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‘Touch one, touch all’ means disabled workers and migrant workers too

May 24, 2021

Disability justice and racial justice are union business. Unions recognise this, thanks to disabled unionists, unionists of colour, and their comrades, who have fought tirelessly to shape the movement to be the beacon...

Solidarity

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Minimum Wage, Maximum Struggle

May 23, 2021

There was a deafening silence at the Fair Work Commission this...

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We’re Union, by Maxine Beneba Clarke

May 17, 2021

Maxine Beneba Clarke is a prolific writer and poet based in...

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Why We’re Fighting for Aged Care Staffing Ratios

May 17, 2021

Proud union members and best friends Honorine Dowie and Kim Barwise...

Aged Care | ANMF

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Fund Our Future: School Strike For Climate

May 17, 2021

Aimee Griffiths is a year-12 student with three SACs coming up...

Solidarity | Climate

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Morrison to Australia: Shut Up and Take My Money

May 17, 2021

Miles Davis famously said of jazz music that, “It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.” We have no idea what this means. While we aren’t experts in jazz...

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Digital Solidarity

May 17, 2021

True solidarity knows no bounds. Race and gender, age and ability...

OHS | Industrial | Solidarity

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Dear Comrade: Are private businesses exempt from wage laws?

May 17, 2021

A young mechanic asks the Young Workers Centre about penalty rates...

Wage Theft | YWC | Dear Comrade

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“I did not make any mistake”: ATO seeks to reclaim Uber drivers’ Jobkeeper payments

May 17, 2021

We’re hearing from workers on temporary visas who had their JobKeeper...

Racial Justice | Gig | Auspol

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Ramsiyar & Thanush survived years of refugee detention. Now they are out, what's next?

May 07, 2021

“In 2009, in Sri Lanka, there was the big war,” says...

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Knowledge is Power In Fight Against Gendered Violence

May 07, 2021

Do you know what to do if you or someone you work with is being harassed because of their gender or sexuality? Is there a culture of misogyny in your workplace? Do you...

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Working People Getting a Seat at the Table

May 07, 2021

Applications are now open for Candidate School. Working people are so...

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A Love Letter to ‘Last Exit to Springfield’

May 07, 2021

Sitcoms, especially American ones, provide both good and bad representations of...

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