The Reserve Bank of Australia has made clear it would rather make life much harder for workers 鈥 even if it means tanking the economy 鈥 than touch record-high corporate profits. Fred Fuentes reports.
Wages
Newcastle听bus drivers are campaigning for a 7% pay rise over two years. Niko Leka reports.
Thousands of teachers and support听staff in Catholic schools around New South Wales and the ACT went on strike for 24 hours for better pay and conditions. Jim Mcllroy reports.
Inequality is rising, and the trends听are not new, as Fred Fuentes explains.
Matthew Alexander explains why the leadership debate about how to address cost-of-living rises and housing affordability is cynical, at best.
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Workers are being told that a pay rise to match inflation will hurt the economy and 鈥渇uel鈥 inflation. William Briggs takes issue with those arguments.
Disabled people can be paid as little as $2.54 per hour. Shaun Bickley听urges听candidates, companies and others to support equal pay for equal work.
Government action and worker solidarity are听key to overcoming the scourge of insecure work and ensuring pay rises keep pace with inflation and productivity improvements, argues Graham Matthews.
Unionists rallied outside Liberal National MP Warren Entsch's office to call for better wages and conditions for workers, an end to insecure work and for a change in government. Isaac Nellist reports.
Aged care workers and nurses protested听Regis Healthcare鈥檚 proposed agreement which听attempts听to weaken conditions and offer minimal wage rises. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Socialist Alliance candidate for the Geelong seat of Corio听Sue Bull听says听the one-off $250 cost-of-living payment for pensioners and others struggling to survive on welfare was "an insult".
There are a whole lot of things that can be done to ease the cost of living pressures on households, argues听Kamala Emanuel. It is a complete con to think that all we can possibly hope for is a tiny little one-off bonus.
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