The return to work must be accompanied by measures to make workplaces safe and ensure聽JobKeeper cannot be rorted, writes Fred Fuentes.
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Labor鈥檚 immigration spokesperson Kristina Keneally wants a post COVID-19 migration policy that privileges skilled workers. Pip Hinman argues that this calculated intervention is both racist and dangerous.
While the JobKeeker allowance is significant, the package has a number of major weaknesses, writes Lisbeth Latham.
The federal government鈥檚 JobKeeper package will be a relief for about 6 million workers, but more than a million workers will be left to fend for themselves, writes Jim McIlroy.
After explicitly ruling them out, the federal government has now announced it will legislate for wage subsidy packages. Lisbeth Latham takes a critical look at what's on offer.
As COVID-19 spreads globally, and the threat of widespread community transmission becomes more real, it has become clear the new coronavirus poses not only a major health risk but a significant threat to the livelihoods of millions of workers, writes Lisbeth Latham.
The Coalition鈥檚 union-busting Ensuring Integrity Bill failed to pass after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson changed her position. But Sam Wainwright writes that it reveals a serious strategic and political聽weakness in the union movement.
Australian Council of Trade Union鈥檚 president Michele O鈥橬eil told an October 2 forum that the Coalition government鈥檚 attacks on refugees is a distraction from its failure to act on low wages, insecure work and climate change.
While estimates of the size of the Climate Strike in Australia vary, one thing is certain: many generations want real action to deal with climate change 鈥 and they want it now.
Ahead of this Friday鈥檚 global climate strikes, the Australian Council of Trade Unions has released a statement of support for students striking from school for climate action. The ACTU joins more than 30 Australian unions that have endorsed the School Strike for Climate movement.
It is well-established that the right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organization鈥檚 and . However, this is another internationally recognised right that Prime Minister Scott Morrison鈥檚 Coalition government has been incrementally eroding.
Following the Queensland government鈥檚 approval of Adani鈥檚 conservation plan for the endangered black-throated finch and聽its groundwater management聽plan, the company again announced it would start work on its Carmichael coalmine project 鈥渨ithin weeks鈥. But it faces several more obstaces, not least of which is the huge social movement gearing up for the next stage of its campaign.
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