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From doted-on child to Rhodes Scholar, ACTU president and ultimately prime minister, Robert James Lee Hawke had a significant impact on Australian life.
As unions have shrunk, conditions for workers have got worse.
There are 750,000 fewer workers under enterprise agreements now than when the Coalition was elected, McManus says in her speech to the John Curtin Research Centre.
Two experts argue for and against government intervention when it comes to fixing low wage growth.
There are undoubtedly advantages for unions in terms of access and policy influence by having former officials as MPs.
The ACTU has proposed Australia adopt a “living wage”. This might improve the incomes of some people, but it wouldn’t solve “working poverty”.
Union membership continues to fall, particularly within industries that traditionally claim a strong union heritage.
There are some different strategies unions are now considering to help these organisations survive in a changing economy.
The Fair Work Commission said reductions in rates were more significant in retail and pharmacy than in hospitality and fast food.
In a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra, ACTU Secretary Sally McManus said 679 of Australia’s biggest corporations pay “not one cent of tax”. Is that right?
The government has a major headache on its hands with the proposed cuts to penalty rates, which could haunt it all the way to the next election.
Hospitality, fast food, retail and pharmacy workers stand to lose thousands of dollars per year after the Fair Work Commission’s landmark decision to cut penalty rates on Sundays and public holidays.
It’s uncommon internationally for workers to have a statutory right to paid domestic violence leave, but things may be shifting.
The ACTU’s main election campaign focus is to target 28 marginal Coalition seats, including 11 in NSW and six in Queensland: the key battleground states.
Female workers are now more highly unionised than their male colleagues, but unions still have a long way to go to reflect that shift.
The ACTU will ask the royal commissioner into trade union corruption, Dyson Heydon, to disqualify himself – an application he will hear on Friday.
The Australian Climate Roundtable unites business, environmental and social groups in calling for a strong climate policy. This unprecedented show of unity might even break down Canberra’s climate stalemate.
The Fair Work Commission’s recent wage review may have struck an increased pay deal for low-paid workers but its decision overlooks the growth of a worrying new divide in the Australian workforce. With…
Shortly the Fair Work Commission will announce their decision on the minimum wage for 2013. This will be based on its own research and balancing the claims of employers, unions and others. The ACTU is…
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
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Former Senior Lecturer/Program Director, masters program in human resources management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Sydney
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Professorial Associate in the Centre for Public Policy, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations and HRM, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Management, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, the University of Queensland; International Distinguished Fellow, the Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University., The University of Queensland
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