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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 one’s light under a bushel. We had to Google what a bushel is, but it made sense eventually. There’s also a popular hymn...

IEU | Pride | OHS | Industrial

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5 Ideas to Make Australia More Equal

June 21, 2021

5 ways to make Australia more equal. Workers in union have...

Women | Pay Gap | Gig | Racial Justice

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Dear Comrade: Do I Have to Take my Boss’ Fashion Advice?

June 21, 2021

My supervisor was initially dropping “hints” about my workwear, but has...

Dear Comrade | Women

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What Good’s a Minimum Wage if Workers Aren’t Getting it?

June 17, 2021

“I can tolerate a lot, we Asians are very strong! But...

Wage Theft | Racial Justice

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Workers Have Carried Australia Through A Pandemic Once Before

June 15, 2021

[Image description: rows of hospital beds in a large open space...

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Why We Love Radio 3CR

June 15, 2021

When Nelson Mandela came to Melbourne in 1990, 3CR was the only station to live-broadcast his speech to the trade union movement, thanking them for their support. When more than 1400 MUA members were...

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A Story About Stories We Can’t Tell

June 15, 2021

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Women | Industrial

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Making Flexibility Work For Us

June 07, 2021

“Flexibility” is one of those words that sounds so positive when...

GV | OHS | Women | Industrial | Pay Gap

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Injured workers demand an end to profiteering off their suffering

June 07, 2021

Graeme Brown is an injured worker. You could go as far...

Injured Workers | OHS

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Why we sorely need JobKeeper II

June 07, 2021

With grim determination, union members have been fearlessly fronting the media...

YWC | Auspol | Industrial | Covid19

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Beatings will continue until morale improves: Morrison punishing Victorians for lockdown

June 03, 2021

It was reported this week that Scott Morrison has delayed pandemic support payments to workers in Victoria because he does not wish to “incentivise” lockdowns. Once again, Morrison is saying the quiet part...

Elections | Auspol | Covid19

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Why This Unionist Wants More Dads to Take Up Flexible Work and Parental Leave

May 31, 2021

By Myke Bartlett. Photographs: Meredith O’Shea Teacher Riley Minns at home...

Pay Gap | Industrial | AEU | Women

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New Zealand’s New IR Laws Explained

May 31, 2021

At the beginning of May, the New Zealand government announced a...

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