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ACTU calls on PM to kick-start wage growth

25 Jun 2019 In the week before the cuts to penalty rates take effect, ACTU Secretary Sally McManus has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling for immediate action to kick-start wage growth with new research showing how badly the wages crisis has squeezed household budgets and weakened the economy.

Morrison’s secret agenda: an unprecedented attack on workers’ rights

24 Jun 2019 Prime Minister Morrison made it clear in his speech today that despite refusing to discuss workers’ rights during the election campaign, his Government’s first objective when parliament resumes next week will be to introduce the Ensuring Integrity bill, a roll-back of the basic rights of working people which has no equivalent in the western world.

Unions mount legal challenge to Qantas bonus threat

24 Jun 2019 Today, the peak body for working people on behalf of seven unions representing workers at Qantas lodged a legal challenge to the company’s sham bonus scheme.

Super Trustees Forum 2018

29 Nov 2018 ACTU Super Trustees Forum 2018 - This event is a unique opportunity for union directors to discuss and debate key issues around superannuation with each other.

Anti-Corruption Commission

13 Feb 2017 The best way to weed out corruption is to have a national Anti-Corruption Commission with the powers to investigate all areas of society. Establish a Commission now!

Support Family Violence Leave for all wokers

13 Feb 2017 Union members are asking the Fair Work Commission and Governments to giveeople subjected to family violence a minimum of ten paid days away from work. It is the responsibility of our whole community to end family violence, and to support people experiencing violence right now.

Australian Senate Vote Down the TPP

26 Oct 2016 The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (or TPP) is a dangerous trade deal with the potential to destroy thousands of Australian jobs. The deal was negotiated by Malcolm Turnbull behind closed doors and allows corporations to sue our government just for making laws in the public interest. The TPP risks our jobs, our health and our democracy.

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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus

Business want workers to have less rights if they are unfairly sacked and allow agreements to reduce wages and working co…
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Meredith Hammat @meredithhammat

Actually Liza its called bargaining and its what unions do. #wapol watoday.com.au/national/weste…
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Unions NSW @unionsnsw

NSW workers compensation system is simply failing workers. "The system's not actually being geared towards getting workers b…
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How to kick-start wage growth: • Reverse cuts to penalty rates • Restore normal wage increases for public sector… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Hey @ScottMorrisonMP we want to know why, as treasurer, you cut $14 billion from public schools? #QandA
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Under the @ScottMorrisonMP government, $1.9 billion has been cut from public school funding in 2018 and 2019. #qanda
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The economy is struggling because there is a wages crisis - wage growth is at record lows. And on July 1, penalty r… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Scott Morrison's plan to gut Australia's progressive tax system will further entrench wealth inequality in this country. #qanda
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The Morrison Government has done nothing while the economic damage of the wages crisis has piled up. They are asleep at the wheel. #qanda
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Sixty-nine Australians who earned more than $1 million in the 2016-17 financial year did not pay a cent of income t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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TWU Australia @TWUAus

When unions announced that they were challenging Qantas' bonus scheme in court over fairness & legality, Qantas told its worker…
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Media Release: Academic freedoms must be enshrined in law nteu.org.au/article/Media-…
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Ewin Hannan @EwinHannan

.@sallymcmanus says ACTU on behalf of seven unions representing workers at Qantas mounting a legal challenge to the company…
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Today, the peak body for working people on behalf of seven unions representing workers at Qantas lodged a legal cha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus

So the newly elected Morrison Government's first order of business is reviewing workers rights and attacking unions. Reco…
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Stopping the penalty rates cuts that will once again be imposed on 700 000 retail and hospitality workers on 1 July is a…
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A ground-breaking Convention and Recommendation to eliminate violence and harassment at work has been adopted overw… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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👏Great news: the @ilo Convention and Recommendation to combat violence and harassment at work has been adopted by the #ILC! Tog…
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ILO @ilo

History is made! The @ILO has just adopted a new Convention on Violence and Harassment in the World of Work. Here's what you need…
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Scott Morrison wants to pass some of the most anti-union laws we've ever seen - the Ensuring Integrity bill. This… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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