission by Chris White I recommended two changes for more secure work to the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia. 1. Amend the Fair Work Act to have a real right to strike. 2. Amend the Fair Work Act to restrict casual and other forms of precarious work to a [...]
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. [...]
To strike or not to…
My book review of ‘Reviving the Strike’ now also posted at Left Focus here http://leftfocus.blogspot.com/2011/12/important-book-review-reviving-strike.html Also posted on the new Evatt website http://evatt.org.au/news/reviving-strike.html
Workers rights in the garment industry
The garment industry from China to the Pacific Rim: strategies for improving work conditions, rights and organising vulnerable workers – A Public Forum followed by Book launch presented by UTS China Research Centre, together with the Asian Women at Work. This forum will connect the issues facing workers, particularly homeworkers in the garment industry in [...]
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 [...]
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