Employment
The truth about jobs in Australia — that you won't read in the newspapers

Almost everything the mass media and the Coalition Government say about employment in Australia is ...  
Essendon players and the fight for justice

John Passant explores the commodification of the AFL and proposes the Essendon doping saga should ...  
Productivity: Feast, famine and the (almost) free lunch

Mike Dowson reveals how the latest report from the Australian Productivity Commission reads ...  
Big business tax watch: Do corporate tax avoiders also mistreat their staff?

Is there a correlation between mistreating staff and avoiding tax? Between profiting from peopl ...  
Reward is better than punishment: A Work for the Dole alternative

Despite its enormous cost, the Work for the Dole program simply doesn't produce the outcomes ...  
Matildas pay bad and so is booing Goodes

The Matildas call off their tour of the United States over inadequate pay, as racist booing of ...  
Get ready for latest round of the mainstream media Craig Thomson bash

With the Federal Court decision in the Fair Work Commission action against Craig Thomson due to be ...  
Kathy Jackson and TURC: Waking up with fleas

With the Trade Union Royal Commission in turmoil after details of counsel coaching Kathy Jackson ...  
Dyson Heydon, TURC and the botched Julia Gillard smear job

The Federal Court case that nailed Kathy Jackson has also given us a flashback to the way the ...  
Kathy the crook: We hate to say we told you so, but...

Kathy Jackson leaves Federal Court with a bloody nose and the promise of much worse to come ...  
A man of integrity? Dyson Heydon and his Trade Union Royal Commission

The revelations about Dyson Heydon's links to the Liberal Party are just the latest in a long list ...  
Bullies in Australia: Eating their young — and their not so young

A Gold Coast conference raises grave concerns about the structures and processes currently in ...  
Morally bankrupt in the Jacksonville swamp

In her latest attempt to avoid returning the millions she allegedly purloined from the HSU, Kathy ...  
Never enough mud: Fairfax keep slinging slurs and smears at Craig Thomson

Fairfax's rabid wild dog attacks on Craig Thomson continued yesterday, with Heath Aston piling on ...  
The Job Guarantee:  A job for every Australian within a year

Since the mid-1970s, the rising dominance of what we now call neo-liberalism, saw the Fraser ...  
McIntyre vs SBS will test workers' right to express opinions bosses don't like

Scott McIntyre is taking SBS to court over their Malcolm Turnbull-motivated decision to sack him ...  
Estimated $6.2 billion climate change hit to Australian economy in 2013/14

Australian researchers measure cost of drop in workers’ performance as global warming drives ...  
Marriage equality and Joe de Bruyn's Shoppies Union

More conservative than the conservatives, powerful SDA union leader Joe de Bruyn is defying his ...  

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