Editor

Safety is union business and the SDA – the union for retail, fast-food and warehouse workers – makes no apologies for that. Grace Collier’s opinion piece in The Australian, 3 May, insinuated that by running accredited workplace health and safety courses, the union is engaging in some sort of dodgy dealing. It’s an assertion that is untruthful, unfounded and misinformed.

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Two of Australia’s biggest unions today announced they will ramp up the campaign to protect penalty rates ahead of the Federal election unless the Turnbull Government commits to protecting the take-home pay of Australia’s low paid workers. Workers took their call to the Federal Government outside the Fair Work Commission in Sydney today, as the final week of hearings in

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The Prime Minister and Federal Employment Minister must reveal what the government is going to do in the wake of the 7-Eleven scandal, which has seen thousands of workers exploited and potential compensation payouts of up to $100 million. SDA, the union for retail, fast-food and warehouse workers, National Secretary Gerard Dwyer said the Federal Government cannot continue to ignore

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The Prime Minister must take immediate action to address the widespread exploitation of fast food workers in Australia following recent revelations that the systemic underpayment of 7-Eleven workers is just the tip of the iceberg.   A Fair Work Ombudsman investigation into the fast food sector shows that just half of fast food employers checked are paying their staff correctly.

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The Prime Minister must immediately adopt the key recommendations of the Senate Report which looked into the 7-Eleven scandal in order to stop the continuing exploitation of workers in Australia.   The report, A National Disgrace: The Exploitation of Temporary Work Visa Holders, by the Education and Employment References Committee recommends a suite of actions be taken to put a

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