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Worker Story: Jasmine’s $19,000 fight with the FEG
June 18, 2021
Jasmine moved to Australia in 2014 on a partner sponsored visa. She got a warehouse job for retail giant Riot Art and Craft, where she worked full time on a permanent contract...
Read MoreWorker Story: ATO tries to recover JobKeeper payments from migrant workers
May 17, 2021
Last year, the Morrison government cruelly locked temporary visa holders out of JobKeeper and JobSeeker. Not only did this move leave over a million workers without support during the peak of the...
Read MoreWorker win: Truck driver Ravi reclaims over $9,000 in stolen wages
April 07, 2021
Ravi* reclaimed $9,288.83 in stolen wages after fighting against his employer’s unfair and incorrect classification of him as an ‘independent contractor’.Ravi, a 26 year old from India, came to Australia in 2019...
Read MoreWorker Win: Tamil supermarket worker recovers $80,000 in stolen wages
February 17, 2021
2020 ended on a high for migrant worker Anil* who successfully clawed back $80,0000 in stolen wages. Anil’s boss had been stealing his wages for four years. Anil worked at a...
Read MoreMigrant workers recover over $1,000,000 in stolen wages
December 16, 2020
Since the Migrant Workers Centre launched in 2018, we’ve supported migrant workers to collectively recover over $1,000,000. This sum includes stolen wages, unpaid superannuation and entitlements, and WorkCover claims. While this milestone...
Read MoreWorker Story: Working for Victoria program a lifeline for migrants during COVID-19.
September 11, 2020
Soo, Sermet and Tiff led very different lives, but their paths crossed when they found themselves without work or any federal government support amidst a pandemic - a situation shared by hundreds...
Read MoreRecycling plant workers unionise for their rights
September 11, 2020
Workers at a large recycling factory in Melbourne have achieved transformative changes at their workplace and collectively recovered over a million dollars in stolen wages. These hard fought wins, which have taken...
Read MoreMaryaan's story
March 13, 2020
Maryaan, a former anaesthetist from Iraq, talks about overcoming the barriers to finding work in Australia and the importance of mental health in workplace OH&S training. Maryaan is a health educator at...
Read MoreFabrizio'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 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...
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