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The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU), together with its fellow Australian unions, the Plumbing and Pipe Trades Employees Union (PPTEU), the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), and the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), stands firmly in support of our brothers and sisters from the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) in America, who are currently … Continued
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The CFMEU has urged the Albanese Government to solve Australia’s housing crisis with a super profits tax to fund the rapid construction of social and affordable housing. The union commissioned independent research from Oxford Economics Australia to investigate whether a super profits tax could fund Australia’s social and affordable housing needs. The report … Continued
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The NTEU has welcomed the Universities Accord’s focus on badly needed governance reform as an important first step in addressing the sector’s crises, noting that insecure work and wage theft need urgent attention. Education Minister Jason Clare today released the Universities Accord interim report. NTEU National President Dr Alison Barnes said: “Today … Continued
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The unions representing teachers and school leaders in both state and non-government Queensland schools have developed an innovative traffic light rating system to guide teachers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. The Queensland Teachers’ Union (QTU) and the Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory Branch (IEU-QNT) have jointly published a set … Continued
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A damning new report has revealed a deep crisis in higher education, with the vast majority of Australians concerned about the sustained decline of the sector. The Australia Institute’s Centre For Future Work has released new research detailing the corrosive impact decades of funding cuts and corporatisation have had on critical issues facing universities. … Continued
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Australian National University (ANU) has made a $17 million land purchase despite claiming it cannot afford to give staff a fair pay rise. ANU will on Thursday announce it will buy land between the existing campus in Canberra and Marcus Clarke Street. The decision has been made while staff are being denied a pay rise … Continued
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Former Australian Council of Trade Unions president Sharan Burrow will deliver the second annual Carmichael Lecture on August 16. Ms Burrow, who was ACTU president for a decade from 2000, was also general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation between 2010 and 2022. She will speak on the topic ‘Global Worker Solidarity for a … Continued
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Victoria University’s plan to scrap 300 jobs will have a devastating impact on staff, the National Tertiary Education Union said today. VU’s voluntary redundancy program aims to shed 300 full-time equivalent roles out of 1875 FTE positions by September. The University failed in its legal obligations under the enterprise agreement to consult with … Continued
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Wage theft has become so common within the NDIS it could be described as a standard business model for many providers, according to the Australian Services Union NSW & ACT. The union is calling on the Federal Government to urgently stamp out rampant wage theft of disability support workers as it actively investigates more than … Continued
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Mining and Energy Division members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of withdrawing from the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) and forming an independent Mining and Energy Union. The results of a ballot conducted over the past month have been declared today and provided to the Fair Work Commission. A majority of eligible members … Continued
