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The Australia we once knew, that our parents experienced, is not the reality anymore because the rules that made our country fair are broken.

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ETUQLD&NT @etuqldnt

Brisbane Turned up in the thousands we will Change the Rules @ETU_national @unionsaustralia @Queensland https://t.co/py0E2NDv…
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Danielle Binks @danielle_binks

Literally everything Judith Sloan says is a lie: “Childcare workers are not going to strike.” Sally pulls her up on it:…
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ABC The Drum @ABCthedrum

“Companies are on the race to the bottom on wages. If they're competing for a contract, instead of saying it’s about how go…
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ABC The Drum @ABCthedrum

“Australia is really moving towards the extreme amongst countries in terms of the right to strike. It was introduced in the…
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Australian Unions @unionsaustralia

Big business says they hate red tape and regulation. But when it comes to workers' rights they can't get enough of it. #thedrum
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ELLEN FANNING: Sally, do Australians enjoy the right to strike? SALLY MCMANUS: I think there's a basic issue about… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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ABC The Drum @ABCthedrum

“Workers' wages aren't keeping up with productivity growth. As we know, our wages are growing around 2%. At the same time y…
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ABC The Drum @ABCthedrum

“This is part of the problem. Where you have a whole lot of people that are in total denial that we have a problem with low…
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ABC The Drum @ABCthedrum

“How much more do profits need to go up before it does trickle down to us? At what point? Does it need to be 30%, 50%? At t…
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Australian Unions @unionsaustralia

.@SallyMcManus: We want is workers to be able to bargain across the sector if that's the most appropriate thing for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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.@sallymcmanus: We've got the highest rate of temporary work in the OECD, the third-highest rate of insecure work.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Australian Unions @unionsaustralia

We've had a record number of people contact the ACTU wanting to join their union. They've been wanting to join beca… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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.@SallyMcManus: How much do profits need to go up before it trickles down to us? #TheDrum #ChangeTheRules pic.twitter.com/VAuCl6rhdR
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.@SallyMcManus: We've had nearly 30 years of economic neo liberalism, trickle-down economics. We have seen the resu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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.@SallyMcManus: Inequality is at a 70-year high. We used to be a country of a fair go & it was something we were p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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United Voice QLD @UnitedVoiceQLD

20,000 turn out in Brisbane to end the war on workers and #changetherules pic.twitter.com/84CA9t2J7A
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus

I’m on @ABCthedrum this arvo talking workers rights. Managed to get past ABC security pic.twitter.com/U6zuN7ayGo
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Independent Education Union - QLD & NT @IEUAQNT

“We will not put up with growing inequality in this country!” @sallymcmanus @unionsaustralia #ChangeTheRules https://t.co/OPqp…
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ETU National @ETU_national

Look at us marching! After a month of action across Australia, we’re keen as to carry on the fight a fairer country for a…
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NTEU ACT Division @NTEUACT

Today's motion standing with @UniCanberra staff was moved by UC's Judy Hemming and seconded by @unionsaustralia President @Mic…

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