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UNION WIN: Westmead Branch prevents reduction in beds i...
April 22, 2024
The Westmead Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) who successfully staved off an attempt to reduce the staffing profile at the hospital’s Close Observation Unit (COU). Management sought to reduce the unit from 12 beds to 8, without proper staff consultation. The reduction of beds would have seen the unit lose…
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Minimum wage increases don’t cost jobs: US research
April 29, 2019
American studies show that minimum wage rises not only don’t harm employment, they may even…
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NZ builds a consensus on wage fairness
April 29, 2019
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger introduced one of the world’s most extreme examples…
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Seven in 10 Australians want action on wages
April 29, 2019
More than 70 per cent of Australians want action on low wage growth according to…
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Senate inquiry supports ACTU call to tighten temporary...
April 29, 2019
The ACTU argues that the current rules deny locals jobs and training opportunities, depress wages…
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An opportunity to change the rules
April 29, 2019
Australia needs policies and an economic direction that deliver a better life for working Australians.…
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Fact Check: Are you better off under Labor or Coalition...
April 18, 2019
In this year’s pre-election budgets, both Labor and the Coalition announced income tax cuts as…
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Nurses And Midwives: Know Your Penalty Rates
April 18, 2019
With a number of public holidays in April, nurses and midwives asked us to clarify…
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Cutting Sunday penalty rates will hurt young people the...
April 12, 2019
PHD Candidate Shirley Jackson says that penalty rate cuts unfairly target young people. The Fair…
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Inequality is a drag on our economy
April 1, 2019
International economic institutions and Australian experts say reducing inequality is essential to a stronger economy,…