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Making the case for a living wage

Making the case for a living wage

Published: 09/04/2021
Category: Wages Working Life

A real, meaningful increase to the minimum wage is not only the right thing to do, but makes plenty of sense, writes Chloe Ward.

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Australian Unions have your back at work


Amazon on the attack as workers unite to expose the human cost of bargain shopping

Amazon on the attack as workers unite to expose the human cost of bargain shopping

Published: 08/04/2021
Category: On The Job

The world’s largest online retailer, Amazon, is not phased by much, but when workers at one of its biggest warehouses in the United States started to organise to join a union, the tech shopping monster lost the plot. US-based journalist Jessa Crispin joins On the Job this week to discuss the campaign by Amazon workers and the company's attempts to silence critics.

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The IMF gets it – so why doesn’t Scott Morrison?

The IMF gets it – so why doesn’t Scott Morrison?

Published: 07/04/2021
Category: On The Job

The IMF has released its latest Fiscal Monitor Report calling for continued and sustained government spending to stave off the catastrophic economic consequences for working people if government stimulus ends too quickly – but the Morrison government still doesn't get it.

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Amazon orders in the trolls.

Published: 05/04/2021

The world’s largest online retailer, Amazon, is not phased by much, but when workers at one of its biggest warehouses in the United States started to organise to join a union, the tech shopping monster lost the plot.

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The end of JobKeeper.... and those left behind

The end of JobKeeper.... and those left behind

Published: 02/04/2021
Category: Rights at Work Working Life

This time last year, Australian Unions fought for, and won, JobKeeper. This week, the Morrison Government has taken it away, with no plans for a replacement, writes Chloe Ward.

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Australian Unions have your back at work


Frightening times ahead with end of JobKeeper

Frightening times ahead with end of JobKeeper

Published: 01/04/2021
Category: On The Job

Financial journalist and commentator, Michael Pascoe, says the proposed withdrawal of Government stimulus over the next three years is going to be ‘genuinely scary’.

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