precarious work and COVID-19 Media Series

In 2020 Shelley Marshall conducted a number of media interviews on the ways that precarious work was exacerbated by the global pandemic, and, in turn, the ways that the pandemic was worsened by insecure work.

How do we get back to "normal" life? | Drive with Raf Epstein

Recorded live on ABC Melbourne, Shelley spoke to Raf Epstein at length about ways that addressing insecure work would stop the incubation of COVID-19.

Human Rights day 2020

On Human Rights Day 2020 Shelley spoke to Illawarra ABC Radio at length about what the pandemic has taught us about human rights.

Workers rights are human rights

“As a part of its first report, Woolworths has identified 332 Australian fruit and vegetable suppliers within its supply chain where workers are at risk of slave-like conditions.

“One of the most effective ways for businesses like Woolworths to tackle modern slavery risks is to work closely with workers’ representatives within supply chains. Reporting is just the beginning.”

VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SICK LEAVE FOR CASUAL WORKERS

“We saw the dire consequences in Victoria in the meat processing clusters where workers who were in casual work kept going back to work despite the fact that they had COVID-19 and that acted as an incubator for what fed into a larger wave of cases.”

“Casual workers don't get sick leave and that's about 600,000 workers in Victoria. It is about 30% of employees across Australia. So we are talking about a large proportion of the workforce.”