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Rally To Change the Rules Nationwide

Things are out of balance. Australia needs a pay rise that keeps ahead of the cost of living. It's time for working people to stand together for a fai...

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The Australia we once knew, that our parents experienced, is not the reality anymore because the rules that made our country fair are broken.

O’Dwyer backs business, betrays working people

18 Oct 2018 The peak body for working people has slammed Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O’Dwyer’s decision to back a massive foreign-owned labour hire business in a court case about the rights of casual workers.

Unions welcome call for uniform Industrial Manslaughter laws

17 Oct 2018 The ACTU welcomes the findings of the Senate Inquiry into industrial deaths handed down this afternoon which recommended the establishment of a national system of uniform Industrial Manslaughter laws to keep workers safe.

Anti-poverty week

17 Oct 2018 The peak body for working people is calling for urgent changes to workplace laws to ensure working people get pay rises that meet their costs of living. A report from the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) finds two in five Australians that live in poverty are working. This affirms what we already know: Working people are struggling to make ends meet.

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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The top 1% of Australia earn more than the bottom 70% in Australia. This government is about attacking workers righ… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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We rallying because it’s our job as the trade union movement to #changetherules! We are mighty, we are unbreakable,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus

Kelly O’Dwyer steps in to back employers stripping rights from working people. This threatens the job security of all per…
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Press conference at Solidarity Park before the #changetherules rally in Perth! pic.twitter.com/Q7jwSxFEsj
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Stephen Jones MP @StephenJonesMP

Parliamentary email system is down this morning. Suspect Stuart Robert has used all our data allowance 🤦‍♂️
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Big turn out for the #changetherules rally in Perth! If you’re in Perth come down to Solidarity Park! pic.twitter.com/hsEPZzoUZ1
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Joe Szakacs @joe_szakacs

Few regions in SA have done it more tough than Whyalla in the last few years. That’s why when these amazing Whyalla activi…
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97 Australian workers have been killed at work in 2018. We urgently need national, uniform industrial manslaughte… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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O’Dwyer backs business, betrays working people. #ChangeTheRules #auspol pic.twitter.com/SHWla5RNsz
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Here is @sallymcmanus on @abcperth with Paula Kruger earlier today. pic.twitter.com/u6qTL0x5mF
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Yesterday there was another tragic work fatality in WA. The reason why this happens is unfortunately some employers… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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We have the highest rate of temporary employment in the OECD and this needs to change. @sallymcmanus @abcperth
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Our jobs have become more insecure. When your job is insecure, these workers have less bargaining power. And we’ve… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Working people haven’t gotten their fair share of the wealth that is created in Australia. Our workplace laws aren’… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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We’ve got the problem of 1.8 million people who are unemployed or underemployed and we’ve also got record low wage… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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.@sallymcmanus is on the radio @abcperth right now. Tune in!
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University bosses were all up in their staff's grill, threatening attendees of a lunchtime BBQ with a "minimum four… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The Nationals: They're not rooting for you. pic.twitter.com/TNcQuv03NT
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The only John Howard we like (proud @withMEAA member). #SeaChangeTheRules twitter.com/Channel9/statu…
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Families who have lost loved ones to preventable workplace fatalities have waited too long for this opportunity for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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