[Link] NSW public school teachers to strike for first time in a decade as sector faces ‘perfect storm’

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

New South Wales public teachers will strike for the first time in more than a decade in response to a “statewide staffing crisis” caused by stagnating wages and an escalating workload.

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[Link] Gopuff Delivery Workers Plan National Strike Ahead of Thanksgiving

Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com

Some participating workers plan to not work their scheduled shifts as part of the strike, and others will refuse to fill in for them, organizers say. They hope this will have a “significant impact” on a company that promises delivery of food and goods in just half an hour. 

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[Link] Millennials are creating housing communes with friends because it's too expensive to buy a home as a single person

Read: 17/10/2021 www.businessinsider.com

First-time homebuying millennials are finding a loophole in today's housing crisis: buying a home with their friends.

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[Link] Should you ask for a pay rise? Not according to the former Pepsi CEO

Read: 14/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Money is so tacky, darling, don’t you think? Indra Nooyi, who was one of the highest-paid CEOs in the world during her tenure at PepsiCo, certainly seems to take that view.

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[Link] Students, holiday visas putting pressure on wages: RBA

Read: 17/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

The Reserve Bank’s own economics research department identified students, holiday makers and the partners of people brought into the country on skilled migrant visas as reasons for Australia’s sluggish wages growth ahead of the coronavirus pandemic.

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