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Union News - 17/05/12

Your Rights at Night wrote 2 weeks ago: In the news this week: - Phoenix Cleaning goes into liquidation - BHP Billiton chairman calls for an … more →

Tags: Union News, Unions, United Voice, WorkCover, University, BHP, Pheonix Cleaning, BHP Billiton, NSW

Those Two Words We Dare Not Speaketh Will Not Appear in Our Ads1 comment

aussiepollies wrote 2 weeks ago: The carbon tax, carbon price, whatever you wish to call it is now just a matter of weeks from fruiti … more →

Tags: Federal Politics, Australian politics, Tony Abbott, Coalition, Australian Labor Party, Budget, Prime minister, Australian government, Carbon Tax

An Indestructible Union (Part 3)

Godfrey wrote 1 month ago: The membership is the Union, and the Union is the membership. This is why membership is usually one … more →

Tags: ALP, Actu', Just how stuffed the world is today, direct unionism, representative unionism, union membership

Workers pay the penalty for one-way flexibility: The Ross Gittins Article Everyone Is Talking About2 comments

turnleft2013 wrote 1 month ago: Ross Gittins, is The Sydney Morning Herald’s Economics Editor, has a piece in todays edition W … more →

Tags: Australian politics, Australia, Politician, Fair Go, Industrial relations, Economist, Ross Gittins, Big Business, working conditions

Big Banks Push for WorkChoices Mark II2 comments

reb wrote 2 months ago: The big banks are doing it tough, so much so, that despite boasting record profits, and announcing t … more →

Tags: Australian Society, Australian Economy, workplace flexibility, Fair Work, Weekend, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, bill shorten, Banks

Zombie Work Choices - dead, buried, cremated - returns to life?

turnleft2013 wrote 2 months ago: text of tweet: Spain – after decades of unionized laws – now turns to WorkChoices to sav … more →

Tags: Australian politics, election, Quote, Tony Abbott, LNP, Work choices, Industrial relations, Liberal-National, andrew laming

I'm Leaving and Oh WorkChoices...

aussiepollies wrote 2 months ago: Today it became clear that Jeff Lawrence, the boss of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) … more →

Tags: Federal Politics, Australian politics, Coalition, ALP, Prime minister, Australian government, Julia Gillard, Unions, GFC

What were they thinking?

Stephen Booth wrote 4 months ago: Happy New Year to our blog readers! No resolutions here, but a reflection to begin the year:  people … more →

Tags: Employment Law, employment law, Discrimination, Coleman Greig Lawyers, Termination, Unfair dismissal, Parramatta Lawyers, Bullying, Fair Work Act

A New Political Climate7 comments

Bob Carr wrote 6 months ago: I hope it has dawned on business organisations by now that Tony Abbott has no interest whatsoever in … more →

Tags: news 2, Tony Abbott, Carbon Tax, mining tax, Qantas

Hey, We Don't Have That Leader Anymore...

aussiepollies wrote 7 months ago: There has been quite a significant occurrence in Australian politics, particularly in most recent ti … more →

Tags: Federal Politics, Australian politics, Tony Abbott, Coalition, Gillard Government, Opposition Leader, Policies, Past Leader, subsequent leader

erflungued wrote 8 months ago: The Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has yet again called for “more freedom” in Australian workplaces … more →

Tags: interviews, andrew stewart, Fair Work Act

Abbott Disingenuous About Industrial Relations2 comments

Alex Schlotzer wrote 8 months ago: Last year we had an election campaign where the leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott declared on ra … more →

Tags: Rants & Raves, Politics, Liberals, Government, Workers' rights, Industrial relations, Personal opinion, Tony Abbott

Union News 1 September 2011

Your Rights at Night wrote 9 months ago: Union news from around Australia and the world. Women take 63 days to catch-up to men’s wages this y … more →

Tags: Union News, Maxine Winkley, Yesha Joshi, Unions, your rights at night, Equal pay, union news, Fiji, Women's rights

Productivity sidelined by union parroting about WorkChoices3 comments

The Editor wrote 9 months ago: By Alexandra Marriott Meaningful debate and discussion about lagging Australian productivity and the … more →

Tags: Politics, Fair Work Act, Alexandra Marriott, Industrial relations, Unions, Federal Government, Reforms

6 Things I Got Out of Tony Abbott's Book 'Battlelines'1 comment

dogpolitics wrote 10 months ago: In 2009 Tony Abbott published his “frank analysis of the way forward for the Liberal Party”.  I fini … more →

Tags: Policies, Personalities, Howard, Abbott, battlelines, Conservative, climate change, Family, Welfare

“Life’s a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” (Macbeth, Act V sc v)

Stephen Booth wrote 11 months ago: While I don’t want to be quite as nihilistic as that at the prospect of more political “debate” on I … more →

Tags: Employment Law, Modern Award Compliance, Managing change in workplace relations laws, employment law, Parramatta Lawyers, ip policy, Tony Abbott, nick minchin, peter reith

Happy second birthday, Fair Work Act2 comments

The Editor wrote 11 months ago: By Alexandra Marriott The Fair Work Act is approaching the ‘terrible twos’ with aplomb and industria … more →

Tags: Alexandra Marriott, enterprise bargaining, Fair Work Act, Federal Government, Industrial relations, Liberals, Modern Awards, safety net, Workplace Relations

The 411 on Aussie Politics

Jordan Archer wrote 11 months ago: While the election certainly seems like a long time ago, the Senate change over, which will give the … more →

Tags: INTERVIEWS - General, Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard, Clem McIntyre, Radio Adelaide Breakfast, Federal Politics, Australian Greens, Balance of Power, peter reith

Public Sector Protest Illawarra

australianpoliticstv wrote 12 months ago: This video comes to us from the NSW firefighters union the FBEU. It covers the ongoing fight for wor … more →

Tags: Daily Fix, Unions and NGOs, Premier, NSW, State Government, Unions, Unions NSW, Barry O'Farrell, Public sector


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