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21 hours 16 min agoUnions 4 human rights, justice for refugees at NUW conference 2017:
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2 days 20 hours agoOne of the worksites we're visiting in QLD today is Smiths, PepsiCo.
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4 days 1 hour agoThe company has proposed pay cuts of up to 25 per cent for all future employees
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4 days 17 hours agoTONIGHT: Tune into ABC's 7.30 to see the NUW talk about organising workers in the for-profit fundraising sector, fighting for justice for those exploited in the industry.
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1 week 2 days agoAfter two days in the union training rooms NUW delegates from Murray Goulburn have sorted through members' surveys and are getting ready to bargain for their new workplace agreement.
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1 week 3 days agoQVM delegates meet with the Lord Mayor
On Monday 30 Jan, QVM delegates representing the different types of businesses and stalls at the Market met with Lord Mayor Robert Doyle along with his staff and newly elected Councillor and QVM St
Read moreStallholder delegates meet with Council
After the election of long-term QVM stallholder Michael Caiafa to Melbourne City Council in 2016, stallholders now have a voice on council to represent stallholders and the community who want to pr
Read moreNUW Fair Food campaign
The NUW has been campaigning for living wages, decent and secure jobs, and an end to exploitation in the fresh food supply chain. Many hundreds of workers have joined the union!
Read moreFluro Fightback 2015
2015 was the fourth public rally we held to draw the link between poverty and insecure work.
Read moreThe "uberisation" of work
The Australian Institute of Employment rights have run a workshop on the uber-isation of work.
They report that:
Read moreFluro Fightback 2014
Our third rally for Anti-Poverty Week, to draw the link between the increase of working people living below the poverty line and the increase in casual and insecure work!
Read moreHuge win for 'contract' poultry worker!
National racket exploiting casual workers exposed, employee to be reinstated and compensated.
Read moreHow fair are our unfair dismissal laws?
If tomorrow when you arrived at work your boss suddenly and unfairly sacked you, how strong do you think your legal protections would be?
Read moreFluro Fightback 2013
The NUW’s second Anti-Poverty Week rally at Southern Cross Station.
Watch the Fluro Fightback 2013 video.
Read moreHarry talks about working for a contractor and being injured
Harry Singh worked in the poultry industry for a contractor.
Read moreNUW’s first Fluro Fightback, with Billy Bragg!
NUW members and supporters hit the streets for Anti-Poverty Week, to draw the link between the increase of working people living below the poverty line and the increase in casual and insecure work!
Read moreBaiada poultry workers strike and win
Thirteen days on a picket line is a long time, and even after the National Union of Workers was injuncted from the picket line at the bequest of Baiada, workers remained united and kept fighting.
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