Clare Ozich, AIER’s Executive Director, joined Alex White from UnionsACT and Professor Phil Lewis, Director of the Centre for Labour Market Research at the University of Canberra, on 666 ABC Canberra to discuss the role of unions in the modern workplace.
Clare reflected on the challenges unions face with an increasingly fragmented workforce while emphasising the continued relevance and importance of workers organising collectively in their economic and social interests.
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- Executive Member, AIER
- Sean Scalmer is Professor of Australian History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at Melbourne University. Sean studied political economy and political science at the University of Sydney, before undertaking a PhD on intellectuals and class in the Australian labour movement. He worked as a research fellow in the Department of Politics, Macquarie University (1998-2004), then as a Lecturer in Sociology (2004-2006) at the same University. He joined the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne in 2007. Sean’s major interests are in the histories of social movements, class, and democracy. orders for food delivery platform workers. [Bio from Sean Scalmer’s Melbourne University webpage]