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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Young workers 'being cheated'
The Workplace Ombudsman recently audited 400 employers nationwide and found 41 per cent, or 165 employers, had underpaid a total of about 1500 staff aged between 15 and 24.
Young workers ‘being cheated’
The Workplace Ombudsman recently audited 400 employers nationwide and found 41 per cent, or 165 employers, had underpaid a total of about 1500 staff aged between 15 and 24.
Christian and related submissions to Fair Work Bill inquiry
Christian organisation for seafarers… Stella Maris Seafarers Centre The Justice and International Mission Unit is part of the Victorian and Tasmanian Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia … Justice and International Mission Unit Catholic employer group … Australian Catholic …
Chocolate to die for?
Do you know where your chocolate comes from? Nearly half the world’s chocolate is made from cocoa grown in the Cote D’Ivoire in Africa. Thousands of children have been trafficked into the Cote D’Ivoire from Mali and other surrounding countries …
Posted in Actions - Just Act Now
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Call on Chinese Authorities to Ensure a Fair and Open Trial!
From the Clean Clothes Campaign: In November 2007, Huang Qingnan of the Dagongzhe (DGZ) Migrant Worker Centre in Shenzhen, China was seriously injured after being stabbed by two unidentified men. The assault followed on the heels of two other violent …
Police evict university squatters
The group of about 20 students who lived on the premises formed the Student Housing Action Co-operative, or SHAC, and said during their occupation they hosted community meals, a weekly bike-fixing co-operative and regular political forums for students.
Posted in Just Education, Just Stuff
Tagged housing, SHAC, student poverty, The AGE, University of Melbourne
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Australia's Largest Fondue Party (against slave-like conditions for cocoa production)
Sunday 18th January, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM At Federation Square There are an estimated 284,000 child labourers working in exploitative conditions in West Africa that produces 75% of the world’s cocoa for the production of chocolate. An estimated 12,000 …
Australia’s Largest Fondue Party (against slave-like conditions for cocoa production)
Sunday 18th January, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM At Federation Square There are an estimated 284,000 child labourers working in exploitative conditions in West Africa that produces 75% of the world’s cocoa for the production of chocolate. An estimated 12,000 …
Foreign students exploited
In a submission to the taskforce, the union revealed the case of a Chinese student who worked for 20 days on a trial basis in a 7-Eleven franchise and alleged that the owner manipulated the books to misrepresent the number of hours worked for pay received.
Resign If You Can’t Protect Minorities, SC to Orissa Govt.
Recent orders passed by the Supreme Court of India direct the Orissa State government to take all necessary measures to protect minorities in India.
Posted in Just End Christian Persecution
Tagged Archbishop Raphel Cheenath, BJP, Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnanustice, Evangelical Fellowship of India, Justice Markandey Katju, Justice P. Sathasivam, Kandhamal, Kandhamal District of Orissa, Laxmanananda Saraswati, Nun Rape Case, Orissa, Supreme Court of India, VHP, Vishwa Hindu Parishad
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