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For some time your Union has been highlighting the plight of telecommunication industry workers who find themselves stuck in a cycle of systemic insecure work. Some of the major contractors to Telstra and NBN have established, what we refer to as, pyramid subcontracting schemes – driven by the extreme ends of corporate greed. Under these pyramid subcontracting schemes, the worker

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There has been another light bulb over the head moment at Retail management headquarters – this time it involves visiting nursing homes and retirement villages to prey on the vulnerable elderly for sales. Some bright go-getter has decided to shortly send retail staff out in droves to community care facilities armed with Christmas catalogues, products and bags of cash along

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Your Union today welcomed the voting down of the company’s remuneration report at the Telstra Annual General Meeting, saying that executives granting themselves massive bonuses at a time when more than 8000 jobs are being axed from the company would have been completely irresponsible. Shareholders today voted down Telstra’s remuneration report — the report which outlines the salary and bonuses

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Under a new Federal Government initiative, every Australian will shortly receive an online digital record of their medical history. The My Health Record system, by default, records all interactions between patients and their medical practitioners, including test and pathology data, and is accessible by any health care provider who may be involved in your care. This would include employer nominated

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