2 February 2012 SENATE COMMITTEE HEARS DIRECTLY FROM CLOTHING OUTWORKERS The Senate Education Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee sitting in Melbourne today, as part of its Inquiry into the Fair Work Amendment (Textile Clothing and Footwear Industry) Bill 2011, …
Clothes you can feel really, really good about! (via Fashion Musings) Fashion Musings had a chat to Eloise from Ethical Clothing Australia to find out a little bit more about this fantastic organisation! —————– FM: Tell us about ECA: Eloise: Ethical …
Prem Sikka via The Conversation, 19 January 2012 Executive remuneration is out of control in the United Kingdom. The final report by the High Pay Commission concluded that “there is rarely a link between directors’ incentives and the way a …
23 January 2012 The dignity of work and workers is a common value among the faith traditions. It is also the focus of a policy handbook titled Convergences: Decent Work and Social Justice in Religious Traditions, for which the World …
11 January 2012 The operator of a Hungry Jack’s fast food outlet at Bendigo in Victoria’s Goldfields region has been penalised $46,200 after the Fair Work Ombudsman found it had been underpaying its 180-strong workforce for more than four years. …
An economist has a look at the issue here. January 10, 2012 // 37 Economists usually think that people’s revealed preferences (what they do) are more important than their stated preferences (what they say they’ll do). With that in mind, …
Via Radar Online Other Stars Who Have Been Under Fire For Their Fashion Practices (besides the Kardashians) …
The Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania endorses the action of the Spotless Cleaners. This is an issue of fundamental social justice and while Spotless recorded a profit of $43 million in the last financial year; cleaners …
Once workers in Philippine Airlines ground crew protested the planned outsourcing of their work, they faced violent repression by police. 2,600 workers were locked-out and fired from their jobs. ILRF is joining the boycott of PAL and AirPhil (both owned …
Nick Ray and his colleagues at the Ethical Consumer Group are wishing everyone a merry Christmas; including the people that make our Christmas gifts and contribute to the silliness of the season! Rather than doing your Christmas shopping at the …
