Fair go ump! MCG cleaners complain of rip-offs

UPDATED: The Melbourne Cricket Club has read the riot act to cleaning giant ISS demanding it stop using a dodgy sub-contractor at the MCG. The move comes after public outrage about MCG cleaners being bullied and ripped off by up to $16 an hour.

Fair Work Bill: one down, two more to go

INDEPENDENT Senator John Madigan has today announced he will oppose the Fair Work Amendment Bill, leaving opponents of the Bill needing to find just two more votes to block the legislation.

New Senate battle looms over worker entitlements

ANOTHER Senate showdown is looming over government plans to wind back the Fair Entitlements Guarantee, as furious lobbying continues to convince three Senators to oppose changes to the Fair Work Act.

Anger as Hardie seeks to vary payments

REVELATIONS that the compensation fund set up by James Hardie for asbestos victims could face a financial shortfall within three years have reopened old sores, with the company being accused of putting its own profits ahead of the interests of asbestos sufferers.

Sorry Tony, but after a year, you still don’t get me

ON Sunday the Coalition notched up its first 12 months in government.

Let’s take out the political spin and election promises — what has the Abbott Government done for women in its first year?
1. Massive cuts to…

The reason why the world needs a pay rise

IF you want the global economy to grow you need to pay people more, not less. The models prove it.

G20 Labour Ministers meeting in Melbourne this week can stoke the fire of global growth by rejecting austerity and embracing…

It’s time to clean up the taxi industry

IMAGINE owing your boss $180 every time you started your shift at work.

Imagine working in an industry where wage theft is common and rights like superannuation, annual and sick leave don’t apply.

This fight is only just beginning

TONY Abbott was elected a year ago on a pledge to restore trust in our political system. His was to be a government of “no surprises and no excuses”.

Australian voters may have fallen for it, but many of us who had watched Abbott closely over…