by AIER admin | Jun 19, 2017 | Events, General
The AIER, along with the NUW and ASU, ran a successful workshop at the recent Progress conference on how to create decent and fair workplaces in progressive organisations. Despite working towards a better world in various ways, many progressive organisations fail to...
by AIER admin | May 2, 2017 | General, Submissions
AIER made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into a Modern Slavery Act for Australia. The submission focuses on regulating corporations in relation to their supply chains.Globalisation has ensured that many, if...
by AIER admin | Feb 23, 2017 | General
The Fair Work Commission today handed down its decision to reduce Sunday and public holiday penalty rates in the hospitality and retail sectors. The decision will mean hundreds of thousands of workers will take home less pay. At a time of record low wage growth in the...
by Clare Ozich | Jan 19, 2017 | Discussion Papers, General
AIER’s Executive Director, Clare Ozich, contributed to a recently released report, “Can Less Work Be More Fair? A discussion paper on Universal Basic Income and shorter working week”. The report contains a number of contributions from different...
by AIER admin | Nov 21, 2016 | General
Climate change will profoundly change our workplaces and the way we work. The impacts of mitigating and adapting to climate change are already being felt by workers throughout the economy. Most directly by those working in the energy sector – for good and for bad....
by AIER admin | Nov 21, 2016 | Events, General
Melbourne Campaigners’ Network: workers’ rights and campaigners Do progressive organisations have a responsibility to live their values in their workplaces? Can campaigning organisations demand progressive change without demonstrating that we adhere to its basic...
