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Fabrizio's story: international students unionising against wage theft
March 13, 2020
Fabrizio Venturini, one of our Multicultural Safety Ambassadors, talks about the challenges facing a new generation of international students and his experience unionising against wage theft.When we think of migrant workers and...
Read MoreUnlawful Underpayment of Employees' Renumeration
March 06, 2020
SUBMISSION TO THE SENATE ECONOMIC REFERENCES COMMITTEE INQUIRY ON UNLAWFUL UNDERPAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES’ REMUNERATION Click here to download the full submission Summary of recommendations: 1. Wage theft should be comprehensively defined to...
Read MoreRing's story: empowering a community from within
February 18, 2020
Workplace Occupational Health and Safety isn’t just about access to information. It’s also about community empowerment and delivering information in a culturally relevant way.Last month, Ring Mayar led the first info session...
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...
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...
Read MoreWage Theft Criminalisation
October 25, 2019
SUBMISSION FROM THE MIGRANT WORKERS CENTRE ON WAGE THEFT CRIMINALISATION Click here to download the full submission Summary of recommendations: 1. Wage theft should be defined to include any underpayment, withholding, or...
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