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‘Historic’: Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart

Union says collective agreement is just the start of a broader fight to unionize major employers across the country

The Guardian - US · Jun 6

Trump’s tariffs forge ‘feeling of big betrayal’ in Canada’s manufacturing

The White House’s August 1 deadline has ‘set off some panic’ among both workers and employers, experts say.

Al Jazeera · Jul 30, 2025

Why Trump tariffs will be ‘very bad for America and for the world’

If enacted tariffs will increase inflation, slow economic growth, and result in US consumers footing the bill

The Guardian - US · Jan 31, 2025

Australian universities report finds quality of education eroded by ‘long-term underfunding’

New report reveals 83% of respondents are concerned universities’ focus on profit is undermining education standards

The Guardian - AU · Jul 12, 2023

The mining sector made more than half of Australia's corporate profits, so why do economists want to ignore it?

Australia's mining sector has generated windfall profits over the past two years, the result of dramatically higher prices for fossil fuel energy, but has it driven inflation?

ABC News · Apr 14, 2023

ACTU: Coal-to-renewables transition needs to be ‘with workers, not to workers’

As Australia edges towards its 2050 net zero emissions target, the question of how to support workers and communities affected by the decline of fossil

The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023

Targeted measures can better tackle inflation, instead of lifting interest rates

Over 2022 consumer prices increased by 7.8 per cent, about three times as fast as the RBA's target range of 2 to 3 per cent for inflation.

The New Daily · Mar 8, 2023

Profits again outstrip wages amid accusations 'corporate Australia is driving inflation'

While workers' pay packets are growing at the fastest pace in a decade, profits are still rising even faster, according to official data.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

Profits have driven inflation while wages lag behind, argue economists

Increasing profits going to corporate Australia account for more than two-thirds of the nation's inflation problem, according to new research from the Australia Institute.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

Corporate profits fuelling inflation, research finds

New analysis challenges the narrative that workers need to accept sluggish wage growth to tame inflation and says business profits are driving higher prices.

AAP · Feb 23, 2023