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Teacher unions have a thing or two to teach the the union movement about how to succeed when strikes don’t work.
ACTU president Michele O'Neil on John Setka and the government’s anti-union legislation
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ACTU President Michele O'Neil says that the decision over Setka's leadership lies with the union membership, and denounces the government's plans to bring back anti-union legislation.
Back in 1989, workers joined students in pro-democracy protests. Now students are joining workers agitating for better conditions.
The global evidence from more than 300 studies on the economic impact of unionisation shows unions do not, overall, reduce productivity.
At this election there is a stark choice between the two major parties on industrial relations: the “small target” approach of the Coalition and the ALP’s more ambitious and detailed plan.
Progress on gender pay issues in finance especially has been too slow, fragmented and uneven.
Wage growth has been at near depression levels for half a decade. It needs a push.
Proposed changes to South African labour laws threaten to set back workers rights.
The criminalisation of fracking protesters is not the exception, it has become the rule.
A critical review of research into inequality shows the formula for reducing it is surprisingly simple.
The stand-off between the Morrison government and one of the country’s largest unions, the CFMMEU, should be seen as a contest of politics and ideology rather than simply one of industrial relations.
The UK desperately needs a more robust system to lift standards in low paid sectors and protect workers.
And it doesn’t involve immigrant bashing. Quite the opposite.
While the Supreme Court’s Janus ruling dealt a blow to organized labor, three lessons from Nevada’s unions suggest things aren’t as bleak as they appear.
Often portrayed as an old plodding cart house, can the TUC become agile again?
Brexit could erode workers’ wages and conditions, particularly if the British government deregulates employment laws and undercuts EU standards.
The protest song “Stimela” remains as much a song about present and future aspirations, as it is of the past.
South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has done well so far but more challenges relating to reigniting the economy lie ahead.
A strike around a specific employment issue can easily develop a momentum of its own and become a catalyst for a much wider expression of dissatisfaction.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Associate Tutor, University of Surrey
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Employment Relations, GEM
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Senior lecturer, University of Edinburgh
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
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Principal Lecturer (Learning and Teaching), Teesside University
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Professor of Work and Labour Market Policy, University of Sydney
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Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Work and Employment Relations, University of Leeds
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Professor of Work and Employment, University of Glasgow