The Federal Government?s new anti worker industrial relations regime will begin next week after Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews unveiled the ?WorkChoices? regulations over the weekend.
UNITE, Melbourne

The UNITE campaign in Australia supports the SuperSizeMyPay.Com campaign in NZ. Below we publish a report of a successful mass meeting in Auckland. Over 1000 fast food workers and their supporters filled the Auckland Town Hall yesterday to give added impetus to the SuperSizeMyPay.Com campaign and to other low paid workers campaigns.

Taken from the latest newsletter of the Electrical Trades Union.
The December edition of the ETU News featured Clinton Jennings from Unite, an organisation devoted to the rights of young casual workers. Unite will have a stall at the Big Day Out on Sunday 29 January at Princes Park (Melbourne), with the aim of letting young [...]

The UNITE campaign for casual workers rights, in Australia, would like to send solidarity greetings and congratulations to the Unite members at Starbucks in New Zealand. These workers staged the first ever strike at Starbucks world wide yesterday and are fighting for a $12 minimum wage and secure hours. See the Unite (NZ) media release [...]

The last day of school proir to the mid year break saw a 500 strong student strike and march against the Howard government in Melbourne. The activities on the day were organised by UNITE, the group campaiging against low pay and for casual workers rights.

As of July 1st the Howard Government will hold a majority in both Houses of Parliament, giving the Liberals an unhindered position to implement their neo-liberal agenda to cut social spending on education and welfare, and to attack working people. Due to the very real prospect of a world economic downturn, and in order to [...]

By Kylie McGregor, Coordinator of UNITE
Howard, not content with the flexibility bosses get from casualisation, is renewing his push for Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs), as the way to keep labour costs lower than ever. AWAs or individual contracts, attack collective agreements, the award system and protection mechanisms for employees. Ultimately, Howard?s AWAs are an attempt [...]

UNITE will launch its petition this Monday in Melbourne, Bourke Street Mall. Unite aims to gather a minimum of 10,000 signatures to present to federal parliament. Lets make the politicians take note , and make casualisation an election issue! To get involved or to help out in any way contact UNITE 03 9328 1555.

Borders workers and Unite have beaten Borders management today!!
After weeks of intense campaigning by Unite and Borders staff, management today announced that they would not oppose the introduction of the Retail Award when the issue returns before the Industrial Relations Commission in Melbourne this week.

Unite has called a May Day Action on low pay and casualisation. More and more people are now talking about the unchecked rise in casualisation and the resulting problems of low pay, job insecurity and exploitation. Even Today Tonight this week had a special on the issue as well as articles this week in the [...]