Workers' Rights Under Attack

MUA workers at Brisbane & Sydney Ports fired by Hutchinson; the unemployed under new dracoian rules; CFMEU organiser arrested for doing his job; penalty rates under threat.

An episode of the Stick Together podcast, hosted by Annie McLoughlin with Owen Bennett, Dave Noonan, David McElrae, titled "Workers' Rights Under Attack" was published on August 11, 2015.

August 11, 2015 · Stick Together

Summary

In a month of Attacks on Workers we look at the charging of ACT CFMEU organiser Johnnie Lomax with Black mail with Loss by the Federal Police for negotiating an EBA with an employer; the Productivity Commission's interim report which calls for penalty rates being cut on Sundays for retail and hospitality workers; and we also look at the changes to Centrelink on July 1 from the point of view of the unemployed.

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