9/11, twenty years on: memories launch our perspectives
Just about anyone who remembers September 11, 2001 – a full twenty years ago, to the day, of this writing – can pinpoint exactly what […]
Articles by William Olson
Inquiry’s bumpy ride awaits, after tech giants’ “blackmail” tactics
As the Senate inquiry into the Digital Media Code began on Friday, Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has expressed her displeasure over the lack of negotiating […]
Unemployment down, but recovery still way off: ACTU
Any cries from the Morrison government championing the gains in unemployment figures being tied to a greater economic outlook has a premature ring to it, […]
MEAA issues wish list over proposed media reforms
The union which oversees its member journalists and others involved with media and creative arts in Australia has issued a list of concerns in conjunction […]
Porter’s bills may sink BOOT into penalty rates, warns Burke
Shadow industrial relations minister Tony Burke has warned that Australian workers may lose their penalty rates by the end of January 2022 – not via […]
Corruption viewed within fine print of super reforms
Australia’s union movement has steadfastly rejected the Morrison government’s latest proposed reforms on superannuation on the grounds that workers would be worse off if choices […]
Now is not the time for subsidy cuts, says ACTU
The timing of cuts to government welfare subsidy programs such as JobSeeker and JobKeeper still lacks an appropriate nature at the start of 2021 as […]
Qantas workers cannot be denied sick leave, says ACTU
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), in keeping with their reputation to doing anything to ensure that the nation’s workers receive their proper contractual […]
MYEFO missing points on long-term recovery: ACTU
Unemployment numbers were reported to have improved on Thursday while federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claimed that Australia’s economy was rebounding – but the Australian Council […]
ASIO bill reforms aren’t enough, say MEAA and Greens
Wedged between the recent passage of legislation expanding Australia’s spy agency’s powers and a date for a Senate inquiry into press freedom after the New […]
Insecure work inquiry forthcoming: Tony Burke
With ever-growing concerns among those in Australia’s union movement over rising levels of casual work and under-employment, a Senate inquiry on insecure work will take […]
Unflappable unions remain focused versus IR reform bills
In the federal Parliament’s final sitting week of 2020, Attorney-General Christian Porter has been unveiling the industrial relations reform “Omnibus Bill” via a piece-by-piece treatment […]
ACTU advocating justice calls for on-the-job deaths
Responding to revelations surrounding of an increase of workers killed in workplace-related accidents last year, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called for […]
Overcome threats, halve insecure work numbers: McManus
While the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) waits alongside the country’s working classes with baited breath on the Morrison government’s resolution bill on industrial […]
Aged care’s pandemic reply still a mess, unions say
The Morrison government has failed to respond specifically to the findings of the recent Aged Care Royal Commission and the problem points and issues revealed […]