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January 2020 Newsletter
February 06, 2020
Welcome to the first edition of the 2020 Migrant Workers Centre newsletter. This month’s updates include: Migrant Workers Centre opposes 14 day travel ban. A workplace win: Darren organised his workplace and recovered $12,000 in stolen wages. The first info sessions of the Multicultural Safety...
Read MoreDarren的故事：背包客討回欠薪
January 22, 2020
一個從台灣來的背包客Darren如何組織一起工作的同事，追回欠薪澳幣$12,000? Darren從開始工作的第一天就意識到他的老闆欠薪，在與一起工作的同事共同蒐集證據；採取集體行動後，他們終於追回高達澳幣$12,000的欠薪。 就如同其他數以萬計的海外青年打工族群一樣，Darren在前年持打工度假簽證入境。循著工作廣告，他在熱鬧的墨爾本市區，找到一間咖啡店的工作。如廣告中所述；全職工作加上法定最低薪資。Darren在未抵達澳洲前，就非常嚮往墨爾本的咖啡文化，而且徵才啟事看起來也非常吸引人。
Read MoreDarren's story: recovering stolen wages as a backpacker
January 21, 2020
How did Darren, a backpacker from Taiwan, organise his workplace and recover $12,000 in stolen wages? Darren knew from day one that his boss was underpaying him, but it wasn’t until he collectively took action with his co-workers that they got back $12,000 in...
Read MoreRiza和Roy的故事
January 21, 2020
从台北市白领转做澳洲肉厂工人，对任何一个人来说想必都不容易。一对来自台湾的年轻夫妻就发现澳洲的移民体系和对劳动法的制度化漠视是他们成功路上的畔脚石。 2016年Riza和丈夫Roy首次登陆澳洲昆士兰州的Caboolture。作为背包客，两人信心满满地以为只要努力付出就会获得回报，然而等待他们的却是绰号 “恐怖丘” 的Caboolture镇以及当地糟糕的居住环境，日益猖獗的工资盗窃和对员工的层层盘剥。
Read MoreRiza and Roy's Story
November 26, 2019
Leaving behind white-collar work in Taiwan to take up jobs in the Australian meat industry was always going to be difficult. But one young couple found Australia’s immigration system and institutionalised disregard for labour laws was stacked against their dreams of success. In 2016,...
Read MoreNewsletter of August 2019
September 13, 2019
Date: 3 Sep 2019 Adult Migrant English Program Students Welcome Session on Workplace Rights In a joint effort by the Migrant Workers Centre and the Box Hill Institute to strengthen the local migrant community, MWC organiser Lavanya and Hanna delivered a "Know Your Rights...
Read MoreNewsletter of July 2019
September 13, 2019
Date: 7 August 2019 School Cleaners Map Out Action Plan for Better Pay, Respect On 29 June, the Migrant Workers Centre (MWC) joined a group of international students and their union, United Voice Victoria (UV), to blueprint issues they face working as school cleaners...
Read MoreNewsletter of June 2019
September 13, 2019
Date: 2 July 2019 RMIT Security Guards Call Out Discrimination Migrant Workers Centre supports security guards at protest Source: Migrant Workers Centre After nine years of service with spotless records, security guards at RMIT University face losing their permanent jobs. All are of South...
Read MoreNewsletter of February 2019
September 13, 2019
Sudanese Refugee Pockets International Human Rights Award Abdul Aziz Muhamat Source: Michael Green/The Wheeler Centre Sudanese asylum seeker and activist Abdul Aziz Muhamat won the Martin Ennals Award for exposing the inhumane conditions on Australian off-shore detention centres of refugees, as the Guardian...
Read MoreNewsletter of January 2019
September 13, 2019
Refugee Writer on Manus Wins Prestigious Australian Prize Behrouz Boochani Source: AAP Behrouz Boochani, Iranian-Kurdish journalist and writer who has been held on Manus since 2013, won the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction in January 2019, after NSW...
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