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Luke Hilakari
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Secretary - Victorian Trades Hall Council
weareunion.org.auJoined April 2011
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We won!!!
The National Innovation & Excellence Awards for Best Heritage Development.
A great endorsement for the restoration of Trades Hall.
Congratulations to all who worked on & supported this internationally significant restoration for the oldest Trades Hall in the world.
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Educators are shutting down Early Childhood Education on Sept 7! You can support their action here: bigsteps.org.au/shut-down-comm
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When they call us thugs, they are calling hard working Australians thugs - the people who care for you in hospitals, who care and educate children, tradies and supermarket workers. We deserve better than these insults
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Very proud of my dad’s () reflections on immigration + how the system needs to change + better support student/low skilled migrants + protect them from exploitation @ #JobsSummit . His expertise in this space is unmatched + that’s not just the daughter perspective. ❤️
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1 in 2 apprentices never complete their apprenticeship.
This is a terrible outcome for students, businesses and ultimately Australia.
We need to deal with the low wages and workplace issues if this will ever change.
#JobsSummit
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TFW you bump into on High Street and she takes out her earpods and says “I was just getting a bit weepy listening to … the Jobs Summit ”. As is my witness. Bless. #JobsSummit2022
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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
Every panel has spoken about fixing this.
Universal, free and accessible.
Well paid and trained educators.
Allowing parents and mainly women, to get back to work.
Reducing a financial burden on families.
Giving our kids the best start #JobsSummit
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"Let's pay attention to emerging employment practices, and make sure they are not crafted to evade obligations.
Let’s look at what keeps workers safe and in their jobs, and structure our laws to enable that." - Oanh, YWC Principal Solicitor at the Jobs & Skills Summit
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Loved joining this powerhouse of women speakers on the opening panel at the #jobssummit. Equity for women can’t wait
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26,600 Victorian women are locked out of work. It costs Victoria $1.5b every year.
If we can’t fix childcare, women will continue to pay the cost for everyone.
“Making change here is not just the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing to do.” #springst
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Talking about unpaid work, esp in the pandemic…
“women can’t be asked to babysit the economy”
A well made point. #JobsSummit
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Our children deserve great early learning environments and well supported, skilled educators. That’s why on September 7, early educators are going to take nationwide action to shut down the sector and demand change.
You can support educators here! bigsteps.org.au/shut-down-comm
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Ballarat union activists out this morning at train stations in Eureka, talking about the importance of regional apprenticeships in the skills crisis.
BTW there is an excellent explainer on how we got here on pod.
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This can be a great moment to make change for every Australian worker.
Rising to this challenge means that we improve the lives for all of us.
Let’s get it done.
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Powerhouse pulls no punches when it comes to why gender equality is union business. Channel the rage, join your union and get involved: organiseforequality.com 🔥🔥🔥#unionpower
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Ballarat Council says “The recommended contractor in this instance has appropriate OHS systems operable to meet the requirements of this project.”
3 people were killed on the job while working for Pipecon.
The council gave that company a $2m contract.
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Stoked to have won this prize! Thanks to the editorial board for their support. I've asked that the prize money be donated to UK #trans charity .
And huge thanks to , , and Mianne Bagger for being part of the article.
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Congratulations to @NoahRiseman for winning this year’s best @SprtinHistory article award for “A history of transgender women in Australian Sports, 1976–2017” 
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Just some of the outrageous pay gaps tallied today on Unequal Pay Day. We will fight to close the pay gap.
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Yes, it's very f#@%ing real. It's called the gender pay gap and its not closing. #auspol #equalpayday
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Off to help unionise the worlds largest tech company. workers in Australia want a dignified bargain & wages that reflect the premium company they work for.
Let’s do this 💪✊
Proud to be !
#AppleNEA2022
#AppleTogether
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Big reactions on the streets today as we hand out Pay Gap calculators to mark Unequal Pay Day. Outrage and horror when women do the maths and discover how much they're being ripped off. Visit the online Pay Gap calculator: ow.ly/N3Oq50Ku21R #genderequality
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Activists in #Melbourne are offering up these calculators to show the difference between average male and female wages in Australia. #paygap
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Today is (un) Equal Pay Day - our gender pay gap calculators reveal that women are on average $263.60 worse off each week #OrganiseForEquality
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Activists in #Melbourne are offering up these calculators to show the difference between average male and female wages in Australia. #paygap
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Today is Equal Pay Day. To earn the same average annual salary as a man, a woman must work 60 more days after the end of the financial year, and it's getting worse. The new national gender pay gap is 14.1% - an increase of 0.3% over the last 6 months.
#genderpaygap
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Tune in to with Jobs and Skills Panel ahead of the Federal Government’s Summit - coming up after 10am.
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Check out Billy McCabe's video! #TikTok
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Unionists campaigning in the seats of Eureka, Melton & Sunbury today. Conversations with forklift drivers, healthcare workers, retail staff, carpenters + many more working people about protecting apprentices and guaranteeing sick pay to all workers #springst #vicelection2022
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I am incredibly proud of the advocacy of and the union movement around the anti-protest laws. We spent a lot of time making these laws "real" to MLCs and demonstrating how they absolutely would capture so much protest that our community benefits from #politas
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BREAKING: will bring a motion for a judicial inquiry into media concentration & truth of material parliament following Lachlan Murdoch's decision to sue . It's all happening
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Send Dan a message he will remember this November! My preferred premier is:
- Dan Andrews95.2%
- Matthew Guy4.8%
21,187 votesFinal results
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Tonight these unionists signed up to campaign every single week in Melton & Sunbury until the state election. They are workers across a range of industries who will be having conversations with other working people to defeat the Liberals #springst #VicElection2022
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"We've got to accept first of all part of the reason or the main reason why wages have collapsed is because collective bargaining has collapsed." – ACTU secretary . #abc730
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“I’m going to pay you with the food you pick” is a horrible idea.
This proposal by the Farmers Federation is as embarrassing as it is exploitative.
Migrant workers deserve the same pay as any other worker. Anything less is illegal.
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ABC reports that Aussie company used SLAVE LABOUR to produce it’s gloves.
This is us protesting slave labour at Ansell HQ in 2014.
They can’t say they didn’t know, we were at their office.
They have breached the Modern Slavery Act, CEO & Board should be sacked.
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Turns out Tim’s parents are unionists.
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My son did one year. What made him quit? The unlivable pay and the lack of safety. Boss was putting him in life-endangering situations and threatening him with the sack if he complained. He would have been a good sparky.
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