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On The Job is back and with new hosts: Kleo Cruse and Emma Hartley. This episode is for all workers with a reproductive system – yes, that’s you!The social stigma attached to menstruation and menopause often means workers are enduring the pain
The last pod in our summer series takes a look at one of 2022's best pieces of investigative journalism.Since it arrived on our streets over a decade ago, Uber has prided itself on being a "disrupter" with little regard for convention.At the h
This week in our summer series, we head back to August 2022 to examine the growing demands for food assistance from workers and their families.The promise of the Australian Dream is that you should be able to work one decent, secure job and ea
In the latest episode of our summer series, we head back to June 2022.At the time, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk was launching a hostile takeover bid for one of the world's biggest and most influential social media platforms, Twitter.At the sam
Welcome to the first episode in our summer series, where we take a look back at some of the great conversations we had in 2022.Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz is one of the world's great thinkers. Professor Stiglitz won the 2001 Nobel Prize for h
Australian workers know all too well the dangers posed by working in an unsafe environment where being on the job means exposure to dangerous, toxic airborne substances.Zac Smith is the Acting National Secretary of the CFMEU. He's our guest o
Big business and corporations are always thinking about new and more subtle ways to change the perceptions and narrative about how they operate.On this week's edition of "On the Job", Emma Hartley and Kleo Cruse from ACTU HQ tell us about the
Last week was a huge one for workers across the country as Labor passed its new Industrial Relations laws, The Secure Jobs Better pay bill.Australian Unions have spent a decade campaigning for a fairer deal when it comes to our workplace laws,
Australian workers are finding that what money they do earn is no longer anywhere near enough to pay the bills.Yet, employer and business groups are sharpening their attacks on Labor’s plan to get wages moving with its “Secure Jobs Better Pay”
As the FIFA World Cup gets underway in Qatar this week, the plight of migrant workers who have built the stadiums that are hosting the games will dissolve into the background for many people.For others though, this World Cup has become as much
The recent budget handed down by Labor treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered a huge win for families all across Australia with the extension of Paid Parental Leave to 26 weeks, and more affordable early childhood education and care.Like all ground-b
How as your weekend? I hope it was cracking good fun!Did you know that not too long ago the idea of 'the weekend' didn't exist? Two days off in succession for workers to enjoy leisure time was unthinkable for generations of workers.Our historia
Last Tuesday night, treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the first Labor budget in nine years. For workers and Unions, it was an evening of milestones.As the Treasurer outlined his Budget, the inclusion of 10 days paid domestic and family violenc
The gender pay gap remains unacceptably and woefully high.Across Australia, it remains a fact that women on average earn around 14% less than their male counterparts.In the ACT though, there's an example of how you can not only close the gap -
On the Job turns 100 this week! Yep, it's our 100th episode, and I want to thank you for being part of the journey. This week, we do a bit of California dreaming, and meet one of the heroes of Cali's fast-food workers movement. California has j
For many workers, recent climactic events like bushfires and floods have not only caused huge disruption in their personal lives, they've caused chaos in their working lives as well.In response, workers at the Australian Youth Climate Coalition
Great Britain is facing an economic crisis and a grim winter as the Tory government, under new Prime Minister Liz Truss, cuts taxes for the wealthy as ordinary people struggle to heat their homes and put food on the table.This latest trickledow
As another AFL season reaches its crescendo, it's an opportunity to reflect on how the Australian game has become such an extraordinary cultural phenomenon.The game, which emerged out of the paddocks and fields of mid 19th Century Melbourne, ha
Millions of Australian workers know what it's like to shiver through a winter in a rental property that is too cold, without enough heating, or is drafty or damp.It impacts your wellbeing, mental health and can actually make you sick.The last t
For decades, Qantas was an institution that inspired a form of civic pride in most Australians.It was an airline with an impeccable safety record, a reputation for excellence in service, as well as being a great place to work.In 2022, Qantas' s
Australians love to talk about how we need to give our children the best possible start in life.Yet when it comes to providing those kids with accessible, affordable, early childhood education, things get sketchy.And it really falls away when w
For generations of young Australians, our first job experience has often been in the world of fast food retail.Working hard at slinging burgers or working the register as someone grabs a feed on the run is often where we learn about the reality
The promise of the Australian Dream is that you should be able to work one decent, secure job and earn enough pay to put a roof over your head, support your family and thrive.That all seems like a pipe dream in the current climate, where insecu
Anthony Albanese's Labor government is hosting a Jobs and Skills Summit in Canberra in early September where the problems and the inequality inherent in Australia's economy will be front and centre.Australian Unions will be there, arguing that
This week's episode of 'On the Job' is a double feature.First up, ACTU President, Michele O'Neil, joins us for a discussion about Labor's Climate Bill which has just been passed in parliament. How will it impact the lives of working Australians
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