http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/sally-mcmanus/ Sally McManus is secretary of the Australian Services Union NSW-ACT branch and a vice-president of Unions NSW en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/no-hidden-danger-lurking-in-the-fair-work-decision/ So the Australian Industry Group’s Heather Ridout says yesterday’s historic equal pay decision by Fair Work Australia is “dangerous”, because it “will lead to a raft of union claims in other industries”. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls it “disturbing”. Goodness, not another ‘dangerous precedent’. Dangerous precedents have peppered history – like votes for women, the American Civil Rights and the Mabo decision on native title. Maybe AIG and ACCI have been catching up on some episodes of ‘Yes, Minister’, which defined a dangerous precedent for us: “if we do the right thing now, then we might be forced to the right thing again next time. And on that reasoning nothing should ever be done at all.” But this time something – the right thing - has been done. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Sally McManus) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/no-hidden-danger-lurking-in-the-fair-work-decision/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/no-hidden-danger-lurking-in-the-fair-work-decision/#item7664 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:30:53 +0000 Sally McManus | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/10-things-women-can-do-while-dreaming-of-equal-pay/ Today rallies for Equal Pay will be held around Australia and all working women are being asked to down tools for ten minutes in support of the protest. Why ten minutes? Well women earn on average 18 per cent less than men ­so ten minutes is the amount of time women work for free every hour. The big question is ­ what would we do with those extra ten minutes? After extensive consultation with women workers, here are ten ideas for those wanting to join our protest today. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Sally McManus) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/10-things-women-can-do-while-dreaming-of-equal-pay/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/10-things-women-can-do-while-dreaming-of-equal-pay/#item3278 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:50:42 +0000 Sally McManus | Author bios | The Punch