Jim McIlroy reports on听Tom McDonald's long involvement in Australia鈥檚 trade union and Communist movements.
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Tucked away at the end of Labor鈥檚听Secure Australian Jobs Plan听for this election is a promise to abolish the ABCC. Workers will need to hold Labor听to account if elected, argues Sue Bull.
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Government action and worker solidarity are听key to overcoming the scourge of insecure work and ensuring pay rises keep pace with inflation and productivity improvements, argues Graham Matthews.
Unionists rallied outside Liberal National MP Warren Entsch's office to call for better wages and conditions for workers, an end to insecure work and for a change in government. Isaac Nellist reports.
An ACTU report, released just before International Women's Day,听is a timely reminder of just how little respect the Coalition government has for the majority of women. Isaac Nellist reports.
The share of the money value workers produce with our labour 鈥 calculated as gross domestic product 鈥 was just 50% in the June quarter of last year.听By contrast, the profit share of GDP has been steadily rising. Paul Oboohov reports.
Labour shortages give unions a stronger bargaining position. Sue Bull argues they need to argue against racist and nationalistic tropes that migrant workers steal Australians鈥 jobs, while defending workplace safety, wages and conditions.
Rather than make workplaces safe and expand access to paid pandemic leave, the federal government has tightened eligibility to the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment, writes Fred Fuentes.
The听Australian Council of Trade Unions is very critical of the government's听鈥渓et it rip鈥 approach. But,听Sarah Hathway reports,听many unionists want it to do more.
Workers have borne the cost of the COVID-19 recession while corporations rake听in huge profits. Sarah Hathway argues unions are in a good position to make demands on the state and bosses for protections.听
The new exemptions to Public Health Orders, which can force sick workers to work, represent a serious attack on workers' rights and their health and safety. Sarah Hathway argues that workers and their unions need to draw a line.
A new ACTU report states听poor pay, a lack of hours and employer responses to the pandemic are driving insecure work. Paul Oboohov reports.
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