South Africa has clear rules for hiring teachers – but many educators believe other influences are stronger.
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Disputes from 1944 to today trace the increasingly central role of government funding in shaping working conditions in the arts.
In closely contested House and Senate races, even a small shift in union votes could influence the outcome.
With inflation outpacing wage growth, NZ incomes are effectively going backwards. Australia’s collective bargaining rules could offer a remedy.
The outgoing union leader said that beyond the new Victorian royal commission, ‘a lot more needs to be done’ to fight corruption in construction Australia-wide.
Mining workers are among the highest paid workers in Australia. But this strike is about far more than pay.
Rather than chasing dollars, gig workers are micro-entrepreneurs who perform a strict ‘mental audit’ of every single task to see if it’s worth their time.
Canada supports the first international treaty protecting platform workers. The same government is weighing a proposal that could make it difficult to legally strike in the rail and marine sectors.
In nations as far apart as Australia, Canada, Indonesia and the UK, this is how a historic court decision could make it easier for unions to go on strike in future.
Over the years, WorkChoices has become shorthand for policy disaster. It forever changed the political landscape on industrial relations reform.
Understandably, some residents of the affected Melbourne councils are unhappy about the escalating dispute. But these are lawful, protected actions.
The decision will go some way to improve pay equity for young adults. But it will not directly address some other issues of fairness in the workplace.
Labor’s big 2025 victory sparked high hopes for significant reform. But real change is not so easy – especially in our time of high grievance and permanent campaigning.
Alberta’s unions face significant political obstacles, but the evidence shows their resilience pays off for working people
and benefits the fabric of democratic societies.
How one union’s changing strategy over 30 years led to historic recent wins, including a landmark $90 million payout from Qantas.
When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase.
Billie Jean King’s 1973 match was about social change. The upcoming Sabalenka-Kyrgios event – with its rules tweaks and its participants’ questionable politics – may leave women’s tennis worse off.
New research suggests the government’s intention to reduce the size of the federal public service could very likely drive some Liberal voters back to the NDP in the next federal election.
Two economists found links between the adoption of right-to-work laws and the opioid overdoses of working-age male teens and men.
The retirement of United Mine Workers of America’s longtime president is a reminder that labor and religion have always been entangled in coal country.
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