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Casuals underpaid at the ABC

January 11, 2019 #HandsOffOurABC #MEAAMedia News

The ABC has publicly admitted that it may have underpaid up to 2500 casual staff over six years and is now reviewing how penalties, allowances and loadings should have been correctly calculated and applied to those workers.

Solidarity with striking Broadway actors

January 10, 2019 #MEAAEquity News

MEAA Equity stands in solidarity with American Actors’ Equity in their campaign to improve payment for development work on Broadway musicals.

MEAA election notice — 2019

December 30, 2018 #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity #MEAAMedia #MEAAMusic #MEAASOMA News

Please note well: MEAA has normally made arrangements for and conducted elections for offices in ‘even-numbered years’.

Nine’s redundancies at Fairfax web sites

December 11, 2018 #MEAAMedia Featured News

MEAA union members stand with the 26 journalists and other staff told they were redundant today at Nine-owned (formerly Fairfax-owned) Allure Media.

Saying farewell to Fairfax

December 7, 2018 #FairGoFairfax #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Campaigns Featured News

After providing quality independent journalism to Australian audiences for more than 185 years, the Fairfax brand will disappear on Monday following completion of the takeover of the business by Nine Entertainment Co.