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Thursday, 19 February 2004
In a first time in two decades for the Goulburn Valley, workers at the SPC Ardmona fruit processing and canning plant in Shepparton have won a shorter working week following six days of industrial action. The workers, who are members of the
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Thursday, 17 July 2003
Workers at NRMA Insurance are refusing to work extra hours in return for more pay, arguing they'd rather spend the time with their families. The workers, members of the Finance Sector Union, have rejected a plan to increase their working week from
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Monday, 7 July 2003
A new report by the Australia Institute highlights the low level of annual leave available to most Australian employees compared to the amount of leave available to European workers. The Australia Institute has released a new report called Annual
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Wednesday, 21 May 2003
Public Prosecutors in courts in New South Wales have voted to impose a range of bans and limitations as part of their on going campaign to boost a chronic lack of professional and administrative staffing in the Office of the Director Of Public
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Monday, 14 April 2003
April 6, 2003, marked the 70th anniversary of a momentous yet forgotten event in American history; the thirty hour week! You won’t find the date in most history books, but on April 6, 1933, the United States Senate overwhelmingly passed a
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Thursday, 10 April 2003
More than two million workers employed under NSW awards and agreements today won the legal right to refuse to work unreasonably long hours. The unanimous decision by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, applies last year's national decision on
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Friday, 7 March 2003
Victorian unions should mark Labour Day 2003 by intensifying efforts to negotiate reasonable working hours for their members says VTHC secretary Leigh Hubbard. “We should remember that this day commemorates the struggles of Victorian workers
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Tuesday, 25 February 2003
The 200 delegates to the Australian Workers’ Union biennial National Conference at the Gold Coast today voted in support of scaling back night shift and to end stressful work patterns for workers expecting to retire within a year. Under the
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Friday, 14 February 2003
The sacking of a front-end loader driver in Newcastle because he wanted to spend Saturdays with his family shows the need for new national laws to help workers and employers deal with work and family issues says Labor. Workers and employers often
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Monday, 16 December 2002
The employer-generated myth that workers are otherwise materially compensated for overtime has been seriously debunked by the latest JOB futures /Saulwick poll which shows full time workers are putting in the equivalent of a day per week for
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