Australian Unemployed Workers Union - Outer Western Melbourne

28/09/2016

Union says work-for-the-dole jobseekers are increasingly reporting that welfare payments have been unfairly suspended

27/09/2016

New data shows around a quarter of dole recipients are skipping job interviews or rejecting work, resulting in nearly 300,000 people having their government payment suspended.

27/09/2016

As the Coalition begins to tackle welfare reform, the Turnbull government also reportedly plans to fight to force Newstart recipients to wait four weeks to receive the dole.

26/09/2016

Illawarra-based aged care provider Warrigal has been slammed by a union over its plans to recruit 50 overseas workers on 457 visas.

24/09/2016

It may come as a surprise to many new mothers, as they gaze into the eyes of their new small love and recover from the gross physical assault of birth, to learn that they are actually bludgers.

23/09/2016

News Corp really hates the unemployed. And they want you to hate them too. According to News Corp's hateful articles, if you can't find work its your own fault. Unemployed workers are therefore ' lazy' , 'dole bludgers' , 'job snobs' , 'shirkers' , 'leaners' , 'taxed nots' , 'NEETs' , 'rorters'...

19/09/2016

Just a reminder.

Hi Everyone,

Looking forward to meeting those who can make it to the Skype Meeting on Wednesday.

We have heard that there are some problems adding the contact@unemployedworkersunion address on skype.

Please use unemployedworkersunionhq@gmail.com to add us on skype. That should work.

So we can get an idea of numbers, could those of you who are able to attend on Wednesday at 4:30 please confirm?

Many thanks.

Owen Bennett
President (Melbourne Branch)
Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU)
(03) 83945266

16/09/2016

Have you been unfairly fined by your job agent? Join our legal challenge! The Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union is preparing our legal challenge against the Centrelink compliance system. The AUWU has received legal advice from a barrister which states we have a strong case and asks us to collect…

15/09/2016

The Nightmare That Is DES Disability Employment Services Provider C/- Site Manager Subject: Disability Employment Services Assistance – 11 Years Just following up on my request of 5th September, 2016 and wondered if you had yet followed up with the Department of Employment / Department of Soci...

05/09/2016

This is SHOCKING

Contributed from Victoria The horrific death toll is revealed by Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions. Around 100 people per month have...

03/09/2016

"Don’t be so quick to judge someone who isn’t working. There may be many good reasons. It certainly doesn’t mean they don’t want to."

01/09/2016

Many Newstart recipients are on brink of homelessness, Council of Homeless Persons warns, and loss of $4.40 payment leaves less than $24/day to live on