Jetstar Worker's Reinstatement Bid Fails Over Apprentice Comments
Former Jetstar worker Jarrod Mcrae lost his bid to be reinstated after Fair Work Commission ruled his comments to an apprentice were grounds for dismissal.
#Jetstar, #WorkplaceSafety, #FairWorkCommission, #UnfairDismissal, #MelbourneAirport
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The Fair Work Commission has rejected Jarrod Mcrae's attempt to get his Jetstar job back. His comments to a younger colleague were found to be serious enough for him to be fired.
#Jetstar, #WorkplaceSafety, #FairWorkCommission, #UnfairDismissal, #MelbourneAirport
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ABC STAFF STRIKE AMID PAY DISPUTE, SEEKING OUTSIDE MEDIATION
ABC journalists and staff strike Wednesday over a pay offer below inflation. Management asks Fair Work Commission to mediate. What happens next?
#ABCStrike, #FairWorkCommission, #MediaNews, #Australia, #PayDispute
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Thousands of ABC staff are striking for 24 hours on Wednesday, the first strike in 20 years, because the pay offer is lower than inflation.
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Strike over as Woolworths workers accept new offer from supermarket giant
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-07/woolworths-industrial-action-victoria/104697608
Strikes work.
Industrial action works.
Unions work for the workers.
Woolies is no friend of workers.
The Fair Work Commission is not fair.
The United Workers Union got Woolies management to finally agree not to punish workers for their speed of work, and to give workers a boost in wages.
The "framework" that Woolies was trying to foist on its warehouse workers would have required warehouse staff to achieve a 100% performance and speed.
The union called it "dangerous, inhumane and unsafe". I consider it unrealistic for humans, dangerous for robots, and certain to cause injuries to anyone nearby in a short time. Think about it for a moment you'll see it was absolutely bonkers and whoever proposed it should be sacked for posing such a dire OH&S risk.
This debacle has shown that the Fair Work Commission is not fair and impartial.
Furthermore, Woolies has blown millions of dollars to show everyone they're no friend of workers.
I urge you to continue your boycott of Woolies, and start campaigning to have the Governor General clear-out LNP stooges from the FWC.
#AusPol #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #UnitedWorkersUnion #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline #FairWorkCommission
Woolworths wins Fair Work Commission bid against United Workers Union
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-06/woolworths-lawyer-accuses-union-of-metaphorical-gun/104692632
This is grim news for Woolies workers.
And, it sets a bad precedent. Other large retailers with distribution centres around Australia will be looking at this news and thinking they can screw their workers the same way and not face a picket-line outside their warehouses.
It's also worth noting that the Fair Work Commission has been stacked by LNP cronies over the last few years when the LNP were in government and had power over appointments. I'm sure many people at the Fair Work Commission try to be impartial, but it shouldn't come as a surprise when they sometimes make decisions that favour big business. The LNP has a long history of undermining "independent umpires" -- workers at Woolies and the United Workers Union are not on a level playing field.
The good news is that the United Workers Union is likely lodge an appeal, so they're still in with a fight.
My personal boycott of Woolies remains in place -- my partner & I are instead shopping at other supermarkets and local grocers, and we're thinking of making the boycott permanent. I suggest you show solidarity with the workers and boycott Woolies.
#AusPol #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #UnitedWorkersUnion #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline #FairWorkCommission
The Fair Work Commission is currently considering a new minimum wage.
We are demanding a minimum 5% increase to help everyone keep up with the cost of living, especially our 2.9 million workers who will be directly affected by such an increase.
Critics might say that this raise is greedy, or that it could itself cause further inflation β we say that increasing the minimum wage is a bet that our citizens can live up to this higher wage.
By steadily increasing the minimum wage, we would ultimately love to see a #UniversalBasicIncome πππͺ
https://www.fusionparty.org.au/fair_inclusive_society
#Wages #Inflation #IncreaseMinimumWage #Australia #UBI #FairWork #FairWorkCommission #Income #Auspol #Fusion #Australia
The health, wellbeing, and productivity of Australia as a whole is dependent on the quality of the lives of people in society. By investing in people - education, health, housing, and their security - the long-term prosperity of the country will be ensured. Social costs are often hidden, but solving problems of this type has broad positive consequences across the economy. By structuring policy and broader incentives, our government will reshape the justice, fairness, and sustainability outcomes of citizens, removing structural inequities to achieve better outcomes for all, and for Australia itself.
The analysis, 'The Irrelevance of Minimum Wages to Future Inflation' by Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute suggests that increases to minimum wage, and accompanying increases to award rates, would not have an effect on inflation.
The analysis exmaines correlation between minmum wage increases and inflation all the way back to 1997.
On the contrary to employer concerns, it finds that there is no consistent link between minimum wage increases and inflation in the modern Australian context.
To restore the real buying power of low-paid workers to pre-pandemic trends, but not significantly affect headline inflation, the report that finds a minimum wage increase between 5-10% in the Fair Work's Annual Wage review, due in June is needed.
It's long overdue for effective wage increases to help our citizens especially with the cost of living and housing crisises.
Fusion is all for wage increases and implementing a Universal Basic Income.
https://www.fusionparty.org.au/fair_inclusive_society
#Analysis #Report #Wages #Inflation #IncreaseMinimumWage #Australia #UBI #FairWork #FairWorkCommission #Income #Auspol #Fusion
The health, wellbeing, and productivity of Australia as a whole is dependent on the quality of the lives of people in society. By investing in people - education, health, housing, and their security - the long-term prosperity of the country will be ensured. Social costs are often hidden, but solving problems of this type has broad positive consequences across the economy. By structuring policy and broader incentives, our government will reshape the justice, fairness, and sustainability outcomes of citizens, removing structural inequities to achieve better outcomes for all, and for Australia itself.
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