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

Earlier this week, as the ACTU pointed out, the government’s mid year economic update (MYEFO) confirmed that the Morrison government...

How should union movement activists define the first defeat of the Ensuring Integrity Bill (EIB)? A major strategic breakthrough or a...

The Australian school students strike on September 20 put forward 3 general demands for climate justice, that they have repeated since:...

Dear Friends, click here to listen to Caroline and I discuss the Morrison’s government’s intentions on behalf of employers to make the...

Last Friday the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down its decision arising from the Annual Wage Review (AWR). This annual Review is...

IMF chief economist, Gita Gopinath reckoned the global economy had entered “a delicate moment”. She offered a decisive insight: “If the...

Global unions IndustriALL and UNI, are holding a day of action on 11 April against Kimberly-Clark’s restructuring plans and the company’s...

House price falls are not the economy’s biggest worry Reserve Bank governor Dr Philip Lowe had more sensible things to say in three hours...

https://portside.org/2019-01-26/erik-olin-wright-1947-2019 This obituary for Erik Olin Wright makes me regret not paying more attention...

Sticking up for Big Hungry Profiteering Over the past few days various media reports have highlighted the delicious connections between...

Yes, its 2019 and Caroline Pryor is back with Radio Skid Row’s “Workers Radio” … 88.9FM. Today I joined her to discuss the arrest of...

From time to time police, and their union, seek pay rises and other improvements in their conditions. They are protesting when they do...

In this article for the SEARCH Foundation I expand somewhat on some brief comments in other posts: https://www.search.org.au/preparing_fo...

My hunch is that soon Labor and union negotiators will turn to their 1993 version of the right to strike to finalize their workplace and...

grist.org/article/what-the-stock-market-crash-means-for-the-climate/ I have thanked John Pratt for sharing this article, and do so again....

In his latest blog Michael Roberts provides another useful summary of the current economic situation globally and in some specific...

New wages data and what it might mean On Wednesday (November 14th) the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its quarterly...

Last week 3 significant reports from distant parts of the world highlighted the crucial role that workers and their unions can play in...

Here, Michael Roberts gives a good overview of the global picture regarding new levels of instability in the economic system. Instability...