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About 100 people attended the #WageJusticeNow protest, an ‘art-installation’ action organised in Darwin by the Australian Council of Trade Unions on Monday. By NITV Staff Writer Source: NITV News 15 AUG 2016 – 4:18 PM UPDATED 16 AUG 2016 – 4:21 PM Event organizer Kara Keys told NITV the action was “against the Community Development Program”, an Indigenous-specific Work…
Unions will take a new campaign against a work-for-the-dole program for indigenous people to the “grassroots” of impoverished remote communities without offering an alternative plan. This week, the ACTU’s national executive adopted a policy to work for the axing of the Community Development Program after branding the so-called make-work initiative oppressive and discriminatory, as it…
https://fnwa.org.au/2016/08/08/actu-slams-remote-work-for-the-dole-scheme/
Proud to be Indigenous!!! Introduction This blog highlights a few stories of my journey as a proud Aboriginal man. I love stories, stories are an important part of Aboriginal life, passing down laws, knowledge and ensuring a spiritual and physical connection to Gunni Thukkun (mother earth). I believe no one has the right to dismiss…
https://fnwa.org.au/2014/02/05/proud-to-be-indigenous-nathan-brennan/
From 1862-68, local Aborigines worked ‘dry shelling’ without wages, collecting oysters in the shallow waters of Shark Bay. Within three years, the supply was so low that larger boats were sent out two kilometres off shore to collect oysters in deep water. Six to eight Aboriginal men and women in a boat would ‘naked dive’…
Become a member of FNWA and have your voice heard where it counts. You can become a member one of four ways through our easy to use member portal. Membership is free to all existing ACTU Indigenous members. Its $26 flat annual fee for Indigenous workers who are non ACTU members. If you re non Indigenous…
It’s easy to become a First Nations Workers’ Alliance member – you just choose from one of the four memberships, fill in your details and make payment if necessary.
