William Olson

• William Olson is American-born, but Melbourne and Geelong-based for the last 17 years. Freelance journalist from 1990-2004, hospitality professional since late 2004. Now writing again, by resurrection... "I'm not dead yet!" Husband to Jennifer and "Daddy" to Keira (a very mischievious tortoiseshell cat). Follow William on Instagram and Twitter @DeadSexyWaiter.

Articles written by William Olson (34)

• 29 July 2020 | Paid pandemic leave key to stem COVID-19 spread and unemployment
• 24 July 2020 | How Melbourne’s events sector workers have struggled in the pandemic
• 14 July 2020 | Morrison Government forges ahead with penalty rate cuts
• 8 July 2020 | Industrial relations reform negotiations at loggerheads — but not for long
• 30 June 2020 | McManus says disappointing pay rise short-changes workers
• 26 June 2020 | Victory for Andrews Labor Government as anti-wage theft law is passed
• 18 June 2020 | Labor's voice is needed on industrial relations reforms
• 12 April 2020 | Staying safe and healthy in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic
• 6 March 2020 | Victorian anti-wage theft laws coming but may not last long
• 27 February 2020 | The Greens are eager to introduce press freedom laws and reforms
• 19 February 2020 | George Calombaris defenders are blaming everyone but him
• 13 February 2020 | Amid scandal, Coalition Government revives anti-union Bill
• 10 January 2020 | Sport heroes are doing more for bushfire relief than our own government
• 10 December 2019 | Coalition persists with 'dead, buried and exhumed' union-busting bill
• 2 December 2019 | Defeating the Ensuring Integrity Bill
• 24 November 2019 | Amendments to union-busting Bill made in secret
• 20 November 2019 | Attacks and defiance plague progress on wages and jobs
• 13 November 2019 | Despite amendments, ALP still rejects union-busting Bill
• 8 November 2019 | Labor demands action on wage theft epidemic
• 30 October 2019 | Labor and Coalition scrap over proposed union laws
• 29 October 2019 | John Setka resigns from the ALP, claiming the Party has lost its way
• 24 October 2019 | Think wage theft only happens in hospitality? Think again!
• 21 October 2019 | ACTU claims Australian jobs and Labor sold out over free trade agreements
• 15 October 2019 | Michaelia Cash, invalid union raids and 'Ensuring Integrity' legislation
• 7 October 2019 | Morrison Government's 'anti-worker agenda' ignores unions in VET program
• 3 October 2019 | Sarah Hanson-Young says press freedom inquiry is “going nowhere”
• 1 October 2019 | Coalition's workplace laws to diminish unions, not wage theft
• 13 September 2019 | The Coalition's union destruction agenda
• 6 September 2019 | Press freedom is democratically essential, so protections must be enhanced
• 30 August 2019 | Burke applies pressure on Morrison over penalty rates
• 25 August 2019 | Industrial relations overhaul could hurt unions and workers
• 21 August 2019 | 'A wages crisis': The Coalition Government is shirking its duty
• 15 August 2019 | ACTU decides to stay the course with 'Change The Rules' campaign
• 26 July 2019 | The public has spoken: It's time to wage a war on wage theft