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Abbott’s paid parental leave proposal is a dishonest smokescreen for WorkChoices 08.03.10 | Media Release | Paid Parental Leave Liberal leader Tony Abbott’s paid maternity leave proposal is a dishonest smokescreen for the reintroduction of WorkChoices.

$50 pay cuts for young workers on the cards with Tony Abbott’s plan to bring back WorkChoices 07.03.10 | Media Release Australian workers will suffer cuts to their pay and conditions and lose protection from unfair dismissal under Liberal leader Tony Abbott’s plan to bring back WorkChoices, warns a new national union TV ad campaign launched today.

Unions endorse action plan to ensure that workers are protected under new award system 04.03.10 | Media Release Employers must give commitments that they will not use changes to the award system to rip off workers’ pay or conditions.

Sex discrimination has no place in workplaces; Qantas and other employers must lift their game 03.03.10 | Media Release Australian employers, including some of the nation’s biggest companies, must lift their game to end sex discrimination in the workplace and improve pay and opportunities for women.

Reserve Bank’s latest rate hike adds to the need to give low-paid workers a decent wage rise 02.03.10 | Media Release Today’s rate rise by the Reserve Bank will add to the living costs of working families and underlines the need for a decent increase to minimum wages this year.

New push by highly-paid company executives for a return to WorkChoices is a sign of blatant self-interest 23.02.10 | Media Release | Rights at Work A new round of lobbying by big business for a return to WorkChoices is a sign of blatant self-interest among the executives of highly profitable multinational corporations.

Employers should not use the new award system as an excuse to cut pay 19.02.10 | Media Release | Rights at Work Employers should not use the new award system as excuse to rip off workers and cut their pay and conditions.

New Liberal plan to scrap minimum hours of work will hurt more than 2 million casuals 18.02.10 | Media Release | Rights at Work More than two million Australian workers would face major pay cuts and lose their job security under a new Liberal plan to scrap the requirement to pay casuals for minimum hours of work.

A quarter of workforce to lose unfair dismissal protection under Liberals’ new WorkChoices 17.02.10 | Media Release | Rights at Work More than 2.3 million workers - almost one in four - will lose protection from unfair dismissal under the Liberals’ WorkChoices Mark II.

Workers stand to lose $$$ under Liberal plan to scrap penalty rates and bring back WorkChoices 16.02.10 | Media Release | Rights at Work Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party will scrap penalty rates and unfair dismissal protection and reintroduce individual contracts for Australian workers if they are elected later this year.

Liberals will bring back WorkChoices to cut wages & conditions at next election: new poll 15.02.10 | Media Release | Rights at Work A majority of Australians believe a Liberal Government led by Tony Abbott-led will bring back WorkChoices, a new national opinion poll released today shows.

Let’s focus on improving safety among insulation employers, not cheap political potshots 12.02.10 | Media Release | Health & Safety The Liberal Party is crying crocodile tears over the deaths of insulation installers after doing nothing to improve workplace safety during 12 years in office.

Deaths of young workers show Home Insulation Program needs much tighter safety and training 11.02.10 | Media Release | Health & Safety The deaths of young workers installing home insulation are unacceptable and the program should be halted until it can be demonstrated to unions that much tighter safety and training standards are in place to properly protect workers.

Paid parental leave ‘over my dead body’, says Abbott 09.02.10 | Media Release | Paid Parental Leave Reports that Liberal leader Tony Abbott is considering a taxpayer-funded paid maternity leave scheme must be treated with extreme suspicion given his track record as a supporter of WorkChoices and previous hardline opponent of helping working...

Skilled migration changes on the right track 08.02.10 | Media Release Major changes to Australia’s skilled migration program announced today will better target skills shortfalls, but need to be accompanied by tighter labour market testing to ensure Australians are given job opportunities.