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- Australia : Hospital violence rife, Vic nurses say, as campaign launched
- Australia : Firefighters front Wells on cancer compensation
- Australia : Cunningham backs 'best and fairest' workers comp
- Australia : Emotional debate on workplace safety
- Australia : Too many employees have had their lives and careers ruined by workplace bullying: Shorten
- Australia : ANF welcomes funding for mental health and cancer programs
- Australia : Short-sighted redefinition of worker
- Australia : Ambos get tough after abuse spike
- Australia : Gladstone Seafarers Call For Coronial Inquiry
- Australia : WorkCover NSW launches safety action plan
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Is a fair day’s pay different on different days?
The South Australia government are introducing new half-day public holidays on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. While this might be good news for the public, members of Restaurant and Catering South Australia that they will be forced to close … Continue reading
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Tagged Brett Rankine, hospitality, jay weatherill, LHMU, Maxine Winkley, penalty rates, SA, sa unions, SAparli, United Voice, wages, your rights at night, yran
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What Gonski means for students and teachers with Chris Bonnor from the CPD
You’d have to be sitting under a rock to not have heard something about the review into base funding of school systems written. The report is written by a panel chaired by David Gonski AC. Chris Bonnor is a former … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Zengerer, Centre for Policy Development, Chris Bonnor, CPD, Gonski, Gonski Review, your rights at night, yran
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BHP workers strike over conditions in Queensland mining towns
Thousands of workers are staging Australia’s biggest industrial action in the mining sector in more than a decade, with a week-long strike at Queensland’s coal mines. Three unions are battling BHP Billiton’s Mitsubishi Alliance over worker’s rights. Billiton’s Mitsubishi Alliance … Continue reading
ANZ to shed a thousand jobs
There’s good news and there’s bad news for those working in the Banking and Finance Sector. The bad news is that ANZ is preparing to slash another 1000 jobs this year. The good news is that the Commonwealth Bank’s CEO … Continue reading
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Tagged ANZ, CBA, Commonwealth Bank, Debbie Black, Finance Sector Union, FSU, jobs, off-shoring, Westpac
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School Funding Gonski
As a five member panel headed by noted business figure and University of NSW chancellor David Gonski prepares to publish its review into the structure of school funding in Australia, lobbying is in overdrive. The review has taken 18 months … Continue reading
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Tagged AEU, Catherine Zengerer, Correna Haythorpe, Gonski, Gonski Review, SA, sa unions, unions, your rights at night, yran
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Building watchdog set to be abolished – but what’s in the fine print?
The Australian Building and Construction Commission – known as the building watchdog – is a government agency set up under John Howard to monitor and implement laws that only apply to you if you work in the construction industry. If … Continue reading
1 February 2012, hearby known as Equal Pay Day!
You would have to be living under a rock to not hear about the Australian Services Union’s Pay Up! campaign to address the gender-based undervaluation of the community services sector. Fair Work Australia has ordered the wages of a large … Continue reading
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Tagged ASU, auspol, Equal pay, Katrine Hildyard, Maxine Winkley, Pay up, union news, unions, your rights at night, yran
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