News from the working class - We Are Union VTHC

Pay Up! VISY shamed as Workers Rally to demand Pay before Profit

March 22, 2023

VISY shamed as Workers Rally to demand Pay before Profit. CPI rose 1.9% this quarter, meaning working people are absorbing price increases on everything they buy and spending more of their wages on...

Industrial

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Let Survivors Speak

March 21, 2023

Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are commonly used in the settlement of workplace...

Women

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Union win! Sea Life workers to sea pay rise

March 02, 2023

The crabby employer has responded to workers' clam and now concedes...

Industrial

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Something Fishy at SEA LIFE Melbourne

February 27, 2023

Let minnow if we missed any puns

Industrial

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No more workplace cover-ups

February 03, 2023

Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are commonly used in the settlement of workplace...

Women

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ASK RENATA: As a courier franchisee, am I protected from heavy lifts?

February 03, 2023

‘As a courier franchisee (sold as ‘business owner’) am I required to lift over 20kg (or items that are marked ‘team lift’)? We’re not contractors, we’re not employees, and we are paid $1.90...

Industrial | OHS

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Family and Domestic Violence Leave - now a national standard

February 02, 2023

In 2010, the ASU members at Surf Coast Shire local government...

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Super Scams

February 02, 2023

Scams are on the rise in Australia. As one of your...

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VISY workers in Shep hit the grass

February 02, 2023

AMWU members are downing tools, and plant operations will grind to...

Industrial

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How union members in one workplace made history... and will save lives

February 02, 2023

Today, paid family and domestic violence leave becomes a workplace right...

Industrial | Auspol | Women | OHS

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Ansell PPE supply chain campaign update

January 27, 2023

Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL), Victorian Trades Hall Council, and other unions in Australia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and the UK have been campaigning for several years to improve labour standards in the PPE...

Solidarity

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Why every apprentice should join their union

January 26, 2023

You're a new apprentice and you're excited and proud to start...

young workers | Apprentices

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Victorian election result, offshore wind, Gladstone economic transition: the latest just transition news

January 18, 2023

APHEDA "climate justice starts with workers" appeal Victorian election outcome Offshore...

Climate

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