A Worker Focused Agenda for Industrial Relations Reform | Carmichael Centre

Only a fundamental re-write of the Fair Work Act will ensure that workers and unions have the ability
to build — and exercise — collective power in the workplace. Here are six of the major problems with
the current legal framework, and the solutions needed to fix them.

For the fact sheet visit: https://www.carmichaelcentre.org.au/explainers_kit

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The Carmichael Centre, within the Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute, is named in honour of Laurie Carmichael, the legendary manufacturing unionist who passed away in 2018 at the age of 93.

Among other activities, the Carmichael Centre conducts and publishes research on themes related to Carmichael’s legacy, including:
- industrial relations;
- social policy;
- manufacturing and industry policy;
- vocational education; and
- international labour solidarity.