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Winning Sick Pay for Casual Workers

August 16, 2021

by Judy Kuo When corporate profits are put ahead of the health of workers in the name of ‘flexibility’, workers in insecure arrangements are left defenceless against COVID-19. We know that 80% of...

Gig | OHS | Industrial

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Morrison’s “Protecting Migrant Workers” Bill Will Do Anything But

August 16, 2021

After demonstrating a pattern of not caring one iota about migrant...

Auspol

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Dear Comrade: I Quit!

August 16, 2021

Dear Comrade, It’s finally happening! I’m about to leave the job...

Dear Comrade | Industrial

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How Icelandic Unionists Won a Shorter Work Week

August 16, 2021

The working world looked on in excitement recently as Iceland secured...

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Dear Comrade: I am super stressed. How do I move my boss beyond tea and sympathy?

August 08, 2021

Last week HR made us sit through a seminar about dealing...

Industrial | Mental Health | OHS | Dear Comrade

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Score A Pass to Powerful MIFF Doco Shining a Light on Gig Workers

August 06, 2021

The Gig is Up is a feature doco screening online through Melbourne International Film Festival – and we have passes to give away! If you’re already a paid-up Megaphone Journal subscriber, you’re automatically...

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When Frydenberg’s Office Lost Their Minds at Our Mobile Billboard

August 06, 2021

Spurred to action by Josh Frydenberg's latest cheap crack at union...

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This is a Sheep. The Morrison Government has Decreed it Thus.

August 06, 2021

Last Wednesday, a High Court ruling was handed down that will...

Industrial | Elections | Auspol

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Hande Thinks of Australia as Home, but the Visa System Won’t Let Her Get Comfortable

August 02, 2021

The Migrant Workers’ Centre, a union-backed legal and advocacy service for...

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Long Service Leave: Do Young Workers Even Dare to Dream About It?

August 02, 2021

Working for 40+ years without ever taking the time to take...

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Dear Comrade: We’re Not Supposed to Stand On Desks For This Exact Reason, and Now I'm Injured

August 02, 2021

There’s a running joke in the staff room at the primary school I work at, about how if you want to put a poster on the wall you’ll have to call the maintenance...

OHS | Dear Comrade

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De-Gendering the EBA: ASU Members Win at Moorabool Council

July 30, 2021

Last week Australian Services Union members at Moorabool Shire Council secured...

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Dear Comrade: Can My Boss Make me Keep a Disciplinary Meeting Secret?

July 26, 2021

I slept through my alarm and arrived 20 minutes late to...

Rights at Work

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