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Topic : Democracy in the workplace

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Chapter 1 : Democracy for workers

Employees have legal rights to a discrimination-free workplace and protection from unfair dismissal
Workplace discrimination can occur in many ways
Most employers promote anti-discrimination policies and procedures at work
Some employees are still discriminated against, harassed and unfairly dismissed
There is a long history of trade and industrial unionism in Australia
In recent years, however, unions have been less powerful and influential
Unions are involved in the provision of benefits to members, collective bargaining, political activity and industrial action
Since the 1970s, the proportion of employees belonging to a union has fallen from 51 percent to about 23 percent

Chapter 2 : Democracy for unpaid workers

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