Protecting workers as the Economy Re-Opens with Sally McManus

The pandemic exposed a lot of the problems with our labour market, including the risks of the rise of precarious and insecure work. Today we’re bringing you another guest from our ‘Economics of a Pandemic’ webinar series: Sally McManus, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions in conversation with Jim Stanford, economist and director of the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work.

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Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at The Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Guests:

Sally McManus, ACTU Secretary // @sallymcmanus

Jim Stanford, economist and Director, Centre for Future Work // @JimboStanford

This episode was produced by Jennifer Macey.

Our theme music is by Jonathan McFeat from Pulse and Thrum.

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