The National Health Service is under threat unless the Government starts properly paying its workforce, reports Michaela Makusha
Employment
Severe cramp from work must be reported to the safety regulator - but not work-related suicides. Campaigners want action beyond Ofsted reform
Choosing unemployment: what of job seekers? – part 2 John Haly This is a continuation of part1 of the article by John Haly, which appeared…
When the Howard government privatised Australia’s Employment Services system it promised more innovative, effective and efficient services. Almost 25 years later, it’s clear that the giant experiment of full privatisation has failed. And the most vulnerable Australians pay the price. It’s harsh but true to say that Australia no longer has an effective, coherent national Continue reading »
Millions of workers in the multi-billion-dollar garment industry are being exploited, activists say. The families of Anjuara Khatun, 26, and Russell Howlader, 25, shot and killed by police during a recent garment workers’ protest for a fair minimum wage are not seeking justice for their lost loved ones. “Who would I file the case against? Continue reading »
The traditional parties of compassion – Labor in Australia, Labour in Britain, Liberals in Canada and the Democrats in the US – have come under attack from the left and the right for abandoning workers. The critique from the left, particularly the Marxist left, is that the parties of compassion have become preoccupied with socially Continue reading »
The RSA said it disagreed with the decision and criticised the IWGB trade union for pursuing the case against it
Choosing unemployment: what of job seekers? – part 1 John Haly Unemployment is a choice made by governments, corporations and central banks. It is not…
Any talk about disability in Australia is very likely to quickly lead to mention of ‘the System,’ which controls everything in the lives of People With Disability. This phrase comes from Australia having started its European settlement period as a British penal colony, so we inherited ‘the System’ as a foundation stone of our society. Continue reading »
Sounds great, right? Except that the job advertisement says the positions are unpaid. How can the government get things halfway right by recognising that lived experience matters enough to shape what they do, but not value it enough to pay it? The Australian Government posted a job advertisement online a few days ago looking for Continue reading »