SA Unions fight $41 a week pay rise in SA state wage case
August 22, 2022
SA Unions have lodged South Australia’s state wage case with the South Australian Employment Tribunal (SAET).
Read More >SafeWork SA needs more inspection funding to prevent incident
August 17, 2022
In the same week, two horrific South Australian workplace incidents have come to light, because of SafeWork SA prosecutions.
Read More >Adelaide's inflation rate more than double current wage growth
August 17, 2022
Wage growth has flatlined, rising by only 0.07 per cent to 2.6 per cent, less than half the rate of Adelaide's local inflation rate of 6.4 per cent, according to data released by the ABS Wednesday morning.
Read More >Govt must instruct RBA to prioritise full and secure employment
August 11, 2022
Full and secure employment should be the top macro-economic tool of the federal government according to Australian Unions in a new paper released yesterday ahead of the Jobs summit in early September.
Read More >Workers will overwhelm health system unless pandemic payment restored
July 07, 2022
The Federal government is under increasing pressure to restore the Pandemic Leave Disaster payment. Unions have been strongly advocating for the payment's reintroduction with the Federal Government.
Read More >Disaster payment cuts will hit frontline workers hardest
July 04, 2022
The decision by the Albanese Government to axe the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment will mean a return to the earliest and most costly mistakes of the pandemic, with frontline healthcare workers and thousands of others forced to make impossible choices between obeying isolation rules and paying their bills.
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