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Collected Item: “At-Home Union Action”

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At-Home Union Action

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photograph, my garage door

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Text reads: WAGE SUBSIDY FOR ALL #NoWorkerLeftBehind #PutYourApronOut

Trade unions were strong advocates for a more robust safety net for workers who had lost their jobs owing to the pandemic. The JobKeeper package left behind casual workers (like me) and workers on temporary visas who were already had the most insecure labour conditions. My union shifted online. We ran social media campaigns, online pickets, and a whole range of other digital actions.

Unfortunately, this one didn't get up. LNP stuck to their guns of looking after wealthy, white folk. Typical...

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Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#unions, #wagesubsidy, #politics

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Jacob Antoine

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2020-04-08
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