NTEU members struck and rallied at James Cook Universities鈥櫬爐wo larger campuses in Townsville and Cairns,聽joining the union鈥檚聽nationwide campaign. Jonathan Strauss reports.
Wages
Ahead of a significant day of industrial action across Britain,聽Terry Conway discusses the significance of the聽strikewave and what it will take to force the government鈥檚 hand.
With elections due in the next 12 months, Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) prime minister Pedro S谩nchez is hoping his pro-worker posture will be enough to secure victory over the right and keep the independence movement at bay, writes Dick Nichols.
The Reserve Bank of Australia claims it is 鈥渇ighting inflation鈥 by hiking up interest rates. But, as Zane Alcorn argues, it聽has never been independent of the capitalist class and is dutifully carrying out its interests.
The Treasurer鈥檚 鈥渧alues-based capitalism鈥 looks like it will include cuts to public spending, greater private investment, cuts to services and greater upfront costs, argues聽Graham Matthews.听
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe聽apologised聽to those who took out home loans on the basis of his promise not to raise聽interest rates. But he had聽no聽apology for wage earners trying to make ends meet amid sharply rising prices. Peter Boyle reports.
The IMF has debunked the myth that聽heightened inflation means workers聽should accept below-inflation wage rises 鈥 real wage cuts. Neville Spencer reports.
Three thousand聽nurses and midwives rallied outside the Western Australian parliament聽as part of a state-wide strike for better wages and conditions. Chris Jenkins reports.
The Australia Nursing Federation Western Australia聽is conducting yet another online poll on an inadequate聽government pay offer. Chris Jenkins reports.
For those of us forced to live with it, Labor鈥檚 first budget since 2013 is both a missed opportunity and a threat of worse things to come, argues聽Graham Matthews.
An inflationary tsunami is passing through the world economy, creating economic disorder 鈥 in some cases acute political crisis 鈥 in every country it touches, writes John Ross.
The union movement聽faces big challenges in ensuring that any changes to bargaining extends workplace rights and protections. Sarah Hathway reports.
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