UNIONS have called for a mature debate about productivity and a focus by politicians on the future of manufacturing as they reflect on 2012 and look forward to next year.
PLANS by the Queensland Government to remove hundreds of thousands of workers from the protection of the national Fair Work system have been met with a furious reaction today.
Hearings commence tomorrow into a Senate bill to abolish weekend penalty rates for small retail and food businesses. It’s one of two fronts on which unions are defending the Aussie weekend.