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‘Easier to buy your 10th house than your first’: Unions NSW joins push to reform negative gearing and capital gains tax

Exclusive: Survey finds 72% of 2,158 workers want Albanese government to rethink housing tax breaks – particularly renters and over-65s

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Firms pushed to cheat to win work as budgets blow out

Construction projects are facing cost blowouts, as firms vying for work are encouraged to cheat amid a "race to the bottom" to win contracts, an inquiry heard.

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Industries becoming more 'reliant' on unpaid overtime

Australian workers are doing more and more hours of unpaid overtime and are scared saying 'no' will limit their career opportunities, a survey shows.

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Support for harsher penalties over workplace deaths

A survey has found voters support harsher penalties and industrial manslaughter offences in NSW, but it will come too late for some workers who never came home.

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Pokies can't be banned, should be reduced: unions

The peak body for NSW unions has called for the removal of 25,000 poker machines over the next five years to better align numbers with those in other states.

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Inflation to eat into Christmas lunches, presents: poll

Christmas will be less merry than usual for many Australians, with a union poll showing a sizeable number of people plan to spend less on lunch and presents.

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‘A dent in our retirement’: the battle to help Australian workers recover unpaid super

Timber tradie Peter Myall is owed at least $15,000 in superannuation, with unions urging action on what they call the last bastion of wage theft

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Fair Work Commission awards NSW rail workers 1 per cent pay increase above wage cap

The Fair Work Commission says a pay top-up for rail workers will not cause any detriment to the NSW government's budget, and Unions NSW says the government's pay position has been left "in tatters".

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Unions NSW uses labour market report to criticise Perrottet government for public sector job vacancies

Hospital and teaching labour 'shortage' linked to low pay, says union report

Newcastle Herald

High Court strikes out NSW by-election spending cap

The High Court has invalidated a law restricting how much unions and other third-party campaigners can spend in NSW by-elections after a state concession.

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RSL Australia warned over NSW clubs split

The boss of RSL Australia has backed turning pokies cashless in NSW as he points to flak his charity receives over confusion with clubs bearing the RSL brand.

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Unions NSW back cashless gaming cards

Unions NSW is the latest worker group to back cashless gaming cards as debate about problem gambling and money laundering rolls on before the state elections

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Unions NSW splits from Labor on cashless gaming to stop 'scourge on society'

In a rare move, the top union boss in NSW is siding with the Coalition government on major gambling reform, urging Labor not to play politics with the working class.

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Wage theft rife for migrant workers

Migrant wage theft is running rife in Australia under a system that threatens to deport those who speak out, a new union-led report has found.

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Unions NSW survey of 7,000 foreign language job ads finds more than half offer illegal rates of pay

Sarah is among thousands of migrant workers accepting jobs below the minimum legal rate, as a survey by Unions NSW finds more than half of job ads written in foreign languages are breaking the law.

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Unions NSW to campaign against Perrottet government in lead up to March state election

Unions NSW says public sector workers are planning to leave the state in droves and confidence in essential services is collapsing, as it puts the Perrottet government on notice ahead of the March election.

The Guardian - AU

NSW unions to declare start of new six-month campaign to remove Coalition government

Unions NSW to release survey results suggesting voters believe healthcare and transport are worsening

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Unions warn of public sector exodus from NSW. But where would they go?

The latest ABS figures show Queensland attracted the most people recently, not far off the number who left Victoria and NSW.

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Holy Shit: Opal Machines Across NSW Will Be Turned Off Completely From Next Week

Catch me riding the train 24/7 just for kicks.

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NSW unions propose EBA fee for non-members

NSW unions say non-members should pay a fee for negotiation of better workplace agreements and benefits, ending the "free ride" at the expense of paid members.

The Guardian - AU

‘Free riders’: NSW unions want to charge non-members for pay rises they broker

Exclusive: Peak body also wants employers to pay skilled visa applicants 30% above median wage to encourage local training instead

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There’ll Be More Industrial Action Impacting Sydney Trains In August So Here’s The Lowdown

Industrial action will include rail strikes on certain days, as well as no fines.

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Calls to fix 'abusive' NSW workers' compo

A new report shows NSW's injured workers compensation scheme is plagued by soaring operating costs, hard-to-live-off claims and lower return-to-work rates.

The Guardian - AU

Unions seek high court challenge to NSW campaign spending restrictions

Exclusive: Pleadings target ‘acting-in-concert’ laws banning third parties from pooling resources

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Unions decry NSW government’s ‘insulting’ public sector wage cap increase

Premier Dominic Perrottet argues increase is fair but unions say ‘angry’ members have voted to go ahead with industrial action

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