Unions launch work health and safety report amid climate crisis
Unions are calling for new work health and safety laws to better protect workers from climate change, including extreme heat, natural disasters and air pollution. A delegation of union leaders and workers, including nurses, firefighters, and teachers, travelled to Canberra today to launch a new report Work Health and Safety in the Era of Climate […]
The value of the union workplace rep
ANMF Tasmanian Branch member Monica Werner has been a member of the union since she started nursing in 1981. She talks with the ANMJ about the role of the workplace delegate and the value of unions in not just the work setting but the broader community. Q: How did you get involved in being a […]
Queensland’s historic 10 days paid reproductive health leave takes effect
Queensland public sector nurses and midwives are now able to access 10 days paid reproductive leave, with the state setting the bar for the rest of the country to follow. Announced on Labour Day in May, the historic access to 10 days per annum (non-cumulative) paid reproductive health leave came into effect on Monday. More than […]
Ensuring Integrity Bill 2019: The real threat to unions and workers’ rights
The Morrison government recently reintroduced The Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019 into Parliament. The Bill has passed in the House of Representatives and been referred to a Senate Inquiry, which is due to report later this month. The Bill was first introduced in 2017 but was not passed because at the […]