The Guardian • wages
Issue #1971
How Harvey Norman buys the press
Open a copy of the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times, or almost any other Nine-Fairfax newspaper, and you will see pages of advertisements for furniture retailer Harvey Norman.
Read more
Issue #2021
Public sector alliance rally – WA
In Western Australia there has been a campaign of industrial activity over the past six weeks by more than ten trade unions who make up...
Read more
Issue #1999
UWU welcomes Vic govt sick pay guarantee
This morning’s launch of the Sick Pay Guarantee scheme in Victoria has been warmly welcomed by the United Workers’ Union (UWU). The scheme which guarantees...
Read more
Issue #2003
Amazon Labor Union bolsters against Bezos backlash
US Amazon workers and union organisers are hard at work on and off the clock fighting back against the multi-billion-dollar transnational corporation. Earlier this April,...
Read more
Issue #2022
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic: socialist construction 1921-1941
This is part two of a series on the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was a founding republic of the Soviet Union (founded in 1922)....
Read more
Issue #2005
New initiatives to address national care crisis a massive win for women workers
The union for aged care workers, early childhood educators and disability support workers has welcomed today’s announcement that an Albanese Labor government would deliver ground-breaking...
Read more
Issue #2021
DINGO
All the contradictions. The official unemployment figure is 3.4 per cent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Workers were told that once unemployment...
Read more
Issue #1999
TWU wins enforceable rates for couriers & Amazon flex drivers in landmark decision
The Transport Workers’ Union has won a landmark determination that means couriers will receive significant improvements to their enforceable rates of pay – including world-first...
Read more
Issue #2000
Sick Pay Guarantee a step in the right direction
The Victorian government has recently launched a Sick Pay Guarantee pilot program for casual workers. Under the scheme, casuals and contract workers in certain industries...
Read more
Issue #1978
From the Accord to the IR Omnibus Bill
Over the past forty years, since the implementation of the Accord agreement between the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and the Australian Labor Party (ALP), wages and salaries have not progressed.
Read more
Issue #1982
Nurses and midwives deserve better working conditions
Two weeks ago, a petition with over 50,000 signatures called for Australia’s nurses and midwives to receive a COVID disaster payment for their work during...
Read more
Issue #2001
Wages going backwards
Back in 2019, the then-federal finance minister Mathias Cormann admitted that low wage growth was part of the government’s economic architecture. Combined with their ideological...
Read more
Issue #2016
Leaked files reveal the extent of Uber’s aggressive government influence
Documents, text messages and emails leaked from ridesharing giant Uber have revealed the extent of the company’s influence on politicians, journalists and corporate executives. In...
Read more
Issue #1990
Public Sector Alliance action
Earlier this year, six unions – CPSU/CSA, SSTUWA, UWU, RTBU, and HSU – allied to form the Public Sector Alliance (PSA).
Read more
Issue #2020
RTBU’S “rolling” actions highlight broken bargaining system
Workers at Sydney Trains and NSW Trains are taking industrial action throughout August over the Government’s refusal to negotiate in good faith. Health and safety,...
Read more
Issue #2010
Striking aged care workers take on Southern Cross Care SA
Striking aged care workers are taking their fight direct to Southern Cross Care headquarters in inner suburban Adelaide today, the latest in a series of...
Read more
Issue #2018
DINGO
On the back of a decade of campaigning by unions for ten days paid family and domestic violence leave, the Albanese Government has introduced legislation...
Read more
Issue #2020
DINGO
Banks and insurance companies raked in billions according to financial year end of interim results, with CEO pay increasing by tens of millions of dollars....
Read more
Issue #2007
Back the call for a 5.5 per cent wage increase
Earlier this month, amid predictable outcry from the Coalition, Anthony Albanese voiced his support for a 5.1 per cent increase in wages, to keep pace...
Read more
Issue #1997
On the formation of the CPA Logistics and Manufacturing Branch
The Communist Party of Australia Logistics and Manufacturing Branch is proud to announce its formation. We are an industry-based branch of the Communist Party of...
Read more
Issue #1970
Wage theft laws come into effect in Victoria
Last year, the Victorian parliament passed a law making wage theft a crime. On the 1st of July this year, that law came into effect.
Read more
Issue #2022
Amazon free one-day delivery built on extreme exploitation
Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, has announced plans to roll out free one-day delivery for hundreds of thousands of products in Melbourne and Sydney...
Read more
Issue #1977
The fight continues
Fifty-five years ago, on 23rd August, 1966, about 200 stockmen and their families walked off the Wave Hill cattle station, owned by British Lord Vestey, in protest at the appalling wages and conditions they were forced to endure.
Read more
Issue #2013
DINGO
The federal Treasurer delivered an address to Treasury staff last week, informing them that the government would oppose wage claims and use available legislation to...
Read more
Issue #1983
Fremantle council workers win
The recent attention to trade union activity is unsurprising; victories of the unions bring admiration for workers but worry the capitalist elites.
Read more
Issue #1988
Unionists protest as Better Read Than Dead management renege on deal
Workers at Better Read Than Dead have recommenced industrial action after management reneged on an in principle deal reached in July this year.
Read more
Issue #2024
Multi-employer bargaining key to improving working conditions: ACOSS and ACTU
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has joined with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) to call on the Albanese government to implement...
Read more
Issue #2003
May Day 2022: WORKERS DEMAND CHANGE!
Australian and international workers’ struggle is taking the demand for change to the ruling class who always put the weight of any crisis back onto...
Read more
Issue #1991
Year in review
2021 has been a year that has intensified the elements of the class struggle we have been experiencing since the pandemic arrived in Australia in 2020.
Read more
Issue #2020
ACTU pushes for radical reforms ahead of jobs summit
The federal government is holding a Jobs and Skills Summit in early September this year to address the “shared economic challenges” faced by Australians. The...
Read more
Issue #1995
Pay rises, job security, and a fair outcome for wharfies secured at Patrick Terminals
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is pleased to advise that at the 11th hour, an in-principle agreement with Patrick Terminals’ management has been struck...
Read more
Issue #1996
Unions join to give voice on job casualisation and COVID-19
It was great to see so many people joining together to listen and give voice to the major problems of casualisation and the pandemic that...
Read more
Issue #1997
Why the WA newspapers fight matters to all of us
In our democracy, we value the principle of one person, one vote. We would be outraged if the richer you are the more votes you...
Read more
Issue #2001
Aged care workers yet to receive their bonus payment
A survey of 1000 aged care workers conducted by the United Workers’ Union (UWU) has revealed that ninety-seven per cent of aged care workers are...
Read more
Issue #2023
DINGO
In July, the second asylum boat turn-back to Sri Lanka under the Albanese Labor government highlighted the fundamental breach of human rights involved in such...
Read more
Issue #2003
CPA members support workers robbed by Probuild and Frasers Property
Members of the Communist Party of Australia in Sydney attended a multi-day picket held by CFMEU workers demanding the wages they’re owed by Probuild and...
Read more
Issue #2022
(Un)equal pay day: Melbourne
On Monday the 29th August, working women took to the streets of Melbourne to raise awareness and protest against the rising gender pay gap. The...
Read more
Issue #2010
DINGO
On 3rd June 1992 the High Court of Australia recognised that a group of Torres Strait Islanders, led by Eddie Mabo, held ownership of Mer...
Read more
Issue #1977
Truckies in fight of their lives
Seven thousand Toll drivers are in a battle to save their jobs and working conditions.
Read more
Issue #2023
Class collaboration won’t deliver for workers
Practice, time and time again, has shown class collaboration doesn’t deliver for workers. Efforts by social democracy to water down class struggle through the introduction...
Read more
Issue #2018
ABCC stripped to bare minimum
The moves to abolish the anti-worker Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC) are underway. Last month, the Albanese government reduced the powers of the ABCC “to...
Read more
Issue #2024
Remove Alan Joyce
Throughout the pandemic Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has consistently proven himself to be the walking embodiment of corporate greed. Alan Joyce took in $5,575,000 –...
Read more
Issue #1995
Socialism and capitalism: a tale of two approaches to enforcing environmental laws
It is no secret that in some societies, certain harmful activities go unpunished. For example, in the framework of a capitalist society, white-collar crimes are...
Read more
Issue #1958
JobKeeper used to profit the corporations, not help people
The purpose of JobKeeper should have been to help keep the working class employed during a once-in-a-century pandemic that devastated the global economy. However ...
Read more
Issue #2024
“Put children before profit”
Tens of thousands of early childhood educators walked off the job across the country to take part in rallies and marches on 7th September. More...
Read more
Issue #1987
A win for farmworkers as FWC rules on minimum wage
Workers and union organisers with the United Workers Union (UWU) and the Australian Workers Union (AWU) are celebrating a massive win ...
Read more
Issue #2003
May Day – Demand real change
Without strong, militant unions workers are powerless. The trade union movement has been targeted by successive governments to the point where industrial action is outlawed...
Read more
Issue #1963
Demand secure well-paid jobs & full employment
Workers need a substantial wage rise now to meet day-to-day necessities.
Read more
Issue #2010
Public sector workers walk off on Perrottet “proposal”
Tens of thousands of public servants walked off the job in a strike defying the Premier’s inaction, posturing, and insulting behaviour. The Public Service Association...
Read more
Issue #2001
Budget alternative: For peace and genuine security
As the cost of living soars the number of working poor is on the rise and more and more families are turning to charities for...
Read more
Issue #2012
Workers win historic wage increase in Annual Wage Review
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has struck a strong middle ground with a 5.2 per cent wage hike announced on 15th June. The minimum wage...
Read more
Issue #2023
Nurses strike for better pay and conditions
Earlier this month, Nurses and midwives across NSW went on strike for 24 hours, while maintaining life-preserving care. The demands are simple: The NSW Nurses...
Read more
Issue #2015
The devil in the details of the “housing crisis”
In part one, we revealed that approximately one-fifth of households surveyed by the 2021 Census own nearly fifty per cent of the total amount of...
Read more
Issue #1968
Wage raise a good start but not enough!
Last month, the Fair Work Commission increased the minimum wage by 2.5 per cent – raising it to $20.33 an hour.
Read more
Issue #2023
Jobs and Skills Summit: dangerous illusions for workers
Workers and their families are looking for real change – real wage rises, secure jobs, safe working conditions, with adequately funded and staffed health and...
Read more
Issue #2002
Budget 2022-23 – CLASS WAR
The budget announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is a pre-election, last ditch, vote-buying exercise from the Morrison government. Voters struggling with rising prices and falling...
Read more
Issue #2006
VOTE THEM OUT
The Coalition Morrison government has got to go. On Saturday 21st May vote them out! The Communist Party of Australia rejects the undemocratic electoral system...
Read more
Issue #2010
Energy prices explode: capitalism in crisis
Consumers face soaring energy costs as Australia’s gas and thermal coal exporters rake in windfall profits. The incoming Labor government has inherited the legacy of...
Read more
Issue #2004
Boot the Coalition out!
The Coalition government has comprehensive plans to destroy militant trade unions and give employers arbitrary powers and unfettered rights over workers in the workplace. The...
Read more
Issue #2019
Promising: Workplace reforms on the horizon
In an honest assessment, the Albanese government has come out the gate with a series of important industrial reforms: an increased minimum wage, paid family,...
Read more