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Worker 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...
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...
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