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Secure jobs for a better future

Ged Kearney, the President of the ACTU, responded to the top three OurSay user questions on the 'Secure jobs for a better future' OurSay forum at the ACTU Youth Congress conference.

Ged Kearney, the President of the ACTU, responded to the top three OurSay user questions on the 'Secure jobs for a better future' OurSay forum at the ACTU Youth Congress conference.

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“How can the workers have any faith in unions truly representing them when it seems like they are self-interested machines, often used by leaders as a springboard into state or federal politcal careers? I'm sure that there are lots of committed...”

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user picture Lis Kramer · 10 votes · 4 comments · 1 year ago

“Why are Sex Workers being excluded from the ACTU Congress? I had requested that members of Scarlet Alliance, the Australian Sex Workers Association, be able to attend the Congress as visitors and was told the ACTU Executive said NO! You claim to...”

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user picture Kane Matthews · 35 votes · 4 comments · 1 year ago

“Women are overrepresented in part-time and casual work. As of September 2011, there were 722,600 underemployed part-time workers. 62% of these people were women. What can we do to ensure that women are supported in their workplace to seek...”

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user picture Ayeesha Cain · 152 votes · 4 comments · 1 year ago

“While the ACTU is making a lot of noise about casual workers, most trade unions still don't focus on building casual membership, mostly because of turnover and the unstable nature of the resulting votes at ALP Conference. Given this preference for...”

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user picture Charlie Sanders · 3 votes · 3 comments · 1 year ago

“The full-time employment model doesn't suit everyvbody. Why doesn't the ACTU support more freedom of choice for workers to be part-time or casual employees; or independent contractors? ”

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user picture James Harding · 9 votes · 3 comments · 1 year ago

“Why is there not a cap on the length of time one is employed under casual status in situations where you are required to work set hours and days every week, such as if you were employed part-time? It makes no sense there are so many casual employees...”

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user picture Jo-Anne Rowland · 6 votes · 3 comments · 1 year ago

“Will the ACTU assist in the establishment of an Underemployed People's Union (UPU), a guaranteed minimum income and a more honest reporting system on career destruction? The definition of "employed" includes one hour per week UNPAID work on farm or...”

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user picture Geoff Pain · 38 votes · 2 comments · 1 year ago

“How can unions tackle the lack of training and development that many of Australia's biggest corporations now seem to avoid by insisting that the skills gap can only be filled by skilled overseas workers?”

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user picture Ian Freely · 46 votes · 2 comments · 1 year ago

“There are currently 4 million casual and contract workers (40% of the total workforce) employed in Australia ,most will never have a permanent full time job in their life time. What are you going to do to remedy this situation in the next...”

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user picture Peter Whitelaw · 43 votes · 2 comments · 1 year ago

“What can we do to ensure that those young workers new to the workforce are aware of their rights, particularly in the retail and hospitality industries, so they are not exploited due to their lack of knowledge?”

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user picture Bryce Roney · 85 votes · 2 comments · 1 year ago
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