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Corporate tax loopholes cost Australia billions: Who is doing the heavy-lifting for Australia? [United Voice] 2014-05-29

Jobs - not failed policies - will trun around unemployed [ACTU] 2014-05-28

Western Australia Hotel owner low wage pay freeze 'extreme greed' [Unions WA] 2014-05-25

MUA Pushes Massive Escalation of Waterfront Safety Campaign [MUA] 2014-05-24

New South Wales 10 ways to fight the Budget in your local area [Unions NSW] 2014-05-23

Who will represent you in Agriculture? [CPSU] 2014-05-23

This is what happens when some unionists bust into the Melbourne Club [VTHC] 2014-05-23

Union vows to fight Government over super changes [CFMEU] 2014-05-22

Advance memorial for 330 truck crash victims this year [TWU] 2014-05-22

Fears privatisation will cost jobs and accountability [CPSU] 2014-05-22

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AMMA must not mislead public at Perth conference 2014-05-29 [The National Interest]

South Australia Royal District Nursing Service nurses stood down — but return to work after Fair Work Commission hearing 2014-05-29 [Adelaide Advertiser]

Frank Lowy's Westfield shopping centre empire pays less than a third of the corporate tax rate : United Voice report 2014-05-29 [Fairfax Media]

Corporate tax loopholes cost Australia billions: Who is doing the heavy-lifting for Australia? 2014-05-29 [United Voice]

Jobs - not failed policies - will trun around unemployed 2014-05-28 [ACTU]

Victoria Give us a chance, plead steelworkers 2014-05-28 [Working Life]

Wharfies prepare to escalate safety campaign 2014-05-27 [Working Life]

Victoria The nonsense of Victoria’s non-harmonisation 2014-05-26 [SafetyAtWorkBlog]

Western Australia Hotel owner low wage pay freeze 'extreme greed' 2014-05-25 [Unions WA]

MUA Pushes Massive Escalation of Waterfront Safety Campaign 2014-05-24 [MUA]

Is there still hope? Electrolux management may get cold feet after coup in Thailand 2014-05-24 [Central Western Daily]

Victoria State union chief expels leadership rivals 2014-05-24 [Fairfax Media]

Ex-museum head says a combined pay deal will save cultural institutions from budget cuts 2014-05-24 [Fairfax Media]

Australian Capital Territory Mr Fluffy decision slammed by national sparkies' association 2014-05-24 [Fairfax Media]

Foreign 457 visa nurses keep Australian nurse graduates out of jobs 2014-05-24 [ABC Lateline]

Thousands of nursing graduates unable to find work in Australian hospitals: nurse union 2014-05-24 [ABC]

Queensland Mines minister's views on 100% FIFO unclear 2014-05-24 [QT]

New South Wales Hunter Valley workers told 'no chance' of saving their jobs at Integra mines, near Singleton 2014-05-23 [ABC]

Western Australia Deckhands plan strike at Onslow in dispute over pay, rosters 2014-05-23 [ABC]

Tasmania Shree denies claims Nelson Bay River mine may halt production over low iron ore price 2014-05-23 [ABC]

New South Wales 10 ways to fight the Budget in your local area 2014-05-23 [Unions NSW]

Who will represent you in Agriculture? 2014-05-23 [CPSU]

DFAT workers angry over Louise Abbott's foreign affairs job 2014-05-23 [Fairfax Media]

This is what happens when some unionists bust into the Melbourne Club 2014-05-23 [VTHC]

Sharan's a winner and Rupert's a loser 2014-05-23 [Working Life]

Graduate nurses fall victims to 457 visa glut 2014-05-23 [Working Life]

Hundreds of science jobs to go, sparking brain-drain warning 2014-05-23 [Fairfax Media]

Toyota factory workers get a $200 million payout 2014-05-23 [Sydney Daily Telegraph]

Tasmania Jobs fear after Bell Bay aluminium smelter posts $25 million loss 2014-05-23 [Hobart Mercury]

Tasmania Confusion as TasWater, TasRail job cuts loom amid company restructures 2014-05-23 [Hobart Mercury]

Tasmania Mt Lyell mine back in the pay dirt but with fewer workers 2014-05-23 [Hobart Mercury]

Tasmania Mine to reopen, but 88 jobs to be axed 2014-05-23 [Burnie Advocate]

Tasmania AWU to address mine job losses 2014-05-23 [Burnie Advocate]

Victoria AWU wins some repriece for Alcoa workers 2014-05-23 [Geelong Advertiser]

Warning on English language test for 457 workers 2014-05-23 [Melbourne Herald-Sun]

Victoria Napthine’s misuse of police resources endangers building workers and the public 2014-05-22 [CFMEU Victoria]

Union vows to fight Government over super changes 2014-05-22 [CFMEU]

Advance memorial for 330 truck crash victims this year 2014-05-22 [TWU]

DHS puts up roadblocks to a fair go 2014-05-22 [CPSU]

DFAT staff - take action 2014-05-22 [CPSU]

Fears privatisation will cost jobs and accountability 2014-05-22 [CPSU]

Victoria Keep the Australian Emergency Management Institute (AEMI) in Mount Macedon 2014-05-22 [CPSU]

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Victoria Unions join forces to defeat changes designed to weaken relationship with 2014-05-22 [ABC 7.30]

How the Liberal budget will erode middle Australia 2014-05-22 [Unions NSW]

Queensland 100% FIFO killing communities: LNP must stand up to mining companies 2014-05-22 [CFMEU Mining and Energy]

Industry Minister should apologise for slandering Apprentices 2014-05-22 [AMWU]

Defence Minister lies - shipbuilders will lose jobs 2014-05-22 [AMWU]

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This month in labour history

1-05-1946 Eight hundred Aboriginal workers walk-off twenty-seven sheep stations in Western Australia, beginning the Pilbara strike that lasts until 1949. [more]

3-05-1927 The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is founded [more]

16-05-1891 Henry Lawson's poem 'Freedom on the Wallaby', written during the great sheep shearers' strike, is published in The Worker newspaper. [more]