Unions and community organisations need to step up the push for real change, including a meaningful wage rise for low-paid workers, argues Alex Bainbridge.
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
The federal government plans聽to reduce the number of health services聽it is prepared to subsidise with Medicare rebates. Jim McIlroy reports.
About 100 people protested outside Harvey Norman in Hobart聽to support the ACTU鈥檚 submission for a pay rise, reports Sam Wainwright.
Sydney鈥檚 May Day march highlighted the green ban imposed by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union on the demolition of a heritage-listed building in Parramatta. Pip Hinman reports.
Community and Public Sector Union members working in Parliament House are demanding greater workplace safety and respect, reports Kerry Smith.
The federal government's anti-worker omnibus bill, which failed to gain crossbench support on March 18, sought to hand businesses more power in the workplace.聽Michelle Sheehy聽talks to 91自拍论坛 about the campaign against it.
Sarah Hathway reports on the new federal omnibus industrial relations amendment bill. Unsurprisingly, it includes measures that advantage businesses over workers.
The union-bosses-government working groups to discuss industrial relations reform have not delivered and the PM has signalled new IR laws before Christmas. Sarah Hathway argues union leaderships need to get prepared.
The underlying gross domestic product trend shows the profit share is up to an historic high and the labour share is down. Since 1975, more than $4 trillion has been shifted from wages to profits. Paul Oboohov explains how it got to this.
Unions have launched a plan to tackle the 鈥渂roken鈥 aged care system and protect workers at the front line, reports Jim McIlroy.
Jonathan Strauss argues that organisation and unity will assist the struggle to create a different life to聽corporate Australia鈥檚 version of the 鈥渘ew normal鈥.
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