Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a roundtable of big business, unions and civil society to 鈥渟upport and shape our government鈥檚 growth and productivity agenda鈥. History sheds light on what we expect from such a plan, writes聽Peter Boyle.
Australia Institute鈥檚 Centre for Future Work
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A CFMEU聽initiative聽for a corporate聽super profit tax to fund social and affordable housing聽couldn鈥檛 have come at a better time. Pip Hinman reports.
A new ACTU report states聽poor pay, a lack of hours and employer responses to the pandemic are driving insecure work. Paul Oboohov reports.
Centre for Future Work senior economist Alison Pennington talks about the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and alternatives to austerity and deregulation.
The ACTU's under-reported National Economic Reconstruction plan is a chance to push hard for 1 million well-paid and sustainable jobs. Sue Bull argues that unions need to unite and campaign for it.
by the Australia Institute鈥檚 Centre for Future Work says there is a "close statistical relationship" between a dramatic reduction in industrial activity and stagnation in wages.
Its research shows there has been a 97% decline in industrial action from the 1970s to the present, which has weakened the bargaining power of workers.