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The Annual Wage Review is deliberately anti-democratic

Last week the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down a 3.75 % increase, starting from July 1st, for the national minimum wage (NMW) for...

ACTU Congress: 10-15% union density top priority?

Ecological, political and economic context The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Congress is this week from June 4-6. The...

Living standards in 2024: a programme with socialist characteristics

Just before Christmas, the Socialist Alliance (SA) put forward a ten-point programme to deal with the cost of living crisis in the...

Wage increases in the real world: an honest discussion

Last week’s Annual Wage Review (AWR) lifted the National Minimum Wage (NMW) by $40 per week, which is 5.2%. The minimum wages in our...

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