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 Unions (ACTU)
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.
The economic slow down means the Coalition will either abandon its promise of increasing budget surpluses and increase government spending 鈥 on infrastructure for instance 鈥 to stimulate the economy or it will double down on its commitment to a surplus, necessitating spending cuts. Its track record suggests the latter, writes Graham Mathews.
The results of the federal election have shown the limitations of the Australian Council of Trade Union-led Change the Rules campaign, writes Sarah Hathway.
Uber Eats delivery riders and drivers protested the millions of dollars in unpaid wages and other entitlements from Uber and other multinational food delivery companies.
Activists from the Australian Council of Trade Union鈥檚 campaign to 鈥渃hange the rules鈥 for workers were told the day before pre-polling started that its official how-to-vote for the May 18 federal election would call on voters to put Labor first.
Disappointed, though not too surprised by the decision, some activists have decided not to聽hand out for the campaign.
Australia鈥檚 super-rich keep getting richer.
A new has found that the top 1% of the country鈥檚 plutocrats now own more wealth than the bottom 70%.
There has also been a record rise in the number of billionaires 鈥 from 33 to 43 鈥 with their combined wealth now at almost $160 billion last year.
Thousands of trade unionists marched through Sydney streets on October 23 as part of nationwide 鈥淐hange The Rules鈥 mobilisations coordinated by the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
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