The Government’s proposed changes to Australia’s industrial relations laws will leave working people worse off, with cuts to take home pay and conditions, fewer rights, and less job security. The removal of the two-year suspension of the “Better Off Overall Test” was just one problem, the Bill leaves workers worse off in many other areas. The […]
ACTU President Michele O’Neil and Secretary Sally McManus are in Canberra defending workers’ rights in relation to the Morrison government’s proposed Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Economic Recovery) Bill 2020. The ACTU’s submission (which you can read in full here) includes three arguments against the Bill which they see as a return to the WorkChoices […]
The following is an opinion piece as part of the IEU Speaks series written by the IEU Federal Branch. Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. […] Unless these rights have […]
Union win on support staff stand down dispute From the IEU NSW/ACT branch 28 April 2020 After taking a stand down dispute to the Fair Work Commission in early April, on behalf of support staff at All Saints Grammar at Belmore, the IEU has managed to secure a major win on behalf of our members. […]
Today the Premier Mark McGowan and Minister for Education Sue Ellery announced that there would be a ‘soft return’ of government school students to their school physically from 29 April for Term Two (see the Media Release of 17 April below). Parents will have the choice of sending their children to school or keeping them […]