Archive for 'Labor wage cuts'
Labor, triumphalism and the budget from hell
Posted by John, January 8th, 2010 - under Labor Party, Labor sackings, Labor wage cuts, Public Service, Resistance, Social services, Strikes.
Tags: Australian bourgeoisie, Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, Fighting back
Comments: 4
Our hope at the moment must be that the apparently growing number of strikes and other industrial disputes in Australia boil over into a generalised campaign for wage increases, social services and jobs.
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Cut profits, not wages
Posted by Leonie, July 7th, 2009 - under Industrial action, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Keynesian neo-liberalism, Keynesianism, Labor Party, Labor wage cuts, Living standards, Neoliberal Keynesianism, Neoliberal unionism, Productivity, Reformism, Resistance, Rudd, Rudd Government, Rudd Labor, Strikes, Unemployed, unemployment, Unions, Wage cuts, Wage freezes, Wage slavery, Wages, Workers.
Tags: ABCC, ACTU, ALP, Australian Building and Construction Commission, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australian Fair Pay Commission, Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, Building unions, Capitalism, Classes, Fair Pay Commission
Comments: 1
The reality for the working class is that to defend jobs and living standards they will have to strike, despite the opposition of Rudd Labor and the ACTU.
Costello quits: changing of the guard in the house of reaction
Posted by Leonie, June 16th, 2009 - under Kevin Rudd, Labor Party, Labor sackings, Labor wage cuts, Neoliberalism, Peter Costello, Reaction.
Tags: ACTU, ALP, Australian politics, Capitalism, Great Recession, Howard, HowRudd, HowRuddistas
Comments: 2
This is Costello’s legacy – the threat of unemployment, attacks on wages and conditions and an economy teetering towards oblivion.
Fair suck of the sav, Kev
Posted by Leonie, June 12th, 2009 - under Kevin Rudd, Labor Party, Labor sackings, Labor wage cuts, Mate, Working class.
Tags: Australian politics, Australianisms, Butterflies
Comments: 3
Now that Rudd has started calling us mate, be afraid, be very afraid. Start organising now in workplaces and unions to defend jobs and living standards. And butterflies.
‘Left’ Labor and Greens attack workers and services
Posted by Leonie, May 18th, 2009 - under Labor Party, Labor sackings, Labor wage cuts, The Greens, The Left.
Tags: ALP, Australian politics, Community and Public Sector Union, CPSU
Comments: 4
The left wing Labour Government in the ACT is attacking workers and public services with Greens support.