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Trade unionists will be joined by leading ‘Yes’ campaigner, Thomas Mayo, for a phone bank campaign session. Media are invited to attend to shoot footage of the campaigning.
What: trade union phone canvassing for ‘Yes’
Where: Sydney Trades Hall, 377-383 Sussex Street, Sydney
When: 1730 today
Contact: Nick Lucchinelli 0422 229032
Electrical Trades Union (ETU) Ausgrid members across Sydney and parts of regional NSW will take strike action, outraged by the company’s refusal to offer a wage rise that recognises the rise in the cost of living. Up to two million Ausgrid customers could face inconveniences as part of the industrial action, which could kick off as soon as this week. Around 1600 ETU members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a range of actions including work stoppages, overtime bans, switching bans and locking bans. Households and businesses could experience maintenance delays and other inconveniences unless Ausgrid offers workers a serious…
Electrical Trades Union (ETU) Ausgrid members across Sydney and parts of regional NSW will take strike action, outraged by the company’s refusal to offer a wage rise that recognises the rise in the cost of living. Up to two million Ausgrid customers could face inconveniences as part of the industrial action, which could kick off as soon as this week. Around 1600 ETU members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a range of actions including work stoppages, overtime bans, switching bans and locking bans. Households and businesses could experience maintenance delays and other inconveniences unless Ausgrid offers workers a serious…
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has called for urgent national action after the Australian National University became the latest institution embroiled in a wage theft scandal. The university has admitted underpaying 2290 workers $2 million over 11 years, blaming a systems error for casual timesheets not being processed. ANU also may not have been paying up to 130 staff on-call allowances when they worked in emergencies. With wage theft rampant across higher education, the NTEU is calling for federal action to address insecure work and a broken governance system that have allowed the practice to be baked into universities’…
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