The rights of Indigenous workers are under attack.
September 26, 2018
The Liberal Government are backing laws that force Indigenous people into work, not for wages,…
Indigenous workers begin unionising to fight ‘racist’ Community Development Program
July 2, 2018
A group of Alice Springs Community Development Program workers have released a powerfully worded statement…
Community Development Program ‘racist, punitive, and expensive’, report says
The report released today has found that the remote aspect of the Turnbull Government’s controversial…
Controversial work-for-the-dole scheme taking a toll on young Indigenous people
September 30, 2017
Eighteen-year-old Mel Inkamala is strolling around the Santa Teresa community garden with his left hand…
NT families go hungry under the Community Development Program
June 27, 2017
The federal government’s work-for-the-dole scheme is denying Aboriginal people in remote communities basic rights, equal…
Official FNWA launch
June 9, 2017
The First Nations Workers Alliance Official launch Friday 9th June 2017 – in conjunction with celebrating the…
Union Support – Aunty Lorraine Brown
June 1, 2017
The trade unions were key supporters of the 1967 referendum and the fight for equal…
ACTU Executive vows to end racist Community Development Program – FNWA
March 17, 2017
The ACTU executive has adopted a resolution authorising all means at the organisations disposal to…
Welcome to the First Nations Workers Alliance.
March 7, 2017
Welcome to the First Nations Workers’ Alliance established by the ACTU to provide CDP workers…
Remote Job Scheme ‘doing harm’
February 28, 2017
Remote Job Scheme ‘doing harm’ More than 200,000 fines were imposed on just 34,000 mainly…