‘We feel like second class citizens,’ workers tell labour hire investigation

NEXT time you stock your fridges with well-known brands such as Vegemite, Big M Milk, Yoplait Yoghurt or Latina Pasta, you might feel you are doing your bit to support local jobs and industries.

How Aussie schoolboys trained for war and unions stepped up for ANZAC Day

Blood on the coal — remarkable film attracts raft of awards

IT’S a story of struggle and survival, courage and determination, tragedy and triumph, the strength of comradeship, and above all never giving up.

When you close down a factory town the social costs are huge

IF the Arrium steelworks close, what will happen to Whyalla? We know the answer with some certainty, because it’s all happened many times before.

Sacked for being an Aussie — Labor supports new campaign

ZACH Kinzett and Dale Eaton are hard-working men who believed they had secure employment for life.

Both are seafarers with mortgages and families. And they were shocked to be hauled off their Australian…

Health workers face penalty rate pay cuts of $350 million

NURSES and other health workers face millions in pay cuts if planned raids on weekend penalty rates become widespread, a new report has revealed.

“I’ve been to 50 funerals” — the real life cost behind Workers’ Memorial Day

Young workers fight exploitation and turn the tide on flagging union membership

WAGE theft, overwork, and getting paid in pizza are just some of the real examples of injustices inflicted on young people in the workplace.

Steely resolve to support Australian workers and industry

WE need action — not an autopsy — that’s the message following the announcement from Australia’s last commercial steelmaker that it is going into voluntary administration.

Mounting toll of expensive failed legal actions highlights need for national anti corruption body