Clay Lucas
Clay Lucas is workplace editor for The Age. Clay has worked at The Age since 2005, covering state politics, urban affairs, transport and local government for The Age and Sunday Age. Clay won a Quill with Age investigative reporter Royce Millar in 2009.
Dead will have to wait until cemeteries dispute settles
Clay Lucas and Caroline Zielinksi Keilor Cemetery had to cancel an exhumation last week because of a strike over pay.
Residents fear the worst for their homes' future
Clay Lucas Before she built her house overlooking Alexandra Parade in 2000, Mary Fenelon rang VicRoads to ask if she could rent the block of land next door for a garden.
Collapse fears plague new freeway bridge
Clay Lucas Parts of a striking architectural bridge that opened on the Peninsula Link freeway in January are at risk of falling off and hitting cars, the construction company that built it has warned.
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Grocon 'had little regard for safety'
Ben Schneiders, Clay Lucas Builder's safety record attacked by senior executive of one of Australia's biggest developers.
Workers in safety rally at CUB wall site
Clay Lucas Up to 10,000 unionists brought the Melbourne CBD to a standstill in a protest on Tuesday morning against construction company Grocon.
Union warned on Grocon rally
Clay Lucas and Ben Schneiders Building industry employees who attend a controversial mass rally on Tuesday morning will be breaking workplace laws if they attend without their employer's permission, the industry regulator has...
State's $1b outsourcing bill
Ben Schneiders and Clay Lucas Government spends big on contractors in public sector while slashing 4000 jobs.
Spy claims in council staff sacking
Clay Lucas Parks and garden workers at Wyndham Council in Melbourne's west have been sacked after managers hired a private investigator to work among them to prove they were not doing their job, the union...
Legal aid workers in PJs protest
Clay Lucas Lawyers and court workers among Victoria Legal Aid's 600 staff would consider wearing unusual clothing as part of industrial action designed to embarrass the state government into paying them more.
Crane driver falls to death in city
Clay Lucas An experienced crane driver fell 10 stories to his death at a Grocon construction yesterday.
100 jobs go as Amcor cans drinks-lid facility
Clay Lucas Amcor will close a beer can facility it runs in Thomastown in July and outsource the work to another manufacturer.
Worker plunges from scaffolding at Grocon building site
Clay Lucas A worker has died at a construction site in Melbourne's central business district.
Protest at post office closure
Clay Lucas Closure next month of a local post office in Melbourne's outer east is just the latest in a decade of similar shutdowns by Australia Post, the union representing postal workers says.
Baillieu faces triple strike threat
Clay Lucas Victoria's emergency services operators - responsible for running the state's triple-0 system for police, fire and ambulance - are stepping up an industrial campaign against the Baillieu government...
Teachers strike to hit workplaces
Clay Lucas Many parents across Victoria will have had little option but to take the day off work to look after their children as a result of the teachers strike, business groups say.
Police ready to end work blockade
Clay Lucas Police poised to break up a picket line hampering work on a $40 million project in Werribee, after the land's leaseholder complained about protesters preventing free access to the site.
Waiters' tips grabbed by owners
Clay Lucas and Sarah Whyte Tips left by diners at restaurants across Melbourne and Sydney are being taken by owners, often without the knowledge of the waiters the tip was left for, unions and restaurant staff say.
Serving up inequality
Clay Lucas and Sarah Whyte Some restaurants and cafes across Australia are exploiting staff by paying below-award wages and ignoring other legal rights.
Dishing out pay of $8 an hour
Clay Lucas and Sarah Whyte Melbourne restaurants offer 'Dickensian' working conditions to kitchen hands, chefs and cooks.
Diners 'unwittingly fund hospitality underclass'
Clay Lucas and Sarah Whyte Behind the surface glamour of Melbourne's restaurant scene lies an army of casual staff being paid wages far below their legal entitlements, industry experts and regulators say.
