Employment
Productivity and the myth of labour market 'flexibility'

Capital investment, and technical and technological innovation are the best ways to improve ...  
Ashbygate workplace investigation

James Ashby complains he never got the chance to tell his side of the story in court, but profe ...  
Would Abbott bring back WorkChoices?

Tony Abbott says WorkChoices is "dead, buried and cremated", but his new IR policy leaves the door ...  
Labour Day is here to stay

  The Queensland Government is trying to kill off Labour Day by moving the public holiday from ...  
Facts speak for themselves — Australia still lucky country

Despite the News Ltd media and the Coalition talking down our economy at every turn, Australia ...  
The forthcoming assault on workers' rights

The Gordonstone mine dispute is a case study in why Tony Abbott must not be allowed to become ...  
The Portland potroom asthma victims

Former rural employment counsellor Don Wilson recounts the case of the "potroom asthma" victims a ...  
Jacksonville 36: Derailing the Jacksonville Express

BREAKING NEWS: Marco Bolano has just conceded defeat in the Victorian HSU Number 1 branch elect ...  
Jacksonville 32: The winner takes it all

The results are in for the HSU’s NSW and Victorian Number 3 branches — and it’s great news ...  
Jacksonville 31: Cleansweep wins HSU No 3 elections

The Jacksonville ticket suffers a blow in the HSU elections, with the reforming Cleansweep team of ...  
Young Libs push even younger child labour laws

One of Cory Bernardi’s Tea Party-style websites, Menzies House, has started promoting child ...  
Sub-tropical Fascism (Part 3): Business, Unions and the Arts

In this third part of his six part series on Australian fascism, Dr George Venturini considers ...  
Towards workplace democracy

Employee share ownership plans are the way to add democracy, dignity and productivity to Austra ...  
Casualising Australia

Video report by Julia Thiemann on the lives of casual workers, their insecurity and the injustice ...  
Why Victorian teachers strike tomorrow

A Victorian teachers' strike is likely to close 160 schools tomorrow. Teacher and activist Iurgi ...  
Technological unemployment — the next big global economic issue

The next big thing is technological unemployment — but is it something to fear or something we ...  
Gloomy productivity report fatally flawed

The Australian Human Resources Insititute have produced a productivity report damning to Australia ...  
Jacksonville 16: Call me anytime

Back in Jacksonville, Peter Wicks has some new revelations, including details about who Kathy ...  

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