Proposed Changes to Retail Opening Hours
Retail workers have faced major disruptions to their home lives over the last few years, with extensions of weeknight trading to 9pm in 2010, and the introduction of Sunday trading in 2012. Now, having been led to believe that there were no further changes to be made prior to the 2017 election ...
China Free Trade Agreement
The ETU have released a fact sheet on the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. Click on the link: Fact Sheet ...
Union Established Hotline For 7/11 Workers
MEDIA ALERT: 31 AUGUST 2015 The shop assistants unions will today establish a hotline for 7/11 workers who believe they have been underpaid or denied penalty rates. SDA National Secretary, Gerard Dwyer, said workers would be able to log their details and wage details and receive advice about th ...
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. ...