Posts Tagged ‘Trade Unions’

Australian trade unions: religious discrimination not always OK

Thursday, August 9th, 2018

Some Australian trade unions want to restrict the right of religious organisations to decide who to employ according to candidates’ responses to Church teaching on sexuality. Under Australian federal and state laws, some religious organisations are exempt from laws that protect workers from losing their jobs as a result of their gender identity or sexuality. Read more

Fr Kevin Barr urges Fiji Trade Union bodies to unite

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

The  chairman of the Fiji Wages Council, Father Kevin Barr, has repeated an earlier call for the FTUC and Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions (FICTU) to consider coming together under one umbrella in the interest of better addressing workers’ issues. “We have an unprecedented opportunity for the two organisations to come together and speak Read more