After almost six weeks on strike, United Workers Union members at McCormick have accepted a new offer from the company, which includes retaining all conditions and a pay rise. Mary Merkenich reports.
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Systemic sexism and harassment at work is made easier because of the material inequalities women face, including the gender pay gap, write听Chloe de Silva and Mary Merkenich.
Anti-tollway activists are disappointed that the Greens councillors seem to have accepted the North East Link is a fait accompli, writes Mary Merkenich.
By designating Houthi rebels as terrorists, the United States is worsening Yemen's humanitarian crisis and undermining efforts to negotiate peace, writes Mary Merkenich.
Mary Merkenich writes that the long-standing sexist practice of covering up bad behaviour enables it to continue.
Cock fighting and dog fighting were regarded as legitimate sports, but are now rightly seen as cruel and barbaric. Horse racing should also be banned, argues Mary Merkenich.
For weary parents and restless students, the staged return to school in Melbourne is a welcome relief. But teachers, such as听Daryl Croke, Mary Merkenich, Beth Muldoon 补苍诲听Carlene Wilson are warning about the risk of COVID-19 transmission in densely-packed classrooms.
The devastating ecological impact of Melbourne's North East Link tollway project should force its rethink, writes Mary Merkenich.
The Sustainable Cities community group is calling on the Victorian government to reallocate $16 billion to much needed public transport in the north eastern corridor, writes Mary Merkenich.
Mary Merkenich argues听Labor leader Anthony听Albanese speech to the national press club was never going to be about a transformative plan to cut emissions.
After having said it would not agree to any exemption on its ban on live sheep exports, the federal Department of Agriculture has now allowed a ship to transport tens of thousands of live sheep to the Middle East, reports Mary Merkenich.
PM Scott Morrison wants unions and employers 鈥渢o put down their weapons鈥, claiming this is the way jobs will be created. However, history听shows otherwise, writes Mary Merkenich.
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