Archive for 'SDA'
Fair Work, building workers and 7-Eleven
Posted by John, September 2nd, 2015 - under Royal Commission into unions, SDA.
Tags: 7-Eleven, Abbott government, ABCC, Building industry, Building unions, Building workers, CFMEU, Fair Work Australia
Comments: 1
It is all about priorities, and making sure that bosses don’t rip off their workers isn’t a priority for the Abbott government in Australia. Destroying the CMFEU, one of the few unions that fights to defend its members, is. If the government can do that it makes the climate even better to drive down wages and cut conditions in other industries across Australia. 7-Eleven is a microcosm of Australia’s industrial relations. What Abbott and his hired anti-CFMEU puppets in the Fair Work industry want is a cowered and compliant building workforce a la 7-Eleven. They want workers to work longer for less, just like the 7-Eleven bosses have been doing, with the same result – more profit for the bosses.
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Boxing Day sales and Karl Marx
Posted by John, December 27th, 2012 - under Marx, Neoliberalism, Profit, Profit rates, Profits, SDA, Socialism, Use values.
Tags: Boxing Day sales, Christmas, Exchange values
Comments: 12
Marx never went to a Boxing Day Sale. He didn’t have the money. In recent years Boxing Day sales have become more popular as a way for retailers to recoup some money after flat or less than expected pre-Christmas revenue.
Union members challenge SDA leadership’s homophobia
Posted by John, February 23rd, 2011 - under SDA.
Tags: Fighting back, Homophobia
Comments: none
The meeting shows the necessity for SDA members to continue to build up the kind of networks and organisation that will be necessary to affect broader change within the union and hold the “democratically elected leadership” accountable.