@JacquelineMaley Thatcher claimed she “owed nothing to women’s lib” but without the collective activism of women campaigning for equal access to education, professions, political participation and workplace rights, it is highly unlikely she would have become an MP, let alone PM.
@EliasVisontay Elon Musk was not one of the a co-founders of Tesla. He bought into the company. He used his wealth to have a court declare him a “founder” but it’s bullshit.
@JennaPrice be great if James Henderson and others could convince all 5000 employees to form the Merivale Employees Union (sorry SDA but where were you?). Hemmes $18m bill for years of wage underpayments is a fraction of the $129m estimated. Young employees need protection.
@CMMortlock The progressive ideas in your workplace change piece are excellent but surely something @LiberalAus would resist and @unionsaustralia would support. The next generation of working people must be allowed to live independently, form relationships and have children.
If governments, federal and state, refuse to give public sector workers a pay rise above inflation (a pay cut in real terms), they increase the probability of recession. https://t.co/xOn9JpUs3T #auspol