Newsletter

June 02, 2020

The May edition of the Migrant Workers Centre newsletter features: JobKeeper campaign update: $60 billion underspend must be used to support all workers Migrant Worker Solidarity Network in Action Backpackers Mass Online Meeting Translated COVID-19 Tenancy Resources Worker Story: migrant workers at Covino receive...

May 07, 2020

The April edition of the Migrant Workers Centre Newsletter features: #NoWorkerLeftBehind and JobKeeper campaigns JobScammer: Holding bosses to account Live broadcasts in language by the Multicultural Safety Ambassadors Industrial win: Hospo worker recovers $2400 in stolen wages Solidarity with undocumented migrants - United Workers...

April 16, 2020

Over March and April, the Migrant Workers Centre has been supporting migrant workers affected by the economic impacts of COVID-19. This edition of the newsletter includes The #WageSubsidyForAll and #NoWorkerLeftBehind campaigns The Migrant Solidarity Network in action Translated COVID-19 resources Worker Stories: migrant workers...

March 02, 2020

The February edition of the Migrant Workers Centre Newsletter includes: MWC opposes Government’s unpaid backpacker bushfire recovery scheme Worker Story: Fabrizio Venturini New migrants in St Albans attend Know Your Rights info session MWC calls on Government to expand Fair Entitlement Guarantee Unions support...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...