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New South Wales Public Sector Workers Are Striking Against the Cost-of-Living Crisis

The middleclass Public service unites and strikes while the traditional construction worker unions and tradies watch on and the LNP  writes them off as Marxists.

Teachers, nurses, midwives, and railworkers have now spent years on the frontlines of the ongoing pandemic. In return for putting their health on the line, the state government is rewarding them with ongoing poor conditions and stagnant wages.

Source: New South Wales Public Sector Workers Are Striking Against the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Never let a chance go by – » The Australian Independent Media Network

“There’s pretty much nothing to get scared of. It’s not the Spanish Flu that killed 15 million people just after the First World War … I’m 80, I should be really scared. Guess what? I’m not really scared.”

Mr Harvey was pleased to note revenue across his national chain of electronics stores up sharply amid huge consumer demand in recent weeks.

“You know, this is an opportunity,” he said.

“Our sales are up in Harvey Norman in Australia by nine per cent on last year. Our sales in freezers are up 300 per cent. And what about air purifiers? Up 100 per cent.”

Never let a chance go by – » The Australian Independent Media Network