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Banks must act in community interest and pass on any Reserve Bank rate cut in full 05.02.12 | Media Release Australia’s banks must pass on in full any cut to official interest rates by the Reserve Bank this week or they may need to face not only a community backlash but the prospect of greater regulation.

Employers stuck in past and must catch up to values on equal pay for women 02.02.12 | Media Release | Health & Safety Employers must move on from old-fashioned ideas about women’s work and make a genuine commitment to overcome the 18% gap between men and women’s pay.

Unions form alliance with Jack Thompson Foundation to improve job outcomes for Indigenous Australians 01.02.12 | Media Release A new partnership between unions and the Jack Thompson Foundation will aim to deliver better outcomes for Indigenous Australians through new skills and job training opportunities.

Equal pay justice for social and community sector workers signals historic day 01.02.12 | Media Release | Equal Pay Today’s ruling by the full bench of Fair Work Australia on pay equity for social and community sector workers is a landmark in the fight for equal pay for women.

Howe Inquiry swamped with stories and submissions about insecure work 24.01.12 | Media Release | Secure Jobs. Better Future More than 450 workers, unions, community and other representative groups have lodged a submission with the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia.

Jobs must be protected if Australia is to ride out global economic uncertainty 23.01.12 | Media Release Employers must pull out all stops to protect Australian jobs and not take a gunshot approach to addressing global economic challenges.

Australian workers will benefit from greater transparency of superannuation funds 20.01.12 | Media Release | Superannuation A Productivity Commission inquiry into default superannuation funds in modern awards will shed welcome light onto the relative performance of industry and retail funds.

Australian Government must act in wake of Fiji’s renewed clamp on human and labour rights 11.01.12 | Media Release | International The Australian Government must consider economic sanctions against Fiji’s military regime in the wake of new laws that place even greater restrictions on human rights in the island nation.

Speak Up for health and safety: new campaign begins to inform workers of their rights 01.01.12 | Media Release | Health & Safety A new national awareness campaign begins today to inform workers of their rights and employers of their obligations under harmonised health and safety laws.

Renewed trade agreement with Fiji risks legitimising an oppressive regime 27.12.11 | Media Release | International The Australian Government’s decision to renew a textile, clothing and footwear scheme with the Fijian Government under a multi-lateral trade agreement will do nothing to improve the lives of lowly paid Fijian textile workers.

Ted Baillieu is the Grinch who stole Christmas from Victorian workers 21.12.11 | Media Release Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu is the only Australian leader to deny workers a public holiday to compensate for Christmas Day this year falling on a Sunday.

Fair Work review is an opportunity to dispel employer myths and strengthen workers’ rights 20.12.11 | Media Release | Secure Jobs. Better Future Next year’s review of the Fair Work Act must not become a forum for employer grandstanding, and unions will take a strong interest to ensure the voices of working Australians are heard and that their rights are strengthened.

Workers have an extra month to tell their story to Inquiry into Insecure Work 15.12.11 | Media Release | Secure Jobs. Better Future Workers, unions, community and other representative groups have an extra month to contribute their experiences to the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia.

Australian unions remain steadfast in pursuit of human and labour rights in Fiji 14.12.11 | Media Release | International Australian unions will continue to steadfastly pursue human and labour rights in Fiji, despite the military regime’s refusal to allow entry to an Australian and New Zealand union fact-finding mission.

Workers have just one week left to tell their stories to the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work 12.12.11 | Media Release | Secure Jobs. Better Future Workers across the country have less than one week left to contribute their experiences to the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia, with submissions set to close this Friday.