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Dear Comrade: Is It Safe Working Outdoors In The Summer Heat?

July 19, 2021

Help! My employer shut down their business quite suddenly - going into voluntary deregistration. They still owe me wages for the last few weeks, not to mention annual leave and long service leave....

Industrial | Dear Comrade | OHS

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Vaccination Leave: Removing the Barriers to Vaccine Access

July 19, 2021

Throughout June and July, Finance Sector Union members have been calling...

OHS | FSU | Covid19 | Industrial

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Imported Wind Towers Blocked as Workers Fight For Local Jobs

July 12, 2021

By Kate Shuttleworth Keppel Prince workers gathered outside the Portland docks...

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Nothing In or Out: Tugboat Crews Shut Down Melbourne Port

July 12, 2021

MUA members and supporters rallied outside the Svitzer terminal on Friday...

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Dave's Cancer Treatment Cost $4... Morrison Wants Patients Like Him to Pay Thousands

July 11, 2021

“The $4 was just because I wanted to take some extra...

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Easy Riders: A Look Inside the Gig Economy

July 05, 2021

The recent lockdown in Melbourne has once again been particularly brutal for artists and performers, including those performing right here at Trades Hall.

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Dear Comrade: My Employer has vanished!

July 04, 2021

Help! My employer shut down their business quite suddenly - going...

Dear Comrade | ASIC | Wage Theft | Industrial

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Everything you need to know about wage theft.

July 01, 2021

What IS wage theft, and why did we fight to make...

Wage Theft

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Wage theft is (finally) a crime

July 01, 2021

Our legal system has historically judged the crimes of the wealthy...

Spring St | Wage Theft

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Victory to the workers at General Mills!

June 28, 2021

Workers at General Mills, who manufacture popular brands Old El Paso and...

UWU

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A Definitive Ranking of the Moments that Made Us Cry in the Movie “Pride”

June 25, 2021

Don’t lie, this film made you cry at least once. Here's our ranking of the moments that did it to us, but you’d be forgiven if you were just a weeping mess from...

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Why I need psychological health regulations

June 25, 2021

In the coming weeks, Victorian Health and Safety Representatives are expecting...

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When Being Yourself Can Get You Fired: LGBTQ+ Workers And Legal Discrimination

June 24, 2021

There is a parable in Christianity that one should never hide...

IEU | Pride | OHS | Industrial

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