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Dec 6, 20246 min read
Women start “working for free” in March
And men? The gender wage gap, profits and labour exploitation Recently, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU ) and the Workplace...
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Aug 17, 20244 min read
Wages, prices (…and profits?) for activists
This post discusses the latest on prices and wages and their connection to profits. (The mainstream productivity obsession can wait for...
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Dec 10, 20212 min read
A virus drives a pivot to manufacturing!
For 42 years the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, manufacturing workers, and the majority of Australians with common sense, have...
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Dec 10, 20216 min read
Food supply workers hooray! Heroes they truly are.
“Without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn.” (from “Solidarity Forever”) Who, truly, reproduces society? The corona virus...
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Dec 10, 20217 min read
Restoring Solidarity Bargaining: is it possible?
Earlier this week, as the ACTU pointed out, the government’s mid year economic update (MYEFO) confirmed that the Morrison government...
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Dec 10, 20216 min read
Australian bosses and “their” profits: capital strikes are good
Introduction and acknowledgement In this article I take a close look at what’s been happening in Australia with profits and investment. I...
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Dec 10, 20212 min read
Talking about the big picture …
www.afr.com/news/world/north-america/economy-at-risk-aides-warn-chaotic-trump-20190823-p52k5n … learning how to is critical for “rank and...
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Dec 10, 20211 min read
Morrison government escalates class warfare
Dear Friends, click here to listen to Caroline and I discuss the Morrison’s government’s intentions on behalf of employers to make the...
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
The “logic” of Morrison’s LNP new old-fashioned attack on workers’ rights
It should come as no surprise to anyone that a new LNP government would go after workers and union rights after winning an election....
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
A delicate moment | Michael Roberts Blog … this is actually a big deal for the Australian elec
IMF chief economist, Gita Gopinath reckoned the global economy had entered “a delicate moment”. She offered a decisive insight: “If the...
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Dec 10, 20211 min read
Wages, wage suppression and crocodile tears
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...
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Dec 10, 20215 min read
Socialism’s Relevance Here and Now in Australia
Talking about socialism here and elsewhere Dr. Tristan Ewins consistently seeks, from within the ALP, as an open socialist to the left of...
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Dec 10, 20212 min read
Understanding exploitation
https://portside.org/2019-01-26/erik-olin-wright-1947-2019 This obituary for Erik Olin Wright makes me regret not paying more attention...
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
Cops, protest and the future of work
From time to time police, and their union, seek pay rises and other improvements in their conditions. They are protesting when they do...
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
The coming economic recession and its interaction with climate change
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....
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
The latest wages data, election strategy and #changetherules
New wages data and what it might mean On Wednesday (November 14th) the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its quarterly...
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Dec 10, 20216 min read
Inequality and wages repression in Australia: workers’ experience is confirmed
Part 1 The latest Journal of Australian Political Economy (number 81) was published last week (click here) and reported in the Sydney...
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Dec 10, 20215 min read
Happy Birthday 200th Birthday, Karl Marx!
Karl Marx, Helen Razer and May Day 2018: Marx’ 200th birthday Anniversary – May 5th In Australia, in the middle of our month of actions...
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Dec 10, 20215 min read
“Solidarity Forever”: Robots, Workers, and Profitability
Don Sutherland (March 2018) Everyone I know with any form in the Australian union movement loves the song “Solidarity Forever”. The song...
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Dec 10, 20212 min read
Where does a diesel mechanic, including field service, a fitter, an electrician, a driver, a yardie,
Don Sutherland 27/3/16 I decided to take a close look because early last week the Australian Tax Office (ATO) released to the general...
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