Push for Extended Sunday Trading Hours
Opinion by Peter O'Keeffe. Poor old Colin Barnett. He’s a bit confused of late over the trading hours and penalty rates issues. Due to a lack of anything resembling a coherent plan for the state’s future, he has instead chosen to bolster his speech to the ...
Post Election Report
Click here to read the 2015 Post Election Report. Click here to read the Declaration of Results. Copies of the report are available from the SDA office, or from the AEC, on the request of a member who was eligible to vote in the election. ...
Our Members are not Second-Class Citizens
by Peter O'Keeffe. Serious academics, and arguably any person of goodwill who is interested in honest inquiry, will approach an analysis of any issue, let alone a complex and contentious issue, with an open mind. I have seen peer-reviewed academic papers wherein the authors of the study were surpri ...
A second-class workforce would be created if the Productivity Commission recommendation to create a two-tiered penalty rates system is adopted by the Federal Government. The Federal Government’s Productivity Commission initial report, released today, recommends cutting penalty rates for worke ...
Notice to members – Amendment to Rules
In accordance with Rule 30 of the Rules of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association, Western Australian Branch (Rules), members are advised that a majority of the Committee of Management have approved an amendment to Rule 19(c) of the Rules. The Secretary has applied to the Fai ...
