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• Do you live to work, or work to live?

  Posted on: 6/03/2013 1:33:19 PM

  This Working Life has grown up and now has its own website. It's called Working Life, and from now it is the place to be for all news, views, analysis and comment from Australian unions. So it's goodbye from here. We hope you check it out at www.workinglife.org.au and enjoy the new website.

• Rocky road ahead for workers in the West

  Posted on: 5/03/2013 8:30:59 AM

  Western Australia has a history of being a testing ground for extreme industrial relations policies, and if it is re-elected this Saturday, the Barnett Government is preparing to introduce changes that would hit many of the state's lowest-paid or most vulnerable workers.

• Unpaid work: a foot in the door or exploitation?

  Posted on: 1/03/2013 6:17:51 PM

  Unpaid work and internships are useful for getting a foot in the door and on-the-job experience on the way to a secure job. But, as a new report reveals, all too often, it is leading to exploitation of young and vulnerable workers.

• The cost of caring

  Posted on: 28/02/2013 5:42:16 PM

  One of the major causes of insecure work for women is lack of options to balance work with family responsibilities. Australia can afford to do better, and unions are campaigning to build on recent gains for family friendly working arrangements.

• Abbott licking his lips at Newman’s entree

  Posted on: 26/02/2013 3:37:00 PM

  We can learn a great deal about Tony Abbott's 'vision' for Australian public services from Campbell Newman's agenda in Queensland. But workers aren't taking it lying down, with major rallies going ahead across the state tomorrow.

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