Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
India: ASHA workers’ strike in Kerala enters eighth week; Bangladesh: TNZ Group garment workers protest for unpaid wages in Gazipur; Australia: Castlemaine Perkins brewery workers strike for higher ...
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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
The workers are covered by the United ... Union and Australian Workers Union (AWU). Their bargaining representative is the Offshore Alliance (OA) (a partnership of the Maritime Union of Australia ...
U.S. stock futures fall and Asian markets open sharply lower as Trump tariffs shock continues
U.S. stock futures plunged Sunday evening, an indication that the market turmoil that began last week will continue when trading opens Monday. Looming over the markets: The retaliatory actions that ...
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Parents and staff in the dark after Genius Childcare centres close
Legal action has since been launched by the United Workers Union in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia on behalf of Genius workers to recover unpaid superannuation and seek ...
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A dangerous economic experiment
US president Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping reciprocal tariffs, branded as Liberation Day, signals a tectonic shift ...
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The 1998 waterfront dispute pitted workers against each other. Recruits from the wharves share their stories
The next morning, Australians woke to the news that Patrick Stevedores had locked out and fired 1,400 workers who were members of the Maritime Union of Australia ... in the United Arab Emirates ...
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Perth daycares shut by mass walkout over unpaid wages, super
Four childcare centres across Western Australia ... Monday morning after workers reportedly walked out over unpaid wages and superannuation. The United Workers Union estimates Genius Childcare ...
Trump Pummels Dozens of Trading Partners With 'Kind' Reciprocal Tariffs
The tariffs are generally half of the calculated value of the economic barriers that foreign governments have placed on U.S.
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Roger Cook: Australia’s most ruthless politician wins WA with a merciless change of character
He has guided a Labor Party that could have derailed itself after Mark McGowan’s shock retirement to a comprehensive win that confirms his leadership and will give the party a major head start ...
Earthquake compounds Myanmar's humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 2,000
The death toll from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Myanmar has passed 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the ...
Trump tariffs: China strikes back as stocks slide after worst day since 2020
The Japanese electronics company said the game would sell for $449.99. But Trump said Japanese imports will have a 24% tariff ...
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WA Labor’s factional makeup has changed dramatically since Saturday. Here’s what we know
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The WA Labor caucus is headed for a significant factional rebalancing as a result of Saturday’s election, but this will not be ...