A Short History of Unions taking Action for Equal Pay!
31 August is Equal Pay Day-Australian unions have a long history of campaigning for gender equality & for the economic independence of women workers.
Australian Unions win Maternity Leave – 1979
Learn about the history of maternity leave in Australia in the 1970s and the role of the Australian unions.
Conviction Politics: multimedia resource
Conviction Politics is an international digital history project exploring the impact of radicals and rebels transported as political convicts to Australia on their place of exile, and the patterns of collective resistance by the mass of unfree convict women and women to the exploitation of their forced labour.
Masterclass for Activists: Ideas to Educate, Inspire and Change the World
This Masterclass podcast series aims to build the capabilities of civil society by inspiring, educating and equipping activists to become workplace and community leaders.
Remembering Edna Ryan: Champion of Equality
Remembering Edna Ryan, a woman who left an extraordinary legacy of activism against sexism and for gender equity.
Stories of Hope & Change: Muriel Heagney
This is the story of Muriel Heagney, an extraordinary unionist who led a 60-year long campaign for equal pay for working women.
The 1972 Equal Pay Case
Brief history of the union campaign in Australia for equal pay for women which led to the “equal pay for work of equal value” decision in 1972.
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