Author: ACTU Media
Media Releases:
- April 3, 2025: Response to Trump must be to protect and grow Australian jobs
- March 7, 2025: Action gets wages moving for women
- January 20, 2025: ‘New era for workers’: Unions welcome clean aluminium investment
- January 1, 2025: New year, new powers to tackle wage theft affecting one million workers
- June 21, 2024: Vale Stan Sharkey
- June 21, 2023: ACTU welcomes new National Registry for respiratory diseases but more to be done
- May 22, 2023: Casual workers earn $11.59 less per hour than permanent employees
- May 22, 2023: Casual workers earn $11.59 less per hour than permanent employees
- February 23, 2023: Narrowing gender pay gap provides little relief to Australia’s women
- February 16, 2023: ACTU calls for end to rate rises and focus on full employment as labour market deteriorates
- February 10, 2023: ACTU welcomes the appointment of Adam Hatcher as the new Fair Work Commission President
- February 7, 2023: Reserve Bank pushes workers, economy close to cliff edge
- February 7, 2023: Paid parental leave another step closer to reality for working women
- February 1, 2023: Unions welcome new government sanctions two years on from Myanmar military coup
- January 31, 2023: Historic day as Paid Family & Domestic Violence Leave to come into force
- January 25, 2023: Cost of living crisis continues for workers
- January 19, 2023: Softening labour market shows need for further action on secure jobs
- December 15, 2022: ACTU welcomes action on energy prices
- November 30, 2022: Cost of living crisis forces 1 in 4 Australians to skip meals
- November 25, 2022: Albanese Government follows through on commitment to Respect@Work
- November 23, 2022: Multi-employer bargaining will tackle gender pay gap
- November 22, 2022: Tasmania Needs a Pay Rise, now
- November 18, 2022: High court to rule on Qantas outsourcing
- November 16, 2022: WPI figures show growth in awards is not enough
- November 16, 2022: Svitzer refuses to put down weapons as union offers ceasefire
- November 15, 2022: Bargaining directly linked to wage rises
- November 11, 2022: ACTU calls for RBA overhaul
- November 10, 2022: House votes to support pay rises for workers
- November 7, 2022: Statement on resignation of Iain Ross
- October 27, 2022: Finally, action on wage growth
- October 26, 2022: Real wage cuts set new record
- October 26, 2022: 10 days paid Family and Domestic Violence leave enshrined into law after decade of union campaigning
- October 25, 2022: Union movement welcomes Affordable Housing Accord
- October 25, 2022: Budget starts work on cost of living relief, shows urgent need for wage growth
- October 20, 2022: Lessons of the pandemic must not be forgotten for workers left without sick leave
- October 20, 2022: Parental leave expansion a big step forward for working parents
- October 20, 2022: Insecure jobs forcing hundreds of thousands to work through injuries, illness
- October 12, 2022: ACTU commits to support ‘Yes’ campaign on First Nations Voice
- October 12, 2022: ACTU executive endorses principles for use and protection of workers’ data
- October 6, 2022: Expanded skills list shows legacy of Morrison Government’s neglect
- October 4, 2022: Ongoing rate hikes deepen cost-of-living crisis
- September 30, 2022: Isolation supports must continue as long as frontline workers are required to isolate
- September 29, 2022: Urgent action needed on wage growth as inflation continues to climb
- September 27, 2022: Unions welcome action on Respect@Work
- September 15, 2022: Cost-of-living crisis continues despite low unemployment
- September 14, 2022: Workers must not be asked to isolate without paid pandemic leave
- September 14, 2022: Record number of workers forced to pick up second jobs
- September 7, 2022: Workers’ share of GDP plummets to lowest on record
- September 7, 2022: ACOSS and ACTU agreement
- August 30, 2022: Investing in women could generate $111 billion annually
- August 28, 2022: First Nations Workplace Symposium discusses reform ahead of Jobs Summit
- August 28, 2022: Small business and unions agree to developing the right workplace system
- August 28, 2022: ACTU, Ai Group, ACCI, BCA release common interests on skills & training ahead of jobs summit
- August 24, 2022: Bargaining must be simple, fair and accessible for all
- August 22, 2022: Energy Transition Authority critical to creating secure jobs for a safer climate
- August 18, 2022: Wages flatline despite record low unemployment
- August 17, 2022: Urgent action needed as real wages fall to 2011 level
- August 17, 2022: Wages need to rise along with guaranteed skills and training for workers in Australia to expand migration numbers
- August 13, 2022: Banking CEOs pay up 36 per cent as banks make billions by suppressing wages
- August 10, 2022: Full and secure employment must be top economic goal
- August 8, 2022: ACTU welcomes action on EBA terminations
- August 5, 2022: RBA confirms real wage cuts until mid-2024
- August 3, 2022: ACTU welcomes Greens’ support for Climate Bill
- August 3, 2022: Oil giants’ sky-high profits fuels cost of living crisis
- August 2, 2022: Interest rate increases worsen cost-of-living crisis
- July 28, 2022: Wage crisis deepens for workers
- July 28, 2022: 10 days paid Family and Domestic Violence leave introduced into parliament after years of union campaigning
- July 27, 2022: Unions welcome Government action on climate change
- July 27, 2022: A lost decade of wage growth and inflation at 6.1%
- July 26, 2022: Record number of First Nations parliamentarians an opportunity to further First Nations workers
- July 24, 2022: The ACTU welcomes end to anti-worker building code
- July 20, 2022: ACTU Executive calls on employers to do more as Covid cases surpass peak
- July 19, 2022: RBA: Businesses raising prices, not wages, contributing to inflation
- July 18, 2022: Record profits driving cost of living crisis
- July 16, 2022: Albanese backs workers by restoring Covid sick leave
- July 14, 2022: Low unemployment not delivering wage growth or keeping workers safe
- July 13, 2022: No pay restraint for CEOs
- July 11, 2022: Nation-wide rallies call on Carpet Court to back workers
- July 11, 2022: Jobs and Skills Summit must find way forward for workers
- July 7, 2022: More than 1000 airline engineers denied pay increase after 4-year wage freeze
- July 1, 2022: Disaster Payment cuts will hit frontline workers hardest
- July 1, 2022: Unions continue to improve superannuation on its 30-year anniversary
- July 1, 2022: Wage increase comes into effect on the first full pay period after today, for one in four workers
- June 30, 2022: Access to childcare, skills and training can fill growing job vacancies
- June 30, 2022: Morrison Government decision set to cut paid pandemic leave despite nearly 200,000 weekly cases
- June 27, 2022: Years of inaction widens gender pay gap
- June 17, 2022: ACTU welcomes ALP’s commitment to including 10 days paid FDV Leave in the NES
- June 15, 2022: Unions win historic wage increase
- June 11, 2022: Health and safety recognised as a fundamental right at work by the International Labour Organisation
- June 10, 2022: NSW Government must act swiftly on silica recommendations
- June 9, 2022: Employers ignoring strong productivity growth and record profits as they push for wage cuts
- June 6, 2022: Employer groups push for cuts and freezes for lowest paid workers
- June 1, 2022: Worker’s share of GDP hits all time low as profits and productivity increase
- May 31, 2022: ACTU welcomes new Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
- May 30, 2022: Dutton can change course on wages
- May 21, 2022: ACTU welcomes government prepared to take action on wages and secure work
- May 19, 2022: New poll shows voters turning on Morrison over wages
- May 19, 2022: Real wage cuts getting worse despite unemployment rate under Morrison.
- May 18, 2022: Morrison is missing on wage rises for one in four workers
- May 18, 2022: Workers on track to lose $4000 in 2022, ABS figures confirm
- May 17, 2022: Morrison announces 5,500 job cuts in final days of campaign
- May 16, 2022: Unions win FWC support for 10 days paid FDV Leave, despite opposition from Morrison Government
- May 15, 2022: Morrison Super raid – an attack on workers’ savings and no answer to the housing crisis
- May 13, 2022: Morrison offers personal rebrand to workers who have waited a decade for a pay rise
- May 12, 2022: Morrison, paid more than $550k, continues to oppose $1 per hour increase for workers
- May 11, 2022: Morrison, in Annual Wage Review sub, makes clear argument against pay rise for workers
- May 11, 2022: New survey shows women extremely dissatisfied with Morrison on key election issues
- May 8, 2022: Unions increase annual wage claim in response to cost of living increase
- May 6, 2022: RBA projects real wage cuts until end of 2023
- May 3, 2022: Rate rise hits workers battling Morrison’s cost of living crisis
- May 2, 2022: Decade of Coalition Government costs workers $10,000
- May 1, 2022: ACTU welcomes action on gender pay gap
- April 29, 2022: Does Morrison think he deserves a raise?
- April 27, 2022: Wage Crisis Escalates: Real pay cuts 4 times bigger than projected in budget
- April 27, 2022: 32% more deaths at work under Morrison since 2018
- April 26, 2022: ACTU steps up campaign on job insecurity and cost of living: calls on Morrison to release details of IR plan
- April 26, 2022: Labor’s Ag Visa commitment a step in the right direction
- April 21, 2022: Morrison refuses to clarify position on BOOT
- April 20, 2022: Morrison ignores crisis facing workers
- April 19, 2022: Morrison announces pay cut for tradies
- April 18, 2022: Morrison’s Easter comments reveal plan to cut wages still on the agenda
- April 16, 2022: Vale Tom McDonald
- April 14, 2022: Unemployment figures will not address rampant insecure work, real wage cuts
- April 11, 2022: Casual workers $350 worse off every week: new report
- April 10, 2022: Election an opportunity to improve living standards for working people
- April 8, 2022: ACTU calls for 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave for 2.23 million workers
- April 6, 2022: Morrison signs Australian workers up to another secret trade deal
- April 5, 2022: Morrison cites “Importance of low-paid work”, doesn’t endorse pay rise in Annual Wage Review submission
- April 5, 2022: Morrison continues to stack FWC on eve of election
- March 31, 2022: CDP: Morrison Government’s racist job program extended until 2024
- March 31, 2022: ACTU calls for Annual Wage Review 5% increase
- March 29, 2022: Morrison offers no solutions to stagnant wage growth, rising cost of living
- March 25, 2022: COVID cases on the rise, employers have obligation to keep workplaces safe
- March 24, 2022: Morrison projects real wage cuts deepening this year
- March 22, 2022: Unions welcome commitment to tripartite collaboration on skills and training
- March 18, 2022: Power to Prevent Coalition: Urgent law reform needed to prevent sexual harassment at work
- March 15, 2022: Morrison Government have severely mismanaged Australia’s economic recovery
- March 12, 2022: Morrison Government splashing working Australians’ cash on banning Union flags and logos
- March 9, 2022: Morrison breaks record for workers with multiple jobs
- March 8, 2022: Another IWD waiting for action from Morrison
- March 3, 2022: Agreement terminations used to cut wages
- March 2, 2022: GDP and profits up but wages go backwards
- March 1, 2022: Morrison missing for working women
- February 24, 2022: Survey shows a third of disability workers planning to leave the sector
- February 23, 2022: Workers cop worst real terms pay cut in 20 years under Morrison “recovery”
- February 21, 2022: PM targets frontline workers in blame shifting scare campaign
- February 18, 2022: TWU wins landmark couriers decision including gig workers
- February 17, 2022: Data shows toll of “let it rip” policies on workers
- February 16, 2022: Government looks on as 14,500 employers steal super
- February 15, 2022: Disability workers, advocates and employers call on Morrison Government to provide sector with critical support
- February 15, 2022: Joint statement on Disability Sector Support – COVID-19
- February 14, 2022: 150,000+ sign petition demanding free and accessible RATs
- February 11, 2022: $59 million in super saved by abolishing contribution restrictions
- February 11, 2022: Majority of workplaces not closing gender pay gap
- February 10, 2022: Senate must amend or reject Religious Discrimination Bill
- February 9, 2022: Morrison ignores industries in crisis, tries to rush through dangerous Religious Discrimination Bill
- February 9, 2022: Morrison must keep commitment to women on $450 super threshold
- February 8, 2022: Aged care nurses rally in Canberra for immediate action for industry in crisis
- February 7, 2022: RATs must be free and accessible
- February 4, 2022: World Cancer Day: Thousands of Australian workers die from occupational cancer every year
- January 21, 2022: Manufacturers and unions urge the Government to ensure Australia’s domestic rapid antigen testing manufacturing capacity
- January 20, 2022: Patrick moves to cut dock wages in half
- January 20, 2022: Qantas applies to terminate flight attendants’ agreement
- January 19, 2022: Staff shortage emergency: providers and unions call for ADF support and COVID-19 wage payment
- January 19, 2022: Prime Minister continues to duck responsibility for providing RATs, instead attempts to slash WHS protections
- January 18, 2022: Union wins Teys Naracoorte backdown on workers being required to work while COVID positive
- January 17, 2022: Unions to demand new Covid safe plans from all employers, free RATs for community and will take action to ban unsafe work
- January 16, 2022: Emergency meeting of unions to consider action to keep workers safe
- January 15, 2022: Woolworths continues to turn a blind eye as workers forced to work while infected with Covid
- January 13, 2022: National Cabinet must make Rapid Antigen Tests free, reject moves to water down workers’ safety
- January 13, 2022: Unions condemn failure to provide Rapid Antigen Tests and call emergency meeting of all unions
- January 12, 2022: Supplier of meat products to major supermarket chain Woolworths forces workers to work while infectious with Covid virus
- January 11, 2022: Unions call for emergency meeting with Prime Minister over Omicron crisis, lay out list of urgent actions needed for workers
- January 9, 2022: Abandoned workers across the country forced to take leave with no pay.
- January 9, 2022: Scott Morrison abandons workers, holds secret meeting with Employers to wind back isolation requirements in transport sector
- January 5, 2022: STATEMENT FROM ACTU ACTING SECRETARY LIAM O’BRIEN PRIME MINISTER’S ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY ON RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS
- January 5, 2022: Morrison refuses to listen to public health experts, doctors, unions and businesses to make RATs free
- January 4, 2022: ACCC announcement a damning indictment of Scott Morrison’s failure of leadership on Rapid Antigen Tests
- December 30, 2021: Morrison dodges pandemic responsibility once again
- December 23, 2021: Scott Morrison abandons working Australians with callous indifference on Rapid Antigen Testing
- December 18, 2021: Statement from ACTU Acting Secretary Liam O’Brien: Appointments to the Fair Work Commission
- December 17, 2021: ACTU condemns baseless attack on workers’ retirement savings
- December 17, 2021: Morrison does nothing to stop job rorts
- December 16, 2021: Scott Morrison delivers workers a pay cut for Christmas
- December 10, 2021: Paid leave for parents critical to getting kids a first dose before school returns
- December 7, 2021: Half of women experience sexual harassment while Morrison refuses to act
- December 7, 2021: Senate inquiry exposes damning reality of insecure work
- December 5, 2021: Labor’s Made in Australia Skills Plan would fuel pandemic recovery & reinvest in Australian jobs
- December 3, 2021: Labor’s 2030 target provides important certainty
- December 2, 2021: Another year gone, still no federal anti-corruption commission
- December 2, 2021: Morrison delays action for women again
- December 1, 2021: Government should be seeking unity, not stoking division
- December 1, 2021: GDP shows cost of vaccine strollout
- November 30, 2021: Morrison must address sexual harassment, violence in Parliament and in all workplaces
- November 29, 2021: Support for workers critical to keeping reopening workplaces safe
- November 25, 2021: Morrison’s Religious Discrimination Bill to enable workplace discrimination
- November 24, 2021: ACTU calls on Government to strengthen WGEA
- November 23, 2021: We have a pay rise & secure job shortage, not a labour shortage
- November 23, 2021: Work health and safety is getting worse under Morrison.
- November 22, 2021: FedEx locks out essential workers
- November 22, 2021: Morrison reopens visa schemes, bowing to big business
- November 22, 2021: Labor shows action is possible to fight insecure work
- November 18, 2021: Christmas job projections hollow for increasingly insecure workforce
- November 18, 2021: Vale Geoff Giudice
- November 17, 2021: Recovery failing to deliver for workers
- November 12, 2021: Littleproud puts employers in charge of policing Ag Visa exploitation
- November 12, 2021: Morrison forced to back down on ideological attack on industry superannuation
- November 11, 2021: ACTU President calls on Morrison Government to implement all 55 recommendations of Respect@Work report at National forum on Workplace Sexual Harassment
- November 10, 2021: Agricultural visa program will allow employers to treat workers like property
- November 9, 2021: New Agriculture Visa would strip safeguards present in routinely exploited Pacific Labour Mobility program
- November 4, 2021: Profits defy pandemic recession while workers continue to battle stagnant wages and rising insecurity
- October 29, 2021: Up to 700,000 workers to have disaster payments cut today
- October 28, 2021: $5 billion in superannuation stolen from workers
- October 28, 2021: Workplace deaths increase two years in a row, report shows
- October 27, 2021: Removal of $450 threshold a huge win for working people
- October 25, 2021: Morrison Government attempts to shift responsibility for Respect@Work to private sector, states and territories
- October 22, 2021: New data shows Central Queensland leads the country in insecure jobs
- October 21, 2021: New data reinforces urgent need to make workplaces safer for women
- October 21, 2021: Australians working multiple jobs at highest level on record
- October 20, 2021: Morrison Government passes trade agreement with military dictatorship
- October 15, 2021: AiGroup demands future government guts workers’ rights
- October 14, 2021: 2.5 million effectively out of work or looking for hours
- October 14, 2021: QUBE ignores Premier’s call to return to negotiations
- October 14, 2021: We must not leave workers behind on dust disease prevention
- October 14, 2021: Clean exports could deliver 395,000 new jobs
- October 13, 2021: QUBE walks away from Port of Fremantle talks
- October 13, 2021: Insecure work is a massive work health and safety risk
- October 11, 2021: ACTU launches demands for COVID-safe workplaces
- October 7, 2021: Morrison Government continues to cut disaster payments as one in four hospitality and accommodation pre-pandemic jobs lost
- October 6, 2021: Threats to mental health and workplace violence among OHS risks faced by frontline workers
- September 30, 2021: Morrison refuses to support workers while job vacancies drop 10 per cent and effective unemployment hits 9.7 per cent
- September 29, 2021: Morrison cuts worker support payments early, again
- September 28, 2021: New visa program a green light for worker exploitation
- September 23, 2021: Cairns workers lower paid and more insecure than most Australians
- September 23, 2021: Casual workers bearing brunt of pandemic with millions of hours of work lost and 174,000 losing work
- September 20, 2021: ACTU Condemns Attack on Union Office
- September 16, 2021: Australians have lost 66 million hours of work in the month of August
- September 15, 2021: Morrison Government must not recognise Myanmar military dictatorship at UN General Assembly
- September 14, 2021: COVID-19 vaccines: community groups urge Trade Minister to deliver on waiving monopolies at WTO
- September 13, 2021: Casual workers lose rights as Morrison Government’s changes hit Awards
- September 7, 2021: Morrison continues to choose talk over actions
- September 7, 2021: ACTU launches national vaccination campaign
- September 6, 2021: Not one voice representing working women at Summit.
- September 2, 2021: Morrison Government sets stage for Women’s Safety Summit by gutting Respect@Work Report
- September 1, 2021: GDP bump hides grim reality
- September 1, 2021: Morrison Government blocks stronger workplace harassment laws
- September 1, 2021: Vale John Coombs
- August 31, 2021: ACTU calls to renegotiate huge RCEP trade deal
- August 31, 2021: Industry super continues to outperform for-profit retail funds
- August 31, 2021: Morrison Government fails to act to make workplaces safe from sexual harassment.
- August 31, 2021: Equal Pay Day highlights the yawning gap between women and men’s wages.
- August 30, 2021: Vale Senator Alex Gallacher
- August 27, 2021: 7,000 Toll workers forced to strike against dangerous Uberisation of industry
- August 26, 2021: Morrison must dismiss call to raid workers’ super again
- August 26, 2021: Hospitality and retail lead job losses as workers continue to suffer without JobKeeper
- August 24, 2021: Voters in key marginal seats say Morrison Government hasn’t done enough on Respect@Work
- August 19, 2021: Australians lost 3 million hours of work over the month of July
- August 18, 2021: Workers’ wages are going backwards
- August 17, 2021: ACTU condemns ACCC for abuse of power
- August 16, 2021: Paid vaccine leave essential for all workers
- August 13, 2021: Joint statement from the BCA and ACTU on Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
- August 9, 2021: Morrison must act as new report shows window for limiting warming to 1.5 degrees almost closed
- August 6, 2021: Vale Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President and global union leader
- August 6, 2021: Fair Work Commission shoots down McCain’s shabby treatment of Tasmanian workers
- August 6, 2021: Morrison ignores critical Respect@Work reforms
- August 4, 2021: Rossato decision means Scott Morrison has nowhere left to hide and must act on insecure work
- August 3, 2021: Thousands of workers left in the lurch as Morrison refuses to clarify which aviation workers will receive support
- July 31, 2021: ACTU throws support behind locked out Tasmanian McCain food workers
- July 30, 2021: Centrelink workers are bearing the brunt of administering new, complicated disaster payments
- July 30, 2021: TWU members win outsourcing case against Qantas
- July 29, 2021: Tug operator Svitzer rips up secure port jobs
- July 28, 2021: Morrison Government finally increases support payment, but fails to protect jobs with JobKeeper
- July 28, 2021: RCEP agreement will legitimise the military dictatorship in Myanmar and fails to provide benefit to Australian workers.
- July 27, 2021: Statement on election of ACTU officials at Congress 2021
- July 23, 2021: CFMMEU wins against the ABCC in the High Court
- July 22, 2021: Australia should seize offshore wind opportunity
- July 21, 2021: Employers want all the control of JobKeeper, with none of the security for workers
- July 19, 2021: Unions call on Minister Hunt to urgently act on silicosis
- July 19, 2021: Morrison must adopt all Respect@Work recommendations
- July 15, 2021: FWC calls unions, employers, NSW and Federal Governments to conference to discuss safeguards for workers in lockdown
- July 15, 2021: ACTU calls on Fair Work Commission to Protect Jobs during lockdowns
- July 13, 2021: Morrison Government abandons JobKeeper, cuts support for workers
- July 13, 2021: Statement on retirement of Ian Silk
- July 12, 2021: Morrison must provide JobKeeper 2.0 as Sydney workers face another week without pay
- July 8, 2021: Morrison tinkers with tiny lockdown payments, continues to shift blame
- July 7, 2021: ABS figures on potential workers finds additional 250,000 unemployed
- July 7, 2021: Stop blaming aged care workers for government failures on vaccines – Providers and unions unite
- July 6, 2021: Morrison Government must not move on from failed aged care rollout
- July 5, 2021: Morrison must support two thirds of aged care workers still trying to get vaccinated
- July 1, 2021: Superannuation Guarantee increase a step towards secure retirement
- June 30, 2021: Half of all Australians in lockdown with no support, Morrison Government must start Jobkeeper 2
- June 29, 2021: Sally McManus. Inequality speech to TJ Ryan Foundation, Brisbane
- June 28, 2021: Morrison pushes mandatory vaccines to distract from failed vaccine rollout
- June 28, 2021: Unions tell Morrison Government to “just get the job done” and mobilise to vaccinate aged care workers
- June 25, 2021: Unions call for paid domestic violence leave as domestic sexual assault surges.
- June 25, 2021: Sydney lockdown and poor vaccine rollout renew calls for JobKeeper 2.0
- June 24, 2021: Government’s Respect@Work reforms fall short
- June 17, 2021: Morrison continues attacks on retirement savings
- June 16, 2021: ACTU calls for transparency on UK-Australia Free Trade Deal
- June 16, 2021: 2.5% increase for minimum wage and award workers, but increases for hard-hit sectors delayed
- June 12, 2021: ACTU/TUC joint statement on proposed UK/Aus FTA
- June 11, 2021: Federal Government must provide four days paid vaccination leave for aged and disability care
- June 8, 2021: Business groups seek to exploit lockdown to block min wage increase
- June 7, 2021: ACTU calls on Government to save lives and support a waiver on vaccine patents
- June 7, 2021: Government must act on incurable silicosis that affects 1 in 5 engineered stone workers
- June 3, 2021: Federal payment too little, too late, and will not ensure connection to jobs
- June 3, 2021: Morrison Government inches closer to yet another ideological attack on super
- June 2, 2021: No economic recovery for workers without wage rise
- June 2, 2021: Morrison walks away from aged care and disability staff
- June 2, 2021: ABC survey finds majority of Australians feel effects of insecure work as society becomes more unequal
- June 1, 2021: Colbeck “comfortable” with failed vaccine rollout
- May 30, 2021: Casuals face critical week with no support from Morrison Government
- May 28, 2021: Workers rally outside Harvey Norman stores across the country to support minimum wage increase
- May 27, 2021: Divide between state and federal aged care shows Morrison’s failure on vaccine
- May 27, 2021: Victoria faces first lockdown without JobKeeper
- May 26, 2021: New report finds Morrison siding with business against workers and recovery on wages
- May 21, 2021: WHS ministers vote for huge step forward on mental health, sexual harassment, but miss opportunity on industrial manslaughter
- May 20, 2021: More than one million Australians desperate for more hours and reliable incomes
- May 18, 2021: TWU wins landmark unfair dismissal case against Deliveroo
- May 13, 2021: Mental health funding means little with no action on prevention
- May 11, 2021: Morrison Government chooses more insecure work, lower wages
- May 7, 2021: ACTU calls for national plan to halve number of insecure jobs by 2030, address record level of multiple jobs
- May 6, 2021: Morrison Government continues to oppose vaccine IP waiver despite US, NZ support
- May 4, 2021: ACTU, mental health groups and academics call on Cash to back reforms to protect mental health at work
- April 29, 2021: ACTU writes to Hunt calling for action on failed vaccine rollout for aged care, disability support workers
- April 28, 2021: Workers Memorial Day marks more than 2 years waiting for action on Boland Review, with almost 400 dead
- April 27, 2021: ACTU warns 2021 Budget will be judged against wages crisis, insecure work and women’s participation
- April 26, 2021: Your Future Your Super bill still fatally flawed despite attempt to rectify
- April 23, 2021: Morrison walks away from workplace vaccinations for aged care, disability support workers
- April 23, 2021: Unions reject big business calls for delay to minimum wage increase
- April 22, 2021: ACTU seeks clarity on vaccine plan for aged care, disability support workers
- April 19, 2021: Vaccine rollout changes must not leave workers behind
- April 15, 2021: Statement in support of Amazon workers, Bessemer Alabama
- April 15, 2021: Morrison must publicly commit to election promise of the superannuation guarantee rising to 12 per cent
- April 15, 2021: Recovery must be shared through wage increases
- April 15, 2021: Fair Work Commission to consider need for paid family and domestic violence leave
- April 14, 2021: ACTU calls on FWC to reconsider 10 days paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave
- April 13, 2021: Morrison must admit failure on vaccine rollout, seek help from states
- April 13, 2021: ACTU condemns the Morrison Government for pressing ahead with new trade agreement with military regime in Myanmar
- April 12, 2021: Unions welcome Menulog decision to change their business model to give employees rights
- April 12, 2021: Gender equality advocates join unions to condemn Morrison Government’s response to sexual harassment
- April 8, 2021: Changes to workplace laws recommended by Respect@Work report ignored by Government
- April 1, 2021: Morrison Government to cast deciding vote on workplace health and safety changes
- April 1, 2021: Cuts to JobSeeker must be reversed
- March 31, 2021: Failed vaccine rollout leaves frontline workers exposed
- March 28, 2021: 1.1 million face uncertain future without JobKeeper
- March 25, 2021: Minimum wage increase essential to economic recovery
- March 24, 2021: Parliament house workers demand change
- March 24, 2021: Morrison Government skilled migration plan will undermine jobs and wages and worsen exploitation
- March 22, 2021: Government must commence Royal Commission into veteran suicides
- March 18, 2021: Morrison green lights wage theft
- March 18, 2021: Forced to gut IR Bill, Morrison attacks casuals, green lights wage theft
- March 17, 2021: One Nation reported to be considering deal with Morrison to slash workers’ rights
- March 16, 2021: Morrison forces women to raid super to escape violence
- March 15, 2021: Polling shows workers will punish votes for IR bill
- March 11, 2021: JobKeeper replacement for aviation industry will not protect jobs
- March 10, 2021: ACTU calls on the Australian Government to support developing countries’ access to vital COVID-19 vaccines
- March 8, 2021: International Women’s Day 2021 a reality check on progress.
- March 3, 2021: ACTU stands with NT gas plant workers fighting for fair pay
- March 3, 2021: GDP increases, but 2 million under or unemployed and 1.3 million still reliant on JobKeeper
- March 1, 2021: Small business and unions join together for Award improvements to help recovery
- March 1, 2021: Aged Care Royal Commission report released, makes 148 recommendations to improve sector
- February 26, 2021: Proposed rorting of superannuation will reduce housing affordability and decimate retirement savings
- February 24, 2021: Record low wage growth threatens economic recovery
- February 23, 2021: Pay cuts inch closer as IR Omnibus Bill passes lower house
- February 22, 2021: FSU members secure staff jobs security and conditions following acquisition of ME Bank by Bank of Queensland
- February 22, 2021: JobMaker creates incentive for employers to sack full-time workers and replace them with part-timers
- February 22, 2021: Vaccine does not replace the need to maintain other important workplace safety measures
- February 18, 2021: 2 million still unemployed or underemployed, with JobKeeper cut looming
- February 17, 2021: The Australian Union movement stands with faith organisations in rejecting dangerous elements of IR Omnibus Bill
- February 17, 2021: Morrison Government attacks workers’ retirement
- February 16, 2021: Prime Minister continues to ignore Human Rights Commission recommendations on sexual harassment
- February 16, 2021: Public health experts condemn Morrison’s Omnibus Bill
- February 15, 2021: JobKeeper must be extended as industries struggle to recover and areas deal with lockdowns
- February 15, 2021: Free Dr Sean Turnell
- February 10, 2021: 350 jobs at risk as Morrison refuses to provide certainty for manufacturing
- February 10, 2021: ACTU welcomes Labor’s comprehensive response to insecure work.
- February 9, 2021: $36 billion stripped from retirement savings revealed by APRA
- February 8, 2021: Workers to tell Senate Inquiry IR Bill will create insecurity, exploitation and wage cuts
- February 6, 2021: Australian workers will be worse off under IR Omnibus Bill
- February 1, 2021: Prime Minister calls time on crisis response with 2 million out of work or needing more
- January 29, 2021: Deskilling of aviation workers is dangerous for safety and economy
- January 21, 2021: ‘Recovery’ hollow for 2 million people still looking for more work
- December 8, 2020: New report shows majority of casuals do not receive loading and have regular hours
- December 8, 2020: IR changes will allow employers to cut pay and conditions
- December 4, 2020: ACTU briefs Super Trustees Forum on campaign against attacks on super
- December 3, 2020: Relatives of workers killed on the job speak in Canberra to push for nation-wide industrial manslaughter laws
- December 3, 2020: ACTU: Greenfield agreements will not be supported if workers lose rights
- December 1, 2020: Aged care funding papers over chronic problems
- November 30, 2020: Australian unions join a global day of action to stop trade union repression in the Philippines
- November 28, 2020: Renewable energy sector can create tens of thousands of secure jobs
- November 27, 2020: Court rejects Qantas workers bid for sick leave
- November 26, 2020: Employers must step up to close gender pay gap
- November 20, 2020: Government refuses to commit to super increase
- November 20, 2020: A retirement that never comes: COVID-19 workers will work until they drop if super rise delayed
- November 19, 2020: Unemployment continues to climb
- November 18, 2020: ACTU Indigenous Conference plans renewed campaign against CDP
- November 13, 2020: Secret RCEP trade deal to be signed without oversight
- November 12, 2020: Un-amended JobMaker scheme will only create insecure work
- November 11, 2020: ACTU calls for oversight to ensure tax payer funding delivers for women
- November 10, 2020: Morrison cuts JobSeeker to $51.21 per day
- November 9, 2020: Climate Change Bill presents opportunity for Morrison to catch up with the rest of the world
- November 2, 2020: JobMaker scheme will churn workers through short-term, insecure jobs
- October 27, 2020: JobMaker follows trend: poorly designed, unable to deliver
- October 15, 2020: Unemployment increases as Morrison pulls support
- October 12, 2020: 183 deaths at work in 2019, first increase in more than a decade
- October 6, 2020: Test of budget to come: will jobs be saved and secure jobs created?
- September 27, 2020: Government cuts support to 3.5 million
- September 25, 2020: Morrison rips support from workers in midst of crisis
- September 25, 2020: National Skills Commission must do better and deliver for workers
- September 24, 2020: Qantas workers win thousands in backpay after court backs JobKeeper claim
- September 24, 2020: Vale Peter Simpson
- September 24, 2020: Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus on the IR working groups
- September 22, 2020: Morrison provides a Technology Roadmap without a destination
- September 22, 2020: Australians face risk of another Abbott-designed, anti-worker trade deal
- September 21, 2020: Workers demand Action for Aged Care
- September 17, 2020: Government must stay the course on JobKeeper and JobSeeker
- September 4, 2020: Statement from ACTU President Michele O’Neil on Virgin Australia sale to Bain Capital
- September 2, 2020: Australia plunges into first recession in 30 years – but still no plan to support and create jobs
- August 28, 2020: Far-reaching climate change risks to Australia must be reduced and managed
- August 28, 2020: Equal pay day – Pandemic response must address the gender pay gap
- August 25, 2020: Statement from ACTU President Michele O’Neil on Qantas job cuts
- August 25, 2020: Morrison Government undermines workers’ rights to bargain
- August 21, 2020: ACTU provides plan for jobs in pre-budget submission
- August 17, 2020: Jane Hume “ambivalent” about complying with legislated super increase
- August 13, 2020: 7.5% per cent unemployed, more than a million out of work for the first time
- August 13, 2020: Federal Government must intervene to protect workers’ sick leave in a pandemic
- August 12, 2020: Wage growth slumps to historic low
- August 7, 2020: Expanded JobKeeper still excludes millions
- August 5, 2020: Statement from ACTU President Michele O’Neil on Virgin Australia
- August 5, 2020: Childcare package bails out employers, leaves workers in the cold
- August 3, 2020: Pandemic relief payment doesn’t go far enough
- August 3, 2020: ACTU – BCA Joint Letter: Pandemic Leave
- July 30, 2020: $42 billion ripped from retirement savings in ideological attack
- July 30, 2020: Young people need a plan for economic recovery that will deliver jobs
- July 28, 2020: Government must extend paid pandemic leave to cover all workers
- July 27, 2020: Government must disclose plan for super guarantee
- July 24, 2020: Morrison extends disastrous super withdrawal scheme
- July 23, 2020: Morrison must step up to save and create jobs, deliver pandemic leave
- July 23, 2020: Poll finds 80% support paid pandemic leave
- July 21, 2020: Union campaign delivers continued income support
- July 20, 2020: Unions launch plan for jobs led reconstruction
- July 16, 2020: 7.4 per cent unemployed, Morrison must extend JobKeeper and adopt jobs plan
- July 15, 2020: Super withdrawals scheme ensures retirement poverty will be Morrison’s legacy
- July 15, 2020: Report into gig economy reveals human cost of insecure work
- July 14, 2020: Return to $40 a day JobSeeker would crush recovery
- July 9, 2020: New pandemic protections for workers urgently needed
- July 8, 2020: Unlimited work visas not the way out of pandemic recession
- July 7, 2020: ACTU targets job plan ads in regional Australia
- July 3, 2020: Young people facing worst jobs market in 40 years
- July 2, 2020: Victoria begins tracking workplace diseases and suicides
- June 30, 2020: Young workers still suffering from lack of a jobs plan
- June 26, 2020: Statement from Michele O’Neil on successful Bain Capital bid for Virgin Australia
- June 25, 2020: ACTU calls for rapid decision on Virgin future
- June 25, 2020: Statement from Michele O’Neil on Qantas job losses
- June 24, 2020: Pandemic political profiteering robbing workers’ retirements
- June 24, 2020: Sally McManus message on workers’ rights to reach half a million homes
- June 23, 2020: ACTU President Michele O’Neil calls on COVID Senate Inquiry to support paid pandemic leave
- June 21, 2020: States leading the way on Pandemic Leave, Morrison must catch up
- June 19, 2020: Fair Work Commission confirms wage growth essential to recovery
- June 18, 2020: Unemployment nears 1 million
- June 16, 2020: Government needs to act urgently to ensure successful sale and secure future for Virgin
- June 16, 2020: Sally McManus tells CEDA workers need to lead recovery
- June 16, 2020: Support for unions at historic high: Essential poll
- June 9, 2020: Morrison Government’s early childhood education decision hits women the hardest
- June 5, 2020: ACTU slams Productivity Commission report into apprenticeships
- June 4, 2020: Global Social Protection Fund needed to provide basic services for all working people
- June 3, 2020: GDP contraction shows the need for a jobs plan
- June 2, 2020: Statement from ACTU President Michele O’Neil on Virgin bidders shortlist
- May 26, 2020: ACTU will focus on building a better, stronger and fairer Australia
- May 25, 2020: Statement from ACTU President Michele O’Neil on Virgin bidders meetings
- May 21, 2020: Poll shows less than 10% of workers have basic COVID protections at work
- May 20, 2020: Record drop in retail spending shows need for ACTU plan to rebuild domestic economy
- May 20, 2020: Court confirms permanent workers cannot be casuals
- May 15, 2020: Union movement welcomes Senate’s commitment to super
- May 14, 2020: Wage subsidy must be extended as unemployment hits 6.2%
- May 13, 2020: Wage growth slows to 2.1 per cent as pandemic continues to hit workers
- May 12, 2020: Australian Unions call for 2 million new secure jobs and halving of job insecurity to rebuild economy
- May 11, 2020: Vale Jack Mundey
- May 8, 2020: Government stuffs up early access to super and forced to freeze program
- May 6, 2020: Cedar meats shows why we need special laws to stop second wave Coronavirus spread
- May 5, 2020: Pandemic leave, WHS reforms needed before workers can return
- April 30, 2020: Unions united in demanding workers focus during Virgin administration
- April 23, 2020: Polling shows alarming gaps in social distancing, PPE and cleaning protocols in the workplace
- April 22, 2020: Research shows insecure work, age, gender divides in impact of virus
- April 21, 2020: Morrison Government must intervene immediately to support Virgin Australia jobs
- April 17, 2020: Government faces $800M bill if they sit back and watch Virgin die
- April 16, 2020: Business demanding 1 day “consultation” on agreement changes
- April 8, 2020: ACTU welcomes FWC improvement to the safety net
- April 8, 2020: Historic win for working people as $130 billion wage subsidy passes
- April 7, 2020: Statement from Sally McManus on JobKeeper wage subsidy
- April 3, 2020: ASIC reinforces ACTU’s calls to stop unsolicited financial advice for tenants
- March 30, 2020: Statement from Sally McManus on wage subsidy announcement
- March 29, 2020: Statement from Sally McManus on Government plans for wage subsidy
- March 27, 2020: Unions and business waiting for government action on jobs and wages
- March 25, 2020: To save jobs workers need an Australian Coronavirus wage subsidy of 80% now
- March 22, 2020: Economic package doesn’t go far enough
- March 21, 2020: Australian workers need comprehensive wage support now
- March 19, 2020: Statement from ACTU President Michele O’Neil on Qantas
- March 18, 2020: Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus in response to Christian Porter
- March 12, 2020: Catholic schools, Telstra, state governments show the way on responding to Covid-19
- March 12, 2020: Morrison abandons casual and contract workers
- March 11, 2020: ACTU calls for two weeks paid special leave for all workers
- March 10, 2020: Singapore Airlines proposed sick pay squeeze won’t fly with workers.
- March 5, 2020: Morrison must act on sexual harassment report recommendations
- March 5, 2020: Statement on coronavirus and proposed stimulus
- March 4, 2020: GDP was barely growing before fires or virus: ABS
- March 4, 2020: Scott Morrison stripping workers of sick leave as Australia faces Coronavirus
- March 1, 2020: Jetstar leverages broken system to force bad deal on workers
- February 28, 2020: Workers’ comp claims for harassment and bullying rise, women twice as likely to be affected as men
- February 24, 2020: In face of national crisis, Morrison pardons historical theft of super payments
- February 20, 2020: Unemployment jumps as Scott Morrison deserts working Australians
- February 19, 2020: Wage crisis continues, public sector wage growth lowest on record
- February 18, 2020: Government response to billions in systemic, calculated wage theft fails workers
- February 17, 2020: Aussie icon Holden dies after 160 years thanks to the Liberals
- February 12, 2020: Government Votes to Give Banks More Say Over Super and Shirks Superannuation Commitment
- February 11, 2020: Morrison threatens sick leave for shift workers & job security for permanent workers
- February 6, 2020: Superannuation freeze threatens comfortable retirement for Australian workers
- February 6, 2020: ACTU welcomes greater access to parental leave but more to be done
- February 3, 2020: Superannuation must increase to 15% and women need a better deal
- January 7, 2020: Statement on ongoing bushfire crisis
- December 19, 2019: Laws must adapt to keep workers safe in changing climate
- December 16, 2019: Morrison wrong on wage growth, again
- December 12, 2019: Companies not paying tax bleeding Australia
- December 10, 2019: ASX200 failing on workplace safety
- December 9, 2019: 94 organisations call for text of RCEP agreement to be released before signing
- December 9, 2019: PaTH still burning cash and young people, more than 2 years in
- December 9, 2019: APRA lets the heat off banks
- December 9, 2019: ACTU supports day of action against targeted killings in the Philippines
- December 5, 2019: Australian Climate Roundtable Renews Joint Policy Principles
- December 4, 2019: Economy remains stalled under Morrison
- December 4, 2019: Government ignores Senate decision on union-busting bill, re-introduces without changes
- December 3, 2019: Australia falling behind the rest of the world thanks to absent Morrison climate action plan
- November 28, 2019: Morrison’s Government attacks workers retirements; again
- November 28, 2019: Statement from Sally McManus – Never underestimate workers in Australia
- November 26, 2019: Union regulators conducted unlawful raids
- November 24, 2019: Vale David Smith
- November 22, 2019: Statement from ACTU President Michele O’Neil on release of government amendments to EI Bill
- November 22, 2019: ‘Award simplification’ would slash rights and pay
- November 21, 2019: Morrison’s IR agenda revealed: Cut pay and workers’ rights
- November 20, 2019: Westpac accused of systemic non-compliance with money laundering laws, will not be shut down
- November 19, 2019: CommInsure pleads guilty to 87 criminal charges, no threat of being shut down
- November 14, 2019: Unemployment, underemployment increase under Morrison
- November 13, 2019: Wages continue to fall under Morrison’s plan
- November 8, 2019: RBA downgrades economic growth, consumption continues to crash
- November 7, 2019: Continuing asbestos use in Indonesia is a public health time bomb
- November 4, 2019: As world’s biggest trade deal nears completion, no details known to voters
- October 31, 2019: Mental illness, fastest growing workplace hazard, costs hundreds of billions per year
- October 30, 2019: CPI remains low, crushed by low demand
- October 30, 2019: Workers need more power to end wage theft
- October 29, 2019: Business proposed bargaining changes would cost workers billions
- October 29, 2019: Union ad campaign calls on Centre Alliance to put workers first
- October 25, 2019: Economic growth slows to GFC levels, household consumption growth weakest in six years
- October 25, 2019: Government ignores inquiry evidence, while opposition mounts to union-busting bills
- October 24, 2019: Workers retirements must be protected
- October 24, 2019: Workers can’t wait for denialist government
- October 24, 2019: Government continues to lock workers out of vocational education
- October 22, 2019: Porter rushes in with new attack on workers’ rights
- October 21, 2019: Free trade agreements fail working people
- October 21, 2019: Report shows ABC wage theft from casuals of $22.9 million
- October 15, 2019: Link between union-bashing bill and public health campaigns
- October 11, 2019: Ensuring Integrity would mean raids on union offices were just the beginning
- October 9, 2019: JSCOT waves through secret trade agreements that would cost jobs
- October 9, 2019: ITUC-AP condemns ‘draconian, anti-democratic’ EI Bill
- October 8, 2019: Voters concerned about protections for local workers and sovereignty under new Free Trade Agreements
- October 1, 2019: Rate cut shows economy remains stalled under Morrison
- October 1, 2019: Regional jobs inquiry must focus on future of regional communities
- October 1, 2019: Health and safety reps crucial as mental injuries at work become fastest growing injury
- September 30, 2019: Morrison’s Retirement Income System Review panel a step away from adequate super
- September 26, 2019: Cash forgets workers involved in VET
- September 24, 2019: Sunglass Hut pays $50,000 for shady $2.3 million rip-off
- September 24, 2019: Porter’s big stick for sacked workers undermines unfair dismissal protection
- September 24, 2019: Statement by ACTU President Michele O’Neil to the Senate Inquiry on Ensuring Integrity
- September 19, 2019: Unemployment increases to 5.3% driven by sluggish domestic demand
- September 19, 2019: Millions of Workers at Risk in Morrison’s Renewed Attack on Super
- September 19, 2019: Porter failing to address wage theft crisis
- September 18, 2019: Super amnesty whitewashes decades of corporate theft
- September 17, 2019: Working people denied fair pay rises and bonuses while CEO’s reaping record pay
- September 17, 2019: Vale Joe Isaac, AO
- September 12, 2019: Two workers dead in 24 hours, no action from Morrison
- September 12, 2019: Union movement united in opposition to internationally unprecedented Ensuring Integrity bill
- September 4, 2019: GDP falls to lowest point since 2009
- September 4, 2019: ACTU calls for Porter to side with working people over big business to get economy moving
- September 3, 2019: Retail trade falls as wage crisis persists under Morrison
- September 2, 2019: Australian Unions show solidarity for Hong Kong general strikes
- August 31, 2019: Timor Leste presents Medal of the Order of Timor-Leste to Australian Union movement
- August 30, 2019: Morrison must intervene, return Priya, Nades and children home to Biloela
- August 29, 2019: Legal community speaks out against ‘unprecedented’ EI bill
- August 28, 2019: PM must stand up for women and guarantee super increase
- August 28, 2019: ACTU calls for Morrison to pause Hong Kong trade deal
- August 28, 2019: Work laws must address equal pay
- August 21, 2019: Business lobby urges Porter to take away rights
- August 21, 2019: Morrison slammed for backing failed bid to cut sick leave
- August 19, 2019: Cash throws another $10 million at failed scheme
- August 15, 2019: No progress on gender pay gap
- August 12, 2019: Big business calls for workers to be worse off
- August 12, 2019: Four in five working people injured or ill due to work: Survey
- August 9, 2019: RBA blows whistle on Government’s wage suppression
- August 8, 2019: Morrison and big business could fix skills shortage
- August 6, 2019: Carnell review attacks workers’ rights
- August 1, 2019: 2.1 million people working multiple jobs
- August 1, 2019: Union members earn more in era of low wage growth
- July 31, 2019: CPI stalled as wage growth crisis continues
- July 30, 2019: Lost decade: Disposable income lower in 2017 than in 2009
- July 23, 2019: Cormann commits to super guarantee increase timetable
- July 23, 2019: Calombaris gone after #MasterTheft outrage
- July 18, 2019: Auto-rollover super will win returns for workers
- July 18, 2019: Calombaris gets $200,000 fine for $7.8m theft
- July 18, 2019: PM’s union-bashing bill breaks international law: International think tank
- July 16, 2019: Working people not to blame for no pay increases, inadequate workers’ rights are
- July 15, 2019: CEDA report misses the mark on temporary visa workers
- July 12, 2019: Statement: Working people condemn arrest in Indonesia
- July 12, 2019: Inequality continues to rise as wealthy households seize more wealth
- July 10, 2019: Government action could deliver wage and super increases
- July 10, 2019: Wage crisis drives consumer confidence to two-year low
- July 5, 2019: Unfair Morrison tax plan will cost all of us
- July 5, 2019: Check your pay
- July 2, 2019: More rate cuts won’t fix pay crisis
- July 1, 2019: Penalty rates cut again as politicians enjoy pay rise
- July 1, 2019: The RCEP deal a raw deal for working Australians
- June 30, 2019: Super changes must put working people first
- June 26, 2019: South Korea arrests trade union leader
- June 25, 2019: ACTU calls on PM to kick-start wage growth
- June 24, 2019: Morrison’s secret agenda: an unprecedented attack on workers’ rights
- June 24, 2019: Unions mount legal challenge to Qantas bonus threat
- June 22, 2019: Historic global Convention to eliminate violence and harassment at work passed
- June 21, 2019: Porter steps up attacks on working people and their unions
- June 20, 2019: RBA Governor concerned about underemployment and low wage growth, warns cutting rates won’t be enough
- June 19, 2019: Equal pay fight continues fifty years after landmark case
- June 18, 2019: RBA raises concerns about high levels of underemployment
- June 13, 2019: Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus on John Setka
- June 12, 2019: Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus
- June 10, 2019: Sharan Burrow receives Companion of The Order of Australia
- June 9, 2019: Statement on John Setka
- June 7, 2019: Politicians pay rises almost double WPI for the last decade
- June 5, 2019: Morrison’s wage crisis slows GDP
- June 5, 2019: Second AFP raid in two days on media a disturbing threat to press freedom
- June 4, 2019: Further Telstra cuts a betrayal of working people and customers
- June 2, 2019: Statement from ACTU Secretary Assistant Secretary Liam O’Brien on shadow cabinet
- May 30, 2019: Win for workers but long road left to Living Wage
- May 19, 2019: Morrison has no mandate for regressive IR agenda
- May 16, 2019: Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus and President Michele O’Neil on the passing of Bob Hawke
- May 16, 2019: A cap on fixed term contracts welcomed
- May 15, 2019: ACTU welcomes ALP action on wage theft
- May 14, 2019: Delivery riders need real rights at work
- May 13, 2019: Michele O’Neil first ACTU President since Hawke to address minimum wage case
- May 12, 2019: Women most likely to be working multiple jobs: RBA
- May 10, 2019: ACTU welcomes closure of corporate tax loopholes
- May 10, 2019: ACTU welcomes ALP plan for federal public service
- May 7, 2019: Morrison minister colluded with labour hire firm on casuals: FOI
- May 7, 2019: Morrison’s failed policies stall economy
- May 3, 2019: Australian workers have $6b in super stolen
- May 1, 2019: Morrison Government no plan on insecure work, pay
- May 1, 2019: 63% of university jobs in Victoria are insecure
- May 1, 2019: Fiji arrests trade union leaders
- April 29, 2019: 98% of rental properties out of reach of minimum wage workers: Report
- April 29, 2019: Looking after children is ‘communist’ claims Tehan
- April 28, 2019: ALP to lift pay of early childhood educators and slash the cost of childcare for low- and middle-income households
- April 26, 2019: TV campaign features working people struggling in broken system
- April 26, 2019: Morrison puts back a pathetic 2% of axed skills funding
- April 26, 2019: ACTU welcomes ALP doubling family and domestic violence funding
- April 26, 2019: Labor acts to strengthen laws on workplace fatalities
- April 24, 2019: ALP backs workers, Morrison attacks conditions
- April 23, 2019: ALP backs local workers, reduces exploitation
- April 18, 2019: Morrison leaves 1.7 million out of work or underemployed
- April 18, 2019: Multiple job holders earn less
- April 17, 2019: Change the Rules election campaign kicks off in Reid
- April 17, 2019: Morrison’s backers call for end to workers’ rights
- April 12, 2019: Change the Government, Change the Rules nationwide door knock
- April 11, 2019: Working people ready to Change the Government and Change the Rules
- April 10, 2019: Change the Government, Change the rules nationwide protests
- April 5, 2019: McManus slams Morrison for Huggies comments
- April 5, 2019: An economic plan for a fairer Australia
- April 4, 2019: Change the Rules NSW election campaign kicks off in Banks
- April 2, 2019: Morrison budget fails test on wages, fairness
- April 2, 2019: New ad campaign highlights Morrison’s massive education cuts
- April 2, 2019: ‘Mathematically impossible’ for tax cuts to replace real wage growth
- March 31, 2019: Agreement data shows bargaining, wages broken under Morrison
- March 31, 2019: National ad campaign targets Morrison on penalty rates
- March 29, 2019: Budget is Governments last chance to own, and fix, wage stagnation
- March 28, 2019: Working people win at Chemist’s Warehouse
- March 27, 2019: Change the Rules election campaign kicks off in Herbert
- March 26, 2019: Labor to re-instate living wage
- March 21, 2019: Change the Rules election campaign kicks off in Boothby
- March 13, 2019: More scrutiny needed on Self-Managed Funds
- March 12, 2019: Telstra workers demand better pay and conditions
- March 8, 2019: Working women need urgent change
- March 7, 2019: Fels report falls short on worker protections
- March 6, 2019: Skilled visa system robbing local jobs and driving down wages and conditions
- March 6, 2019: No wage growth slows spending, GDP growth
- March 6, 2019: Nobody should work full-time and live in poverty
- March 5, 2019: Living standards in decline for first time in decades
- February 28, 2019: Over 100 organisations make joint call for urgent action to end sexual harassment at work.
- February 27, 2019: Building industry secret police abuse powers
- February 27, 2019: Majority back Industrial Manslaughter legislation, bigger union role in workplace safety
- February 25, 2019: Review calls for Industrial Manslaughter laws in all states
- February 21, 2019: Sally McManus meets local workers in Gladstone in campaign for pay rises and job security
- February 20, 2019: Real wage growth remains near record low at 0.5%
- February 13, 2019: Morrison Government bill a backdoor to casualisation
- February 12, 2019: Union movement celebrates Hakeem’s release
- February 7, 2019: CDP an abject failure: PM’s report
- February 6, 2019: Australia needs a pay rise: Reserve Bank head
- February 5, 2019: Letter shows Morrison and banks worked together
- February 4, 2019: No vindication for bank victims and staff in Hayne report
- January 31, 2019: Thales EBA signals huge step forward for Family and Domestic Violence Leave
- January 30, 2019: Real wage growth stalled at record low
- January 25, 2019: Federal court rejects Aerocare split-shift schedule
- January 24, 2019: Scullion shifts deck chairs on CDP
- January 22, 2019: 40,000+ more casual jobs, but no pay rises under Coalition
- January 21, 2019: Number of Australian billionaires up 30% – wages flat
- January 20, 2019: Inquiry needed into Aussie role in Hakeem’s jailing
- January 18, 2019: Consumers paying the price for power privatisation
- January 17, 2019: Huge win for Wollongong Coal workers
- January 10, 2019: ABC admits to systemic wage theft
- January 7, 2019: ACTU condemns neo-nazi rally
- December 20, 2018: Government’s heartless timing on Industrial Manslaughter response
- December 18, 2018: ALP platform sets path to fairness at work
- December 17, 2018: MYEFO revises wage growth forecasts down
- December 16, 2018: Super announcement will help recover stolen savings
- December 13, 2018: Morrison finally caves on federal ICAC
- December 13, 2018: $2 billion lost thanks to 722 companies paying no tax
- December 13, 2018: Enterprise agreement decline shows need to change the rules on bargaining
- December 12, 2018: ACTU welcomes ALP action on insecure work and wages
- December 11, 2018: Two in three women sexually harassed at work
- December 10, 2018: Liam O’Brien elected ACTU Assistant Secretary
- December 9, 2018: Australian government must intervene to protect Hakeem al-Araibi
- December 6, 2018: New bill will do nothing to end theft of Superannuation
- December 6, 2018: Sharan Burrow re-elected General Secretary of ITUC
- December 4, 2018: Coalition splits over insecure work crisis
- December 4, 2018: Unpaid leave will not help people escape abuse
- December 3, 2018: 643,900 young people unemployed or underemployed: new report
- November 29, 2018: Bill too weak to eradicate modern slavery
- November 27, 2018: Workers holding multiple jobs being paid less: ABS
- November 27, 2018: Commonwealth Bank sponsorship of Australian of the Year completely inappropriate
- November 25, 2018: Unions to mark 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
- November 22, 2018: Plan for energy transition welcomed
- November 22, 2018: ACTU farewells Michael Borowick
- November 20, 2018: Workers in Canberra hit the streets calling for a fair go
- November 20, 2018: Super plan no substitute for paid family domestic violence leave
- November 19, 2018: Casuals robbed nationwide by broken work laws
- November 16, 2018: Win for working people in landmark Foodora case
- November 14, 2018: More than 1 in 2 women harassed at work: Survey
- November 14, 2018: Morrison wants to let super thieves off the hook
- November 14, 2018: Nobel Prize-winner endorses sector bargaining
- November 13, 2018: Australia still has a long way to go on pay equity
- November 12, 2018: ACTU supports changes to toughen Modern Slavery Bill
- November 8, 2018: FWO report barely scratches the surface of wage theft
- November 7, 2018: Wage growth continues to struggle against cost of living
- November 2, 2018: Morrison announces wasteful and ineffective apprentice scheme
- October 29, 2018: From laneway cafes to temporary workers, wage theft is Australia’s shameful business model
- October 22, 2018: Stolen super continues to rise
- October 22, 2018: Nationwide rallies calling for a fair go for workers
- October 17, 2018: Change the Rules for fair pay in anti-poverty week
- September 28, 2018: Win for retail workers on penalty rates
- September 26, 2018: Morrison’s pay raise gaffe exposes trickle-down fallacy
- September 26, 2018: FWC ruling a step forward for people juggling family, work and care
- September 25, 2018: Business “permanent casual” proposal could destroy permanent work
- September 20, 2018: ACTU helping people share their stories for sexual harassment inquiry
- September 19, 2018: Insecure work in healthcare and social assistance hurting workers, patients, residents
- September 19, 2018: Melbourne Institute finds ‘Enterprise bargaining is not delivering’
- September 18, 2018: Australia needs a pay rise – there’s no way around it
- September 17, 2018: Ratios, reversal of funding cuts key to aged care fix
- September 17, 2018: Immediate $75 increase for Newstart recipients needed
- September 14, 2018: Victory after a 10-year battle against broken rules for pathology workers in Victoria
- September 14, 2018: The Morrison Government presides over long-term unemployment and insecure jobs.
- September 12, 2018: Rules for working women failing to end workplace sexual harassment
- September 12, 2018: No money, no time – O’Dwyer’s unpaid five days Family and Domestic Violence Leave falls short
- September 10, 2018: We must change the rules so work is fair for women
- August 31, 2018: Fix bargaining for better pay: IMF
- August 31, 2018: ‘Australia needs a pay rise’: Change the Rules volunteers reach out to thousands in door knock campaign
- August 31, 2018: Equal pay day a reminder of the persistent gender pay gap
- August 29, 2018: Productivity Commission highlights growing inequality
- August 27, 2018: Sally McManus visits 1600 workers fighting to protect their job security
- August 27, 2018: QANTAS workers united in opposition to latest ‘bonus’ offer
- August 23, 2018: Government’s weak response to asbestos recommendations
- August 22, 2018: TPP legislation must be stopped
- August 18, 2018: Vale Laurie Carmichael
- August 16, 2018: Court decision shows need for proper definition of casual work
- August 13, 2018: Casual conversion extended to hundreds of thousands
- August 8, 2018: FNWA joins AEUNT for tour of Arnhem Land communities and schools
- August 2, 2018: Australia must catch up to New Zealand on paid FDV leave
- July 31, 2018: Australia hasn’t had a pay rise since 2009: HILDA Survey
- July 25, 2018: Nearly thirty thousand working full-time but homeless
- July 18, 2018: ACTU commits to action on national Industrial Manslaughter Laws, OHS regulatory regime, eradication of asbestos
- July 17, 2018: Historic MoU signals new era of cooperation to create good secure jobs
- July 10, 2018: AIG refuses to acknowledge crisis of insecure work
- July 9, 2018: Check your pay if you’re working under an award
- July 1, 2018: Turnbull’s second round of unfair penalty rates cuts hits workers
- June 28, 2018: Modern Slavery Act falls way short in current form
- June 21, 2018: Sexual harassment inquiry to shed light on broken workplace rules
- June 20, 2018: Telstra job cuts a betrayal of working people and customers
- June 13, 2018: Unions pursue penalty rates push
- June 9, 2018: Organisation for CDP workers stronger than ever one year in
- June 7, 2018: Women lead the charge to change the rules
- June 1, 2018: Minimum wage increase another hard-won step towards fairness
- May 23, 2018: Jobs You Can Count On – a secure work future for Australia
- May 21, 2018: Australia leading the world in creating insecure work
- May 18, 2018: CORRECTION OF MEDIA RELEASE RE: GIG SUPER PTY LTD
- May 18, 2018: ‘Super is for everyone’: ACTU backs call for super changes
- May 11, 2018: Racist work-for-the-dole scheme survives another budget
- May 11, 2018: Modern Slavery proposal will do little to stop exploitation
- May 8, 2018: Tens of thousands to fill Melbourne CBD as part of Change the Rules events
- May 3, 2018: Five-point plan to address unemployment and end exploitation of temporary visa workers
- May 2, 2018: Racist remote welfare program failing on every measure: new report
- May 1, 2018: Change the rules rally: Working people in Canberra march for better pay and secure work
- April 29, 2018: ACTU leader to visit Island State for May Day
- April 27, 2018: ACTU plan to restore authority of workplace umpire
- April 27, 2018: Sally McManus, Secretary ACTU: Per Capita Reform Agenda Series Speech – 27 April 2018
- April 26, 2018: Tens of thousands of job losses under the TPP threat
- April 24, 2018: Remembering Rana Plaza – fight for the living
- April 20, 2018: AMP resignation shouldn’t be the last
- April 18, 2018: Australian trade unions reach landmark Principles Agreement with BAE Systems Australia
- April 17, 2018: Statement by Scott Connolly, ACTU Assistant Secretary:
- April 16, 2018: AMMA award plan greedy and regressive
- April 11, 2018: ACTU blueprint to give Australia a pay rise
- April 4, 2018: Change the rules rallies: Working people to march for better pay and secure work in scores of events around Australia
- March 28, 2018: Greedy big business pays for ads instead of pay rises
- March 27, 2018: Public service boss pushes for a future of insecure work
- March 27, 2018: Turnbull Government Family and Domestic Violence Leave plan not enough time, and no money
- March 21, 2018: It’s time to change the rules: ACTU’s job security package
- March 18, 2018: Congratulations to Ged Kearney
- March 14, 2018: ACTU demands action on Exxon’s $1.4 billion in unpaid tax
- March 11, 2018: How does it feel when big business has too much power?
- March 6, 2018: Future of work is what we make it
- March 2, 2018: Biggest ever worker survey shows Australians want fair pay, secure jobs
- February 21, 2018: Australia needs a pay rise
- February 21, 2018: Revamped TPP bad for working Australians, good for corporations
- February 6, 2018: Company tax cuts put corporate profits ahead of people
- February 2, 2018: ACTU statement on the passing of Andrew Casey
- January 25, 2018: ACTU stands with First Nations workers for equal rights at the 30th Anniversary of the Long March
- January 25, 2018: Right to strike is almost dead
- January 22, 2018: New inequality report shows Australia urgently needs a pay rise
- January 19, 2018: Sneaky corporate tactics to cancel workplace agreements and leave workers stranded are a disgrace
- January 18, 2018: Fiji’s history of workers’ rights abuses must not be repeated
- January 12, 2018: Unions to offer assistance with victims’ submissions to Banking Royal Commission
- January 8, 2018: Vale Don McDonald
- December 19, 2017: Cash out, Laundy in: a welcome end to Cash’s attacks on working people
- December 15, 2017: Racist work-for-the-dole program must be scrapped
- December 11, 2017: Report calls for Modern Slavery Act, as Turnbull backs away
- December 8, 2017: Turnbull’s attempt to stop civil society voices an attack on our democratic values
- December 8, 2017: New Report shines a light on Exxon’s secret global tax web
- December 7, 2017: 732 companies pay no tax, cost Australia $13.4 Billion
- December 7, 2017: High Court judgement makes the right to strike one of the most restrictive and oppressive in the world
- December 4, 2017: ExxonMobil forced to answer questions on tax
- November 30, 2017: Half-cocked PACER-Plus Agreement fails working people
- November 28, 2017: ACTU demands Turnbull back 10 days paid domestic violence leave
- November 23, 2017: Huge win for workers at Woolies
- November 21, 2017: LNP have allowed the complete breakdown of law
- November 21, 2017: Exploitation of migrant workers is systemic according to new report
- November 17, 2017: Gender pay gap figures show merit of flexible working arrangements
- November 16, 2017: ACTU calls for shareholders to support resolutions to hold CBA executives to account
- November 16, 2017: Low wage growth, 40% in insecure work and rising underemployment: Cash’s legacy
- November 10, 2017: End Manus crisis now
- November 9, 2017: Controversial IR and super legislation must be halted until citizenship crisis is resolved
- November 8, 2017: Porter threatens job security for thousands
- November 6, 2017: Cash’s Australia: higher youth unemployment, fewer women in trades
- November 2, 2017: ACTU calls for Living Wage on 110th anniversary of Harvester Decision
- October 31, 2017: ACTU Executive condemns the political interference in unions and demands the government withdraws bills giving ROC more power
- October 25, 2017: Massive increase in inadequate fines for wage theft
- October 20, 2017: National Disgrace: LNP force Holden to close after 150 years
- October 18, 2017: Labor to change the rules on sham agreements
- October 18, 2017: Working visa changes must fix broken system
- October 17, 2017: Cross-bench unites to oppose anti-democratic “Ensuring Integrity” bill
- October 16, 2017: Statement from ACTU President Ged Kearney on Anti-Poverty Week
- October 14, 2017: ACTU welcomes renewed commitment to manufacturing industry
- October 11, 2017: Turnbull can reverse penalty rate cuts decision
- October 10, 2017: Urgent need for Transition Authority for coal-fired power industry
- October 3, 2017: Abbott Turnbull cut off car industry to spite Australia
- October 3, 2017: ACTU welcomes Memorandum of Understanding between the DCNS and Shipbuilding Unions on Future Submarines
- September 29, 2017: PaTH youth program to cost 120,000 real jobs
- September 28, 2017: ACTU Secretary Sally McManus’ address to the Senate Committee on the Turnbull Government’s proposed “Ensuring Integrity” Legislation on Thursday, September 28 in Melbourne at Parliament House of Victoria.
- September 27, 2017: Statement: ACTU President nominated to contest state pre-selection
- September 21, 2017: ACTU launches Change the Rules campaign in Western Australia
- September 21, 2017: ChAFTA: Secret government trade deals see migrant workers exploited and leave Australians behind
- September 19, 2017: Michaelia Cash building a legacy of insecure work, low wage growth and underpayment
- September 18, 2017: Attacks on wages costing workers $100 billion
- September 14, 2017: Michaelia Cash must be held to account for ABCC scandal
- September 14, 2017: Systemic inequality still Australia’s biggest problem
- September 13, 2017: New ACTU report — Rising Inequality: An Australian reality
- September 13, 2017: Turnbull and Cash’s hand-picked, ideological cop, Nigel Hadgkiss, resigns
- September 12, 2017: Michaelia Cash must sack ABCC boss Nigel Hadgkiss
- September 11, 2017: Statement from ACTU in response to Barnaby Joyce interview
- September 7, 2017: Turnbull Government giving green light to corporate avoidance of Fair Work Act
- September 7, 2017: ACTU demonstration for Indigenous Wage Justice
- September 6, 2017: Labour share of income 53 year low as corporate profits skyrocket
- September 5, 2017: Senate amends vulnerable workers’ bill to protect right to silence for 11 million workers
- September 5, 2017: ACTU and MUA launch new campaign to save Australian Shipping
- August 30, 2017: Employee representation on boards would help end Government and corporate greed
- August 30, 2017: Bargaining system is broken: Murdoch kicks workers off their agreement
- August 29, 2017: Racist unemployment program is starving NT kids
- August 28, 2017: ACTU Statement: Let Them Stay
- August 24, 2017: It’s super: superannuation contributions jump and industry super leads the way
- August 22, 2017: Streets betrays workers by terminating agreement and slashing wages by 46%
- August 21, 2017: Gig economy creating two-tiered labour market
- August 19, 2017: Turnbull Government trying to resurrect dead TPP
- August 17, 2017: Turnbull Government extends its control & disempowerment of Aboriginal & Torres Strait people
- August 15, 2017: Shadow economy delivers wage theft, tax avoidance and exploitation
- August 15, 2017: Response to ARA
- August 14, 2017: Statement from Sally McManus regarding CFMEU’s Setka, Reardon appeal
- August 10, 2017: Xenophon and Hanson betray workers by voting for building code
- August 9, 2017: Statement in support of 500 workers on strike at Dorevitch Pathology
- August 8, 2017: Mining giants want to destroy secure jobs and drive wages down further
- August 1, 2017: Government could not be more out of touch with working people
- July 28, 2017: Restaurants, Cafes, Hairdressers, all move to slash penalty rates
- July 27, 2017: Soaring power prices under privatisation heaps more pain on Australia’s growing class of ‘working poor’
- July 25, 2017: 7-Eleven wage theft scandal continues: $19,000 more stolen from workers
- July 21, 2017: Family trust another vehicle for the rich avoiding tax
- July 20, 2017: Just five cents a day: the real cost for business to provide paid family and domestic violence leave revealed
- July 14, 2017: Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus on FWC Appointments
- July 11, 2017: Government needs to urgently act to clean up growing tax mess
- July 5, 2017: Casual Conversion test case: Unions plug small hole in casualisation crisis
- July 3, 2017: Government ensures PaTH to poverty for young people with new retail deal
- July 3, 2017: ACTU wins first national family and domestic violence leave in the world
- June 30, 2017: Ged Kearney and Brendan O’Connor Doorstop on Penalty Rate Cuts
- June 22, 2017: Government must heed Robo-debt inquiry
- June 21, 2017: Strong manufacturing sector crucial to ensure stable jobs for the future
- June 14, 2017: Let the Parliament vote to protect penalty rates
- June 14, 2017: PACER-Plus Agreement fails Pacific economies
- June 8, 2017: Penalty rate cuts and inflation will cause double digit wage reduction
- June 6, 2017: MEDIA ALERT: Sally McManus Doorstop on Minimum Wage Decision
- June 5, 2017: Penalty rate cuts will tear $760 million out of cities & suburbs
- June 5, 2017: Australia must have a Modern Slavery Act to protect the human rights of working people
- June 5, 2017: Penalty rates transitional arrangements a blow to 700,000 workers
- June 2, 2017: Commitment to Paris crucial for ensuring a Just Transition for workers
- May 27, 2017: All Australians need to listen to the ‘Statement from the heart’
- May 25, 2017: Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus on Qld law to stop exploitive labour hire contracts
- May 24, 2017: Fletcher workers win on redundancies, labour hire and hours of work after 96 days
- May 24, 2017: Media Alert: Sally McManus to attend picket at Carter Holt Harvey ply mill Myrtleford
- May 23, 2017: Another generation locked into Income inequality under Turnbull
- May 20, 2017: Save Dave Campaign
- May 19, 2017: ACTU welcomes plan to reform Fair Work Act
- May 18, 2017: CUB manager planned to ‘shoot’ workers shut out for refusing lower wages
- May 3, 2017: Senate report on non-payment of superannuation
- May 3, 2017: ACTU celebrates 90 years of leading Australian Unions and supporting working people
- May 3, 2017: Labor’s 457 visa plan will restore integrity and trust in the system
- April 21, 2017: ACTU resigns from skilled migration council after “deeply flawed” visa program announced
- April 18, 2017: Fixing broken work migration system will take more than a re-brand
- April 17, 2017: Majority of Australians think minimum wage too low: new poll
- April 3, 2017: Handing our kids out as free labour in the PaTH Program will replace real jobs, do nothing to help unemployed
- March 29, 2017: Minimum wage must be increased by $45 a week to avoid American-style working poor
- March 24, 2017: Penalty rates decision, cutting pay, must not go ahead: ACTU submission to the Fair Work Commission
- March 23, 2017: Australian Unions welcome Senate Inquiry into racist CDP
- March 20, 2017: Penalty rates cuts devastating for Coalition in WA: new poll shows
- March 20, 2017: Union Parmalat victory a warning for business and the government
- March 17, 2017: Statement from ACTU President Ged Kearney on National Job and Skills Summit
- March 16, 2017: Statement from Australian Council of Trade Unions Secretary Sally McManus
- March 15, 2017: Sally McManus Elected Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions
- March 10, 2017: Penalty rate decision opens door for pay cuts in nursing, teaching and other sectors
- March 10, 2017: Government, Unions and Power Station Operators reach agreement on historic Latrobe Valley Worker Transfer Scheme
- March 8, 2017: Turnbull Government punishing women for daring to ask for a working life
- March 7, 2017: Ged Kearney and Anne Summers present at Women’s Rights at Work (WRAW) International Women’s Day Breakfast
- February 24, 2017: Majority of Australians support higher Sunday penalty rates: new poll
- February 23, 2017: Prime Minister must act to protect workers from drastic penalty rate and public holiday pay cuts
- February 22, 2017: Insight Latrobe Valley report shows need for Just Transition Authority
- February 15, 2017: Massive bank profits undermine Turnbull’s corporate tax fantasy
- February 13, 2017: No Room for Partisan Politics in Energy
- January 31, 2017: Statement from ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver:
- January 30, 2017: Turnbull Government must stop terrifying asbestos exposure
- January 25, 2017: Australian workers need a pay rise, not a pay cut
- January 25, 2017: ACTU pre-budget submission calls for equality, decent living standards and inclusive economic growth
- January 23, 2017: Obituary – Carolyn Allport
- January 19, 2017: All workers should be very afraid if sneaky Parmalat can tear up EBA
- January 6, 2017: Five ways young workers get ripped off in summer
- December 22, 2016: All we want for Christmas is to safeguard penalty rates
- December 21, 2016: Turnbull Government must act now to protect public from Asbestos this Christmas
- December 20, 2016: Murdoch University attacks on staff damage international reputation
- December 19, 2016: MYEFO proves no vision for jobs or growth
- December 17, 2016: Pension cuts will rip $29 million a year from Tasmanian economy
- December 17, 2016: Pension cuts will rip $235 million a year from Queensland economy
- December 17, 2016: Pension cuts will rip $321 million a year from Victorian economy
- December 17, 2016: Pension cuts will rip $412 million a year from NSW economy
- December 9, 2016: Government inaction on DV leave is unconscionable
- December 9, 2016: Systemic underpayment of workers shows the system is broken
- December 8, 2016: Cash must take COAG opportunity to embrace DV leave for all workers
- December 7, 2016: Historic win for workers as CUB dispute ends
- December 2, 2016: ACTU paid family violence leave case concludes in Fair Work Commission
- November 30, 2016: Passing of ABCC legislation a dark stain on Turnbull Government
- November 29, 2016: Senate backs union calls for just transition in the energy sector
- November 28, 2016: 457 visa system is broken: ACTU calls for major reform of occupation list
- November 25, 2016: ACTU launches 16 days of action on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- November 25, 2016: ACT Government supports ACTU case for paid domestic violence leave
- November 22, 2016: Registered Organisations Bill a blow to workers
- November 17, 2016: ACTU commits to gender equality in its leadership
- November 14, 2016: Melbourne Media Event: National day of action: Hundreds to converge on Melbourne CBD to support Domestic Violence Leave
- November 14, 2016: Case for paid family and domestic violence leave commences at Fair Work Commission
- November 9, 2016: Canberra Media Event : A Fairer, Cleaner Future – Just Transition conference for the Australian electricity sector
- November 8, 2016: Hazelwood closure highlights the need for a Federal Government intervention in a Just Transition plan
- November 3, 2016: Statement on closure of Hazelwood Power Station
- October 17, 2016: After Seven Years and Millions of Dollars, Decision Announced in Pac Rim Mining Company vs. El Salvador: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners” Investor-State Arbitration Subverts Democracy
- October 17, 2016: Government must back away from TPP or risk 39,000 local jobs
- October 14, 2016: ACTU mourns loss of New Zealand union leader Helen Kelly
- October 12, 2016: Just Transition: a fair way forward for workers in changing industries
- October 10, 2016: A “Buy Australian Act” will create jobs
- October 6, 2016: Government must act now to ensure future for Ford workforce
- October 6, 2016: Abbott proposal on welfare rules would be worst case scenario
- October 4, 2016: Coalition’s plan to protect migrant workers too little, too late
- October 3, 2016: ACTU President advocates for employees at UN workplace violence forum
- September 27, 2016: ACTU Tax Submission finds cuts go to the wealthiest, costing taxpayers billions
- September 20, 2016: AIG wrong on Domestic Violence Leave
- September 15, 2016: ABS data shows underemployment now the norm
- September 13, 2016: Statement from Ged Kearney: fight continues over short-sighted Omnibus Savings Bill
- September 8, 2016: Equal Pay Day a wake-up call for Michaelia Cash in unique role as Minister for Employment and Women
- September 6, 2016: Poor Australians being criminalised by social security system
- August 31, 2016: ABS figures show casualisation of work continues to increase, leaving more Australians without leave entitlements
- August 30, 2016: New independent poll paints disturbing picture of youth employment
- August 26, 2016: Footy finals BBQ CUB boycott achieves record support in three hours
- August 26, 2016: No Australian should be forced to live below the poverty line
- August 25, 2016: CUB workers to walk off work, halt production
- August 25, 2016: Still no answers on youth unemployment
- August 22, 2016: Independent report hits out at Government’s trickle-down economics theory
- August 18, 2016: ABS figures show workers suffer double blow
- August 17, 2016: Record low wage growth continues, economy has stalled
- August 16, 2016: ACTU executive vows to end racist Community Development Program
- August 15, 2016: ACTU rallies to recognise 50 years of struggle for Indigenous Wage Justice
- August 5, 2016: Coalition’s clamp down on right of entry laws could cost lives
- August 4, 2016: Statement from Michael Borowick, Assistant Secretary, ACTU: Asbestos ban must be enforced to protect all Australians
- August 4, 2016: Post the Abbott-Hockey years, Coalition still out of touch
- August 3, 2016: ACTU Executive and Wave Hill 50th Anniversary Celebration, August 15 – 21 2016 Darwin and Kalkarindji, NT
- July 29, 2016: Federal Government must act to end the scourge of trafficking and slavery
- July 28, 2016: Letter to Malcolm Turnbull on Royal Commission into NT Youth Detention
- July 26, 2016: Statement from ACTU Assistant Secretary Michael Borowick: ACTU welcomes call for enforcement of asbestos ban
- June 30, 2016: It’s now or never for Turnbull’s IR policy
- June 30, 2016: Unions and doctors mobilise to save Medicare
- June 29, 2016: Turnbull makes pensioners pay for millionaire handouts
- June 28, 2016: Statement from ACTU President Ged Kearney on free-falling apprenticeship numbers
- June 28, 2016: Youth unemployment crisis in Leichhardt requires real action from next government
- June 27, 2016: Healthcare workers pen open letter to save Medicare
- June 24, 2016: ACTU welcomes ALP commitment to end temporary work visa rorts
- June 23, 2016: ACTU calls for ‘Leave Bank’ modelled on Industry Super to secure leave entitlements
- June 23, 2016: Australian Unions welcome crackdown on labour hire and insecure work
- June 20, 2016: Jobs the key for Tasmanians as Turnbull panders to big business
- June 20, 2016: Young people deserve real Working Futures not a PaTH to nowhere
- June 20, 2016: Legal definition of casual employee a crucial IR reform
- June 16, 2016: “Jobs and growth” government presides over 4th straight month of decreasing full time work
- June 14, 2016: Apprenticeship programs a boon for young and mature job seekers
- June 9, 2016: ACTU releases Our Voice, our Future report
- June 8, 2016: ALP trade policies crucial step in delivering fairer deals
- June 7, 2016: OHS must be a priority for incoming Federal Government
- June 7, 2016: Minerals Council attacks unions, Fair Work Act with non-existent report
- June 7, 2016: ACTU response to ALP Child care announcement
- June 6, 2016: Safety and Australian jobs at risk as unqualified ChAFTA workers flown in
- May 25, 2016: PM needs to shut down call for return to Work Choices-style contracts
- May 23, 2016: Government continues FTA attack on jobs
- May 19, 2016: Jobs growth, wages stalling while youth unemployment soars
- May 17, 2016: Young workers exploited due to lack of knowledge and enforcement of employment rules
- May 16, 2016: Australians dangerously uninformed on reality of PaTH scheme
- May 13, 2016: Unions’ Telethon set to make 20,000 undecided voter calls
- May 12, 2016: A PaTH to nowhere: Liberal Government’s jobs ‘plan’ in tatters
- May 10, 2016: Time to tackle inequality by raising the minimum wage
- May 5, 2016: Government must address serious concerns with unravelling PaTH scheme
- May 4, 2016: Turnbull’s $4 an hour internships a worker exploitation scheme
- May 3, 2016: ACTU leads coalition of unions, social services, aid and environment groups
- April 22, 2016: Paris Agreement a step forward, but Australia still a long way behind
- April 19, 2016: Senate right to vote down ABCC
- April 14, 2016: Unemployment falls, but part time jobs on the rise
- March 31, 2016: Two million workers need $30 week increase to avoid US-style working poor
- March 30, 2016: Recognition of the Workplace a key factor for those affected by Family Violence
- March 18, 2016: ACTU backs Senate report calling for end to abuse of temporary work visas
- March 8, 2016: ACTU plan calls for fairness to be at the heart of tax policy
- March 7, 2016: Women are still losing out on pay at every stage of life, new report reveals.
- February 26, 2016: SPOCTU sends solidarity to Fijian brothers and sisters following Cyclone Winston
- February 21, 2016: Cutting super means more poverty in retirement
- February 17, 2016: Treasurer Morrison ducks hard questions on tax reform, belittles contribution of middle and low income Australians
- February 16, 2016: ACTU kicks-off national campaign to protect Medicare
- February 13, 2016: Investors and ‘common good’ the winners in ALP tax announcement
- February 11, 2016: ACTU welcomes ALP announcement on Timor Sea
- February 4, 2016: A rise in GST rejected by public
- February 1, 2016: ACTU welcomes Labor’s plan to crack down on worker exploitation
- January 13, 2016: Turnbull Government must come clean on Alcoa workplace aggression
- December 21, 2015: Turnbull must reject Productivity Commission call to cut take-home pay
- December 18, 2015: Families put last in move to cut Paid Parental Leave
- December 15, 2015: Mid-year budget must address tax imbalances not cut services
- December 15, 2015: MYEFO missed the fiscal elephant in the room: falling revenue
- December 7, 2015: Innovation high road must deliver for workers
- December 2, 2015: ACTU WELCOMES COMMON SENSE REVIEW OF SUPER RULES
- November 27, 2015: ACTU calls for TPP certainty as analysis shows Australia negotiated the “worst deal” on local jobs
- November 26, 2015: Families should not be punished while government ignores tax loopholes for the wealthy
- November 25, 2015: A commitment to paid domestic and family violence leave must be a Turnbull government priority
- November 24, 2015: Turnbull Government wants to trash democratic right to protest
- November 22, 2015: New research backs push for paid domestic violence leave in more workplaces
- November 5, 2015: We don’t need a GST hike, we need a fairer tax system
- October 27, 2015: Union membership numbers higher than ABS indicators
- October 22, 2015: In the rush to the sharing economy let’s not give up worker’s rights
- October 13, 2015: ACTU welcomes the gutting of the Fair Work Amendment Bill
- October 13, 2015: Three workers killed every week in 2015, vigilance on workplace safety must be made a priority
- September 12, 2015: ACTU ‘Secret Army’s’ high profile push for a better future
- September 9, 2015: Knock for a better future this weekend
- September 4, 2015: Build a better future for Australian women
- August 27, 2015: Statement from ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver regarding the Royal Commission into Trade Unions
- August 19, 2015: Statement – the Royal Commission into Trade Unions
- August 14, 2015: Email bounce back – Hutchison Ports Workers jobs protected
- August 13, 2015: Biased Royal Commission into trade unions must be terminated
- August 11, 2015: Failure to act on climate change is a failure to create new jobs
- August 7, 2015: Government leadership vacuum as 100 workers sacked by midnight email
- August 5, 2015: Indigenous unionists Build a Better Future in Cairns
- August 4, 2015: Productivity Commission report attacks penalty rates, minimum wage and rights at work
- July 31, 2015: Call for Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson to protect penalty rates for Geelong and Colac workers
- July 31, 2015: Joint Statement on racism directed at Adam Goodes
- July 28, 2015: Unions take action to protect penalty rates for Geelong and Colac workers
- July 16, 2015: Abbott Government’s latest attack on local industry forces ACTU to take the lead
- July 10, 2015: Fewer job opportunities for Australian workers under free trade agreements
- July 8, 2015: Royal Commission: Abbott’s political circus rolls on
- June 26, 2015: Government’s political games will hurt mum & dad retirement savings
- June 26, 2015: Sacked and exploited workers call for action over 457 visa abuse
- June 25, 2015: Abbott Government begins forcing new parents back to work early
- June 23, 2015: Tougher laws needed to enforce asbestos importation ban
- June 22, 2015: White Paper whitewash for Indigenous workers
- June 20, 2015: Women and low to middle income workers will lose out thanks to Greens’ pension deal
- June 17, 2015: Injured workers worse off under Senate Comcare recommendations
- June 17, 2015: China Free Trade Agreement must protect local jobs
- June 13, 2015: Migration to Australia must not be for sale to the highest bidder
- June 12, 2015: Broken temporary visa system leads to exploitation and unemployment
- June 8, 2015: Nurse graduates unemployed or underemployed
- June 2, 2015: Unions pay tribute to Joan Kirner, AC
- June 2, 2015: Tax White Paper: Reform needed at the top end of town
- June 2, 2015: Lowest paid workers continue to do it tough despite $16 pay rise
- May 29, 2015: Unions urge Victorian Family Violence Royal Commission to recommend domestic violence leave
- May 28, 2015: Unions wrap ACTU Congress with plan to protect workers’ rights and living standards
- May 27, 2015: Unions will work with business over unfair cuts to paid parental leave
- May 26, 2015: Rosie Batty endorses union push for domestic violence leave
- May 20, 2015: Business budget win to help fund minimum wage increase
- May 19, 2015: Royal Commission proves its political stripes again
- May 11, 2015: Strike action highlights government’s Budget failure
- May 5, 2015: Temporary visa program front for slave labour
- May 1, 2015: Unions urge Abbott and Barnett Governments to stop the funding cuts and closures of Aboriginal communities
- April 29, 2015: Senate inquiry must begin fixing broken visa system
- April 28, 2015: Employer call for ‘flexibility’ is a pay cut for workers
- April 24, 2015: Employers try tricky legal tactics to quash new support for family friendly work arrangements and domestic violence leave
- April 23, 2015: Millions in taxpayer dollars ploughed into political inquiry while health, education, childcare and pensions remain in firing line
- April 22, 2015: Business misleading public about impact of minimum wage rises
- April 22, 2015: ALP super policy a step in the right direction
- April 21, 2015: No voice for students, workers and unions on skills and training
- April 14, 2015: Unions target key Western Australian seats in election campaign
- April 10, 2015: Young Australians face long-term unemployment and poverty without government investment
- April 2, 2015: Paying Easter penalty rates will not hurt business
- April 1, 2015: Unions urge PC inquiry to give more rights at work to casuals and women
- March 30, 2015: Tax debate must be about fairness not profits
- March 27, 2015: $27 pay rise and 10% super for minimum wage workers
- March 26, 2015: Union movement condemns forcible closure of Aboriginal communities
- March 26, 2015: Unions to push for superannuation increase for minimum wage workers
- March 24, 2015: Statement on the election of the new ACTU Assistant Secretary
- March 23, 2015: Expanded Comcare would disadvantage injured workers
- March 21, 2015: Unions to call for an increase in the minimum wage
- March 20, 2015: Big business makes a grab for wages, conditions and rights at work
- March 19, 2015: ACCI pulls the rug out from under 1.86 million workers
- March 19, 2015: Abbott Government widens the gap in Indigenous employment
- March 18, 2015: Government must do more to stop fraud and rorting of 457 visas
- March 17, 2015: More workplace rights for women and casual workers and less power for bosses
- March 13, 2015: Australians worried about wages, job security and rights at work
- March 12, 2015: Australia at risk of long-term structural unemployment
- March 10, 2015: Auto industry funding backflip is too little too late
- March 8, 2015: Australian women work 68 days for free in widening gender pay gap
- March 5, 2015: Reward business, punish workers: Government’s Intergenerational Report
- March 4, 2015: National Day of Action puts Liberal Government on notice
- March 3, 2015: Unions target key marginal seats in new election campaign
- February 27, 2015: Unions win for James Hardie asbestos victims
- February 26, 2015: Gender pay gap hits new high while Abbott Government waters down workplace gender reporting
- February 17, 2015: Employers try to cut wages of Australia’s lowest paid workers
- February 16, 2015: Push for new workplace rights on pregnancy discrimination and domestic violence
- February 16, 2015: Employers need to support women returning to work after pregnancy
- February 11, 2015: Budget cuts won’t Close the Gap on Indigenous unemployment
- February 6, 2015: Abbott Government on notice – union campaigns kick off
- February 3, 2015: Plan for more temporary work visas will push up unemployment
- February 2, 2015: Time to take genuine action for working women
- February 1, 2015: Tony Abbott on notice – Queenslanders reject attacks on workers and living standards
- January 30, 2015: Biggest study of workplace relations in 20 years shows no need for Abbott’s Productivity Commission inquiry
- January 23, 2015: Is this the last Australia Day workers will be paid penalty rates?
- January 16, 2015: Australian unions in solidarity with Greek workers
- January 1, 2015: New year delivers a boost to thousands of apprentices
- January 1, 2015: Abbott Government turning back the clock on industrial relations
- January 1, 2015: Unions call on Abbott to terminate Royal Commission
- December 23, 2014: Employer push to cut penalty rates before Christmas
- December 19, 2014: Government’s stealth attack on workers a week before Christmas
- December 19, 2014: Abbott Government owes apology to Julia Gillard, Australian taxpayers and jobless
- December 17, 2014: Hockey gives big business tax dodgers a $600 million dollar Xmas present
- December 15, 2014: Mid-year budget update must deliver plan for jobs
- December 15, 2014: Soaring unemployment, yet no plan for jobs
- December 12, 2014: Australian jobs to go under Abbott’s free trade agreements
- December 11, 2014: Unemployment hits 12-year-high not seen since Tony Abbott was Employment Minister
- December 7, 2014: Test for Government to put interests of workers ahead of big banks
- December 5, 2014: Australian unions and business working together to boost jobs in the Pacific
- December 4, 2014: Gap between rich and poor growing under Abbott Government
- November 30, 2014: Liberal Party attacks on workers rejected by Victorians
- November 27, 2014: Unions put James Hardie on notice
- November 25, 2014: Government must target policies to close the gender pay gap
- November 19, 2014: Australians struggling to find work-life balance under Abbott’s IR agenda
- November 17, 2014: China free trade agreement must protect Australian jobs
- November 12, 2014: Record wages slump but PM Abbott continues to call for real wage cuts
- November 12, 2014: New research shows Australia’s plan for G20 is on the wrong track for economic growth
- November 11, 2014: TPP trade talks must stop
- October 31, 2014: Abbott Royal Commission announcement a red-hot political stunt
- October 30, 2014: Senators pledge to reject Govt’s redundancy cuts
- October 28, 2014: Abbott Government attacking workers’ entitlements
- October 28, 2014: Unions push for the right to domestic violence leave
- October 28, 2014: Addressing domestic violence is everyone’s responsibility
- October 22, 2014: James Hardie trying to shirk responsibility for the deaths of asbestos victims
- October 16, 2014: Unions fight employer grab for annual leave
- October 14, 2014: Government plan for Australia’s future rests on cuts to wages and conditions
- October 12, 2014: Secure jobs needed to help tackle poverty: Australian Unions
- October 9, 2014: WA Budget cuts short sighted
- October 7, 2014: Royal Commission extension a political fix by Abbott Government
- October 7, 2014: New push to give casual workers the right to permanent work
- October 2, 2014: Women of Influence award a reminder of issues Australian women still face at work
- September 30, 2014: Australian Unions in solidarity with Hong Kong Unions over democracy struggle
- September 25, 2014: Fight back against Abbott’s anti-worker laws ramps up
- September 24, 2014: Korean free trade agreement sells out Australian workers
- September 15, 2014: Fight back against Abbott’s anti-worker laws starts in Launceston
- September 11, 2014: Abbott Government’s industry policy fails Australian workers
- September 10, 2014: Abbott Government sells out Australian workers with 457 visa review
- September 5, 2014: Unions to claw back super increases for workers
- September 5, 2014: Big business attack on penalty rates based on lies
- September 5, 2014: Tony Abbott must take responsibility for the gender pay gap
- September 3, 2014: Whatever the name – Government agenda is anti-worker
- September 2, 2014: Gender pay gap to widen under proposed changes to workplace laws
- September 2, 2014: Palmer deal on mining tax will slash retirement savings of millions of Australians
- September 1, 2014: Message to politicians – attack penalty rates at your peril
- September 1, 2014: Use lessons of Home Insulation Program to ensure fatalities never happen again
- August 29, 2014: Abbott Government to create underclass of workers
- August 28, 2014: Unions stage major Budget Day rally
- August 28, 2014: Qantas owes loyal workforce answers
- August 27, 2014: No action on offshore safety concerns two years on from Stena Clyde deaths
- August 15, 2014: Pay gap will worsen under attack on penalty rates
- August 15, 2014: No union or TAFE representation on new skills and training board – no surprise from this Government
- August 12, 2014: Aussie workers left in the cold by appalling lack of 457 scrutiny: Unions call for Senate Inquiry
- August 11, 2014: Solar scheme delivers green jobs and raises money for Father Bob Maguire Foundation
- August 8, 2014: Medicare sell off puts thousands of jobs at risk
- August 7, 2014: University of Wollongong facing massive funding cuts
- August 1, 2014: Australian workers show solidarity with Korean unions
- August 1, 2014: Union right of entry laws save lives
- July 28, 2014: Leaked document confirms Government’s real Royal Commission agenda
- July 25, 2014: Pregnancy discrimination highlights need for changes to workplace laws
- July 23, 2014: Unions proud to launch first Reconciliation Action Plan
- July 22, 2014: Government must provide more money to early childhood care
- July 22, 2014: Unions fight back against Abbott Government’s cruel budget cuts
- July 18, 2014: Government back down on Qantas a win for unions and their supporters
- July 7, 2014: Unpaid Super a Billion Dollar problem, says ACTU
- July 7, 2014: Support for Low Income Super Contribution a win for workers
- July 1, 2014: Big Miners and State Liberal Mates the winners in Abbott Government’s latest attack on rights at work
- June 30, 2014: Alliance Proposes Partnerships to Secure Jobs for Disadvantaged Jobseekers
- June 25, 2014: Abbott’s attack on rights, wages and conditions stalls… for now
- June 20, 2014: Federal Court latest frontier in the battle for the weekend
- June 18, 2014: Penalty rates are not for the taking Mr Abbott
- June 17, 2014: Abbott Government to give big banks the right to rip off punters
- June 12, 2014: Historic move to stamp out forced labour at ILO
- June 3, 2014: It’s on – unions ready to fight for penalty rates
- June 2, 2014: Enough is enough: Trade deals should benefit local workers
- May 29, 2014: Hundreds of thousands of Australian workers overlooked for jobs
- May 28, 2014: Jobs – not failed policies – will turn around unemployed
- May 27, 2014: Government must come clean on future of Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency
- May 26, 2014: Another Abbott Government attack on rights at work
- May 26, 2014: Government’s youth jobs plan: become a fruit picker
- May 21, 2014: Thousands of nurse graduates locked out of jobs
- May 21, 2014: Every worker must be able to go to work and return home safely
- May 20, 2014: Abbott Government’s sustained attack on Australia’s lowest paid – cruel Federal Budget and savage cuts to minimum wage
- May 20, 2014: Older workers in Abbott and Hockey’s firing line
- May 13, 2014: Abbott Government tears apart Australian way of life
- May 12, 2014: Faces of the budget – what Tony Abbott’s plan means for workers
- May 7, 2014: Golden handshake: $4billion company tax cut is an insult to workers and families
- May 2, 2014: Workers feel crack of the whip as Abbott Government demands they work longer
- May 1, 2014: Fair Work Act: Latest attacks on workers will be costly
- April 30, 2014: Review must recommend tightening of 457 visa regulations to protect jobs
- April 17, 2014: Easter break no excuse to rip off young and casual workers
- April 16, 2014: Employers ‘crying wolf’ want low paid workers to take a pay cut
- April 11, 2014: Abbott Government breaks promise and goes after older workers in Federal Budget
- April 9, 2014: Abbott’s anti-union Royal Commission an attack on Australian unions designed to deliver political outcomes for the Liberal Government
- April 8, 2014: Abbott must come clean on impact of Japanese trade deal on submarine plan
- April 7, 2014: Employer discrimination shame revealed in new survey
- April 3, 2014: Minister for Industry shuns tripartite manufacturing group
- March 28, 2014: $27 minimum wage increase needed now
- March 27, 2014: Disgraceful comments from employer association crying wolf year after year
- March 27, 2014: A minimum wage increase will benefit over one million women
- March 27, 2014: Australia: the country of the fair go . . . for some
- March 24, 2014: Sneaky Government fudges jobs numbers, slashes pay of lowest paid
- March 24, 2014: First step in the right direction for young workers
- March 19, 2014: Workers who turned the tide on bank offshoring are honoured at Australian union awards
- March 8, 2014: IWD: Living minimum wage the bedrock of fairness for women at work
- March 7, 2014: Rights, wages and conditions on trial in Abbott Government review
- March 4, 2014: Abbott books one way ticket out of Australia for Qantas jobs
- March 3, 2014: Abbott has a choice: save or sack Qantas workers
- March 2, 2014: New research: executives paid too much and the minimum wage should be raised
- February 27, 2014: Savage Qantas jobs cuts a devastating blow for workers and the economy
- February 25, 2014: Employers push to force bullying victims to suffer longer
- February 10, 2014: Local job losses mount as Abbott turns his back on Australian workers
- February 10, 2014: Royal Commission shows this is a Government only interested in political point-scoring
- February 9, 2014: Royal Commission a $100 million political inquiry
- February 5, 2014: Queensland members unite to celebrate Medicare as public services face attack
- January 28, 2014: Unions launch national tour as Abbott Government turns its back on the majority of Australians
- January 24, 2014: Australia takes backward step in fight against global poverty
- January 23, 2014: Australian workers call on Cambodian Government to urgently investigate deaths of garment workers during strike action
- January 14, 2014: Outdoor workers urged to take care as temperatures soar
- December 31, 2013: Asbestos inaction is a killer
- December 27, 2013: New laws to help bullied workers find reprieve
- December 27, 2013: Lack of government support leaves local manufacturing industry ripe for more job losses
- December 23, 2013: Focus of Home Insulation Royal Commission must be to increase safety for workers: Unions
- December 19, 2013: More job losses on the way as Abbott turns his back on local industry
- December 18, 2013: Quick fix won’t substitute for an actual plan for jobs
- December 17, 2013: Hockey silent on jobs – letting down workers
- December 17, 2013: Jobs not cuts are the answer Mr Abbott
- December 12, 2013: Government must explain plan for jobs growth
- December 11, 2013: Catastrophic outcome from the Government’s biggest economic decision yet
- December 6, 2013: Unions pay tribute to Nelson Mandela as a man of peace and an inspirational figure of justice and equality
- December 4, 2013: ACTU welcomes appointment of Greg Combet to SPC advisory panel
- November 28, 2013: Qld Government bid to weaken safety laws is about protecting business interests
- November 27, 2013: Illegal asbestos imports putting Australians at risk
- November 25, 2013: Unions vote to push for leave for workers who experience domestic violence
- November 22, 2013: Productivity Commission cracks the whip on older workers
- November 21, 2013: Low paid women to lose the most from dumping of superannuation rebate
- November 18, 2013: Unions call for a strong Australian aviation industry
- November 15, 2013: Business and unions join forces to support Pacific labour markets
- November 8, 2013: Job freeze at the CSIRO could stunt productivity and innovation
- November 6, 2013: Workers urged to speak up as pregnancy discrimination overtakes disability for the top complaint in workplaces
- November 2, 2013: Workers should be worried about Abbott’s changes to Fair Work Commission
- October 28, 2013: Outsourcing decision-making to big business raises questions about credibility of commission
- October 21, 2013: Housing policies need to change to support affordable housing
- October 15, 2013: Statement from ACTU President Ged Kearney on Michael Williamson fraud charges
- October 15, 2013: Thousands die or are injured at work – we need vigilance on safety in the workplace
- October 14, 2013: The gap is growing between rich and poor – Australia must act to reduce levels of poverty
- October 13, 2013: ACTU congratulates new Labor leader Bill Shorten
- October 10, 2013: Relief for low-paid workers as hospitality employers lose bid to cut penalty rates
- October 7, 2013: Queensland government’s decision will put worker’s lives at risk – unions fearful it could happen nationally
- October 3, 2013: Fair Work Ombudsman investigation reveals widespread underpayment of vulnerable apprentices
- September 23, 2013: Aged care pay deals cut after Abbott Government tears up compact
- September 16, 2013: New Employment Minister must act in support of jobs, wages and workers’ rights
- September 13, 2013: Move to stop pay rises for lowest paid workers: shameful first week in government
- September 12, 2013: Rising unemployment shows Abbott needs to put jobs first
- September 8, 2013: New government must meet commitment that ‘no worker will be worse off’
- September 7, 2013: ACTU calls on voters to think of what is at stake under a Coalition government including cuts to penalty rates
- September 3, 2013: Worker-funded ad warns voters of IR risk
- September 2, 2013: This Equal Pay Day unions call for women to stand up against inequality with research showing they earn less depending on ‘life stage’
- August 31, 2013: Labor’s mental health policy will lead to better support for workers with mental illness
- August 30, 2013: Collinsville sackings a sign of things to come under Coalition’s greenfield policy
- August 27, 2013: Anniversary of the Stena Clyde tragedy must spur improvement of offshore safety
- August 24, 2013: Worker-funded billboard brings IR message to Lib campaign launch
- August 22, 2013: Fijian military must be withdrawn from sugar mill immediately
- August 22, 2013: Apprentice pay rise a win for skills and the economy
- August 21, 2013: Power to the bosses: business preparing for IR shake-up as Abbott promises change
- August 21, 2013: Worker-funded billboards will take fight to Abbott on workers’ rights
- August 19, 2013: Unfair dismissal, penalty rates, overtime: Abbott to act on real small business agenda after the election
- August 18, 2013: Income and job security biggest election issues for working people
- August 15, 2013: Unions to fight growing threats to job security in Australia
- August 14, 2013: Voters don’t trust Tony Abbott on work rights
- August 13, 2013: Auto workers vote to back industry, time for Coalition to get on board
- August 11, 2013: Abbott’s workplace review: unions warn of dangers to penalty rates, unfair dismissal, overtime
- August 8, 2013: ACTU launches election tour in Western Sydney by demanding the Coalition commit to taking penalty rates off the chopping board
- August 6, 2013: ACTU backs call for a debate on industrial relations
- August 5, 2013: Out of hours care will help working parents: ACTU
- August 2, 2013: Unemployment on the rise: time to put jobs first
- August 1, 2013: ACTU welcomes more funding to tackle asbestos
- July 31, 2013: Coalition attacks unions as business moves on pay and conditions
- July 31, 2013: The vision from Australian business: cut the minimum wage
- July 30, 2013: Unions call on Holden and other businesses to look beyond wage cuts, outsourcing to drive productivity
- July 29, 2013: The quicksand effect: women struggling to keep pace on pay
- July 19, 2013: Tragic ask: young people need wills, especially those in building and construction says family of Ben Catanzariti
- July 18, 2013: Breaking down the gender divide: workforce segregation driving inequality
- July 18, 2013: Workplace bullying rife: employers need to take responsibility
- July 8, 2013: Napthine must put politics aside and reduce asbestos death toll
- July 3, 2013: Pizza for pay: workplace ‘flexibility’ in action
- July 1, 2013: Crean leaves a proud legacy as economic reformer and fighter for working Australians
- June 30, 2013: Remuneration for 2013-14
- June 29, 2013: Combet a champion of Australian workers
- June 28, 2013: New 457 visa laws will create more job opportunities for Australians and help protect overseas workers
- June 6, 2013: 457 visa system is allowing exploitation of imported workers by middlemen and unscrupulous employers
- June 5, 2013: Australian Unions launch campaign for a better life for workers and their families
- June 1, 2013: Statement from Ged Kearney
- May 23, 2013: Urgent crisis talks needed to save manufacturing jobs following Ford announcement
- May 12, 2013: Tony Abbott must be honest about the details of his Productivity Commission inquiry into Industrial Relations
- May 6, 2013: Export of Chrysotile Asbestos must be controlled under Rotterdam Convention
- May 2, 2013: No more excuses: Quad Bikes without Crush Protection Devices should not be operated
- April 30, 2013: Abbott shows true colours on penalty rates
- April 28, 2013: Workers’ Memorial Day 2013: a time to mourn the dead and fight for the living
- April 24, 2013: Irresponsible Queensland government misleading Senate on Asbestos danger
- April 23, 2013: Productivity Commission report show insecure work remains a major problem
- April 14, 2013: New report calls for urgent action against unreasonable employers who refuse the needs of modern workers
- April 10, 2013: Unions launch ‘Working Life’ website, a new voice for progressive Australia
- April 9, 2013: Workchoices resurrected? Coalition have all but confirmed the worst for workers
- April 8, 2013: Australian workers’ rights at risk if dodgy employers allowed to bypass laws
- April 5, 2013: Government’s sensible changes will make superannuation fairer and more sustainable
- March 28, 2013: New appointments will strengthen Fair Work Commission
- March 21, 2013: Fair Work changes will support Australian workers and families
- March 18, 2013: Low-paid workers the winners as Fair Work rejects bid to scrap penalty rates
- March 14, 2013: Tony Abbott must match PM’s commitment to enshrine penalty rates in law to protect low-paid workers
- March 13, 2013: New research shows Australia has second highest rate of temporary workers in OECD
- March 11, 2013: Hotline set up after more 457 abuses surface
- March 8, 2013: Dinosaur employers are holding Australia back
- March 7, 2013: Unions address UN as Australia leads the world in protections for domestic violence victims
- March 6, 2013: ACTU Executive welcomes recommendations of independent report on union governance
- March 6, 2013: Tireless campaigner for maritime health and safety wins top union award
- March 5, 2013: $1.2 billion funding injection will hit the right pockets
- March 5, 2013: A shrinking slice of pie: new research shows wages share of national income falling behind profits
- March 4, 2013: Coalition’s planned construction code is an attack on workers’ rights
- February 28, 2013: ACTU calls for more action on growth of unpaid work following Ombudsman’s report
- February 23, 2013: Long overdue changes to 457 Visas will give Australian workers a chance
- February 21, 2013: Pay inequity, job insecurity and violence equals trifecta of discrimination for women
- February 18, 2013: Cuts to public sector jobs are driving a rise in unemployment and putting pressure on services
- February 11, 2013: Latest ME Bank survey shows insecure work and cost of living hitting Australian households
- February 10, 2013: ACTU welcomes first steps towards right to request part-time work but calls for further protections for working mothers
- February 6, 2013: All parties must commit to preserving the weekend and tackling insecure work
- January 31, 2013: Unions push for apprentices to be paid a living wage
- January 30, 2013: Job and income security will be the key election issue for working people
- January 23, 2013: Proposed Anti-Discrimination laws will improve workers’ protection from unfair treatment
- January 16, 2013: Unions call for strong action against latest Fijian Military Dictatorship decree
- January 14, 2013: New setback for workers’ rights in Fiji after regime dumps plans for a fresh, independent constitution
- December 22, 2012: Roundtable begins search for ways to improve job opportunities for disadvantaged groups
- December 20, 2012: Government has done the right thing by putting Australian jobs first
- December 18, 2012: Campbell Newman’s IR power grab a major concern for Queensland workers
- December 18, 2012: Business push to slash penalty rates must be resisted
- December 12, 2012: Unions ask the tough questions about the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
- December 7, 2012: Proposed cuts to penalty rates could hurt up to 500,000 workers
- December 6, 2012: Unions support Government moves to secure Australia’s manufacturing future
- December 5, 2012: Parents and carers should have the right to request family friendly work
- December 4, 2012: Anti-dumping laws will protect Australian manufacturing
- December 4, 2012: Lowering interest rates would assist economic growth and ease pressure on families
- December 4, 2012: Unions form new partnership to tackle disadvantage
- November 29, 2012: Government should follow Labor Senators’ recommendation and lift the inadequate Newstart Allowance
- November 23, 2012: New laws will help overcome gender inequality in Australian workplaces
- November 23, 2012: One million workers now have access to family violence leave
- November 22, 2012: New laws will make it easier for ordinary workers to defend themselves against discrimination
- November 21, 2012: Will you be able to leave work on time today?
- November 20, 2012: Australia must do more to stop international trade in asbestos
- November 16, 2012: AIG call for return to WorkChoices will not lift productivity; BCA call for cooperation is the right way
- November 15, 2012: ACTU summit to examine bosses increasing interference in workers’ doctor visits
- November 13, 2012: Australia’s offshore oil and gas safety standards lag behind our competitors
- October 19, 2012: Quad Bike safety summit must be followed by action
- October 17, 2012: Rollover protection devices must be made compulsory to stop quad bike fatalities, say unions
- October 11, 2012: New legislation ensures company insolvency won’t cost workers their entitlements
- October 7, 2012: World Day for Decent Work 2012: new report shows insecure work phenomenon rising across globe
- October 1, 2012: Casual workers experience higher financial stress, save less, worry about their future: report
- September 27, 2012: Employers using “cash-in-hand” work to rip off workers and taxpayers, new research finds
- September 21, 2012: Timely Federal Government action to protect state employees from insecure work
- September 18, 2012: Government shows it is on side of Australian workers with commitment to preserve penalty rates
- September 12, 2012: Newman Government creates new blueprint for Liberal attacks on services, jobs and rights at work
- September 11, 2012: Business conference to teach employers how to create insecure work is an outrage
- September 9, 2012: The growth of insecure work is making Australian workplaces less safe, warn unions
- September 5, 2012: Rinehart’s call to pay workers $2 a day out of touch and just plain wrong
- September 4, 2012: New agency is an important commitment to making Australia asbestos-free by 2030
- September 3, 2012: Australians overwhelmingly want government action to remove asbestos from homes and schools: poll
- August 31, 2012: Grocon must respect workers’ right to representation and agree to peaceful resolution of dispute
- August 28, 2012: Unions warn more workers will die unless health and safety laws are extended to the offshore industry
- August 27, 2012: Tony Abbott’s mentor John Howard reveals Coalition’s real agenda for Australian workplaces
- August 24, 2012: Unions join new campaign to counter racism
- August 16, 2012: Manufacturing has a bright future in a strong and diverse Australian economy
- August 16, 2012: Report backs union calls to rid Australia of asbestos by 2030 and save 500 lives a year
- August 14, 2012: Business push to remove weekend penalty rates would cut take-home pay of working Australians
- August 6, 2012: Liberal plan to reduce unfair dismissal protection would hit vulnerable workers with huge legal fees
- August 2, 2012: Unions vow to fight employer push to strip workers of rights as Fair Work review finds laws are working well
- August 1, 2012: Time for business to stop blaming workplace laws for their failure to lift productivity
- July 30, 2012: New research confirms insecure work is a health and safety risk to workers
- July 29, 2012: Return to democracy in Fiji must include workers’ rights and freedom of speech
- July 25, 2012: Lend Lease must support secure jobs in the building and construction industry
- July 25, 2012: Coles dispute highlights need for workplace laws to recognise joint employment
- July 25, 2012: Tribute from unions on passing of Peter Nolan
- July 15, 2012: Coles and Toll must respect the right of workers to a secure job with decent conditions
- July 13, 2012: Just what kind of “workers’ best friend” does Tony Abbott really intend to be?
- July 11, 2012: $1 billion of workers’ money misused by employers a case for greater regulation and protection
- July 10, 2012: Tougher penalties needed to make employers take responsibility for stopping workplace bullying
- June 29, 2012: Default super funds must continue to serve workers interests, not commercial profits
- June 27, 2012: Unions fight two-pronged employer attack on public holidays for workers on irregular shift
- June 27, 2012: Dads and partners now have legal right to ask for time off work when a new baby arrives
- June 26, 2012: New Clean Energy Finance Corporation will help drive investment in clean technology and jobs
- June 21, 2012: Unions to go to Fair Work Australia to oppose Fairfax Media sacking thousands of workers
- June 10, 2012: Jobs Board will ensure Australian workers have opportunities in booming resources sector
- June 7, 2012: Outrage as international employer group prevents ILO from hearing about abuse of worker rights in Fiji
- June 1, 2012: Minimum wage decision will widen the gap between the low-paid and the rest of workforce
- May 25, 2012: Rinehart plan to offshore Australian jobs shows world’s richest woman cares only for profits
- May 23, 2012: Workers’ rights a glaring omission from new Australia-Malaysia free trade agreement
- May 18, 2012: Manufacturing hopes rest on union-supported co-operative ventures
- May 17, 2012: Unions wrap up ACTU Congress with renewed vigour to campaign for rights at work and fairer Australia
- May 16, 2012: Unions pledge to tackle the growing crisis of insecure work in Australia with a national campaign
- May 15, 2012: Dave Oliver elected new ACTU Secretary; pledges to renew fight for workers’ rights and secure jobs
- May 13, 2012: Young workers are our future and need to have a voice in the workplace
- May 12, 2012: Time for a ‘millionaires’ tax’ to ensure the wealthiest Australians pay their fair share
- May 7, 2012: Jobs, rights, fairness and equality on the agenda as unions prepare for 2012 ACTU Congress
- May 3, 2012: Justice for James Hardie’s asbestos victims as the High Court finds ex-directors breached their duties
- April 30, 2012: Minimum wage panel must put a safety net for the low-paid above all else
- April 28, 2012: Abbott’s real agenda is to weaken unions so they are unable to stand up for workers’ rights
- April 27, 2012: Workers’ Memorial Day 2012: Strong action required to end deaths from asbestos exposure
- April 26, 2012: Unions offer cautious support to administration for HSU East branch but will monitor closely
- April 19, 2012: Liberal Party welfare cut plan will entrench poverty among vulnerable Australians
- April 15, 2012: Unions team up with OurSay.org to give all Australians the chance to question union leaders
- April 11, 2012: Prime Minister Julia Gillard to address opening day of ACTU Congress 2012 on 15 May
- April 5, 2012: ACTU Executive endorses recommendation to suspend Health Services Union
- April 4, 2012: ACTU Executive to meet on Thursday to consider suspension of Health Services Union
- April 2, 2012: Skills shortage claims must be independently investigated before Aussie jobs offshored
- April 2, 2012: Save the date: Brian Howe at National Press Club on 18 April
- April 1, 2012: Woolworths-Government Fresh Start Agreement is a promising development for secure jobs
- March 29, 2012: Facebook’s message to employers to back off from hijacking workers’ privacy is timely
- March 29, 2012: Australian unions say Welcome to Australia to asylum seekers and new migrants
- March 29, 2012: Successful campaign for equal pay for community workers is recognised at annual union awards
- March 22, 2012: New laws to give vulnerable workers more secure jobs and better conditions
- March 21, 2012: End of the ABCC a win for workers but concerns remain over coercive powers
- March 19, 2012: Rising numbers support lifting super to 12%: Parliament called on to pass legislation this week
- March 14, 2012: Unacceptable cost of workplace injuries and diseases is sapping 5% from economic growth
- March 8, 2012: Unions seek to improve workers’ rights and ensure skilled workforce through better Awards system
- March 8, 2012: International Women’s Day: insecure work is the hidden driver of the gender pay gap
- March 7, 2012: Statement from ACTU Secretary Jeff Lawrence
- March 6, 2012: Apprentice wages must be urgently lifted to meet Australia’s skills needs; unions to launch test case
- March 1, 2012: Stronger enforcement of gender equality at work will create more opportunities for women
- February 26, 2012: Job insecurity spreads to banking sector, but Howe Inquiry to investigate solutions to growing trend
- February 24, 2012: Unions congratulate Justice Iain Ross on his appointment as new President of Fair Work Australia
- February 20, 2012: Australians want workplace laws that provide secure jobs, not greater power for employers: survey
- February 6, 2012: Howe Inquiry submissions surpass 500 as workers share their stories about insecure jobs
- February 1, 2012: Equal pay justice for social and community sector workers signals historic day
- February 1, 2012: Unions form alliance with Jack Thompson Foundation to improve job outcomes for Indigenous Australians
- January 23, 2012: Jobs must be protected if Australia is to ride out global economic uncertainty
- January 1, 2012: Speak Up for health and safety: new campaign begins to inform workers of their rights
- December 27, 2011: Renewed trade agreement with Fiji risks legitimising an oppressive regime
- December 21, 2011: Ted Baillieu is the Grinch who stole Christmas from Victorian workers
- December 20, 2011: Fair Work review is an opportunity to dispel employer myths and strengthen workers’ rights
- December 15, 2011: Workers have an extra month to tell their story to Inquiry into Insecure Work
- December 14, 2011: Australian unions remain steadfast in pursuit of human and labour rights in Fiji
- December 12, 2011: Unions welcome appointment of Bill Shorten as new Workplace Relations Minister
- December 11, 2011: What is the Fijian Govt trying to hide? Aust and NZ unions to go ahead with visit despite reported ban
- December 7, 2011: Australian unions to investigate human and labour rights abuses in Fiji following ILO intervention
- December 6, 2011: Government commitment to higher apprentice wages is a good first step to lifting completion rates
- December 2, 2011: New Labor platform will strengthen collective bargaining and improve worker rights
- November 29, 2011: Half of casual workers would prefer to have a secure job, official data finds
- November 24, 2011: Four years to the day Australian workers voted out WorkChoices, Liberals still want it back
- November 24, 2011: Foxtel is exploiting contractors and shirking fair work responsibilities
- November 22, 2011: Unions condemn employer militancy, pledge to improve and strengthen workers’ rights
- November 20, 2011: Baiada must stop the legal threats and listen to workers’ concerns about secure jobs
- November 17, 2011: ACTU & ACCI call for freedom of association in Fiji
- November 16, 2011: Wages breakout? What wages breakout? Latest ABS data confirms cost of living pressures for workers
- November 11, 2011: Report confirms sham contracting rife across Australian industries
- November 10, 2011: Government’s commitment to equal pay an historic day for women workers
- November 10, 2011: Barnett Government will leave WA workers with second rate health and safety
- November 8, 2011: Passing of climate change legislation provides certainty for workers
- November 7, 2011: New decree bans Fiji workers’ basic rights to collective bargaining and representation
- November 5, 2011: Second Fijian union leader arrested in a week points to a new wave of anti-worker action
- November 2, 2011: Superannuation increase means more Australians will be secure in retirement
- November 2, 2011: Australians get a chance to have their say on insecure work; inquiry opens for submissions today
- October 31, 2011: Unions welcome Fair Work Australia decision; now Joyce must get the planes back into the air
- October 30, 2011: Worker rights in Fiji sink to a new low; Australian unions condemn arrest of Fijian union president
- October 30, 2011: Qantas must reverse decision to ground fleet; Joyce owes the Australian public an explanation
- October 26, 2011: Widespread abuse of Workers’ Rights
- October 20, 2011: Secure jobs are the key to ending poverty
- October 14, 2011: Employers must stop blaming Fair Work for productivity decline
- October 11, 2011: Parliament must support Clean Energy Bill to ensure Australia’s future
- October 6, 2011: Unions take action with jobs plan for Australia’s future
- October 3, 2011: Insecure workers in Australia need a fairer deal for a better future
- October 3, 2011: Tax reform must redress imbalance against lower income Australians
- October 3, 2011: Tax avoidance, evasion and minimisation is costing Australia $50 billion a year
- September 30, 2011: Unions demand Qantas come clean on its role in dismantling of Fiji workers’ rights
- September 28, 2011: Unions launch new campaign for secure jobs and a better future for Australian workers
- September 27, 2011: ACTU tells carbon inquiry costs of inaction far outweigh costs of action
- September 21, 2011: Stronger Super means more secure retirement for Australian workers
- September 19, 2011: Unions launch campaign for 12% superannuation to guarantee secure retirement for workers
- September 16, 2011: All buildings should be cleared of asbestos by 2030 to save future generations
- September 14, 2011: Ansett: a 10 year journey by workers and unions comes to an end
- September 7, 2011: Largest ever workers’ survey shows the modern workplace is increasing job stress and insecurity
- September 2, 2011: Australians rally for Fiji workers’ safety amid military regime’s growing repression of rights
- September 1, 2011: States must commit to equal pay as another year passes with women lagging too far behind men
- August 29, 2011: Australians want a more progressive income tax system, new research shows
- August 17, 2011: Qantas management must guarantee to Australian workers their jobs will not head offshore
- August 16, 2011: Qantas management betrays loyal Australian workforce in ‘race to the bottom’
- August 15, 2011: New ABS data shows the real cost of living for working families is rising faster than wages
- August 15, 2011: Millions of Australian workers would lose out under Liberal plan to scrap penalty rates
- August 14, 2011: Virgin pilots negotiate historic enterprise agreement as more workers turn to collective bargaining
- August 13, 2011: More trouble in Paradise: harassment of Fijian trade unions by military Government worsens
- August 11, 2011: The world is watching: Fijian regime must cease harassment of unions and respect human rights
- August 10, 2011: National Disability Insurance Scheme is a reform whose time has come
- August 4, 2011: Largest survey of Australian workers to contribute to future workplace campaigns
- August 1, 2011: Ratification of ILO conventions sends important message about workers’ rights
- July 28, 2011: Tax forum to pave way for all Australians to have a say on future reforms
- July 27, 2011: New CPI figures show pressure on working families no cause for interest rate rise
- July 21, 2011: Crackdown on rogue employers who use illegal migrant workers is long overdue
- July 17, 2011: Australian workers want better job security, not a return to WorkChoices-style policies
- July 15, 2011: Tax reforms support more women into work
- July 10, 2011: Carbon price package provides certainty and safeguards for workers, households and communities
- June 30, 2011: Two years on and the Liberal Party still doesn’t get workers’ rights
- June 19, 2011: Insecure work and costs of living head workers concerns, new survey finds
- June 3, 2011: Lowest paid workers get a $19.40 wage rise, but still not enough to bridge gap
- June 2, 2011: Industrial disputes continue to fall under Fair Work Act, proving employer groups wrong
- June 1, 2011: Fair Work decision reinforces rights of workers to seek better pay and conditions
- May 30, 2011: Community leaders join call for carbon price
- May 24, 2011: Patrick’s secret plan for war on the waterfront will sabotage national economy
- May 23, 2011: Report confirms fast action on climate is needed to create jobs, drive economy
- May 19, 2011: Australian unions condemn latest attack on Fijian workers’ rights by military dictatorship
- May 19, 2011: Fairfax cuts a risk to quality Australian journalism
- May 17, 2011: Decent rise to minimum wage is needed to ease growing cost of living pressures
- May 17, 2011: Higher apprentice wages essential to maintain a skilled Australian workforce
- May 16, 2011: Women finally a step closer to equal pay after landmark test case ruling
- May 15, 2011: Unions press for wage rise for low paid as research shows most Australians support more wealth equality
- May 6, 2011: Challenging times for Australian workers makes union membership more important than ever
- May 5, 2011: JobWatch closure would be a devastating blow to vulnerable Victorian workers
- May 5, 2011: Low-paid workers win access to bargaining system, but legislation still needs improvement
- May 2, 2011: Historic national workers ‘census’ to help shape future of Australian workforce
- April 28, 2011: Business push to water down OHS laws would jeopardise workers’ safety
- April 28, 2011: Financial reforms a welcome step towards creating income security in retirement
- April 21, 2011: Get serious about job security, workers tell Qantas
- April 13, 2011: New OHS regulations must make protecting workers the priority, not business profits
- April 5, 2011: New Victorian anti-bullying laws welcome but employers cannot shirk responsibility
- March 29, 2011: Unions call on Indonesia to release arrested nurses
- March 23, 2011: Australian workers say yes to action on climate change for our future
- March 15, 2011: Employers must invest in training to address resources skills shortages
- March 9, 2011: Ark Tribe recognised with special union award for his courageous stand for workplace rights
- March 9, 2011: Employers have failed to act on equal opportunity; time for stronger enforcement
- March 9, 2011: Urgent action is needed to lift wages and conditions of apprentices
- March 8, 2011: International Women’s Day 2011: 100 years of achievements but gender pay gap still too wide
- March 4, 2011: Equal pay group is good step; now SACS workers wait for final decision from Fair Work Australia
- February 28, 2011: Unions welcome long overdue proposal for a National Disability Insurance Scheme
- February 25, 2011: Deal to move forward on a carbon price is a vital step towards a clean energy industry for Australia
- February 24, 2011: Parental leave work place entitlement protected after Coalition’s attempt at sabotage was rejected
- February 24, 2011: The truth is thrown overboard as the Liberals ramp up their campaign to reintroduce WorkChoices
- February 21, 2011: Apprenticeship reforms are long overdue and must be acted on to provide a skilled labour force
- February 18, 2011: Labor Party review reaffirms unions as the “bedrock” of the modern ALP
- February 17, 2011: Workers at Rio Tinto Alcan deserve better rights at work and higher wages
- February 16, 2011: Unions to form new partnership to advance economic and social justice for Indigenous Australians
- February 15, 2011: Australian unions join global action calling for workers’ rights in Mexico
- February 8, 2011: Liberal changes to paid parental leave scheme would result in more women leaving the workforce
- February 7, 2011: Australian unions join global day of action for democracy and human rights in Egypt
- February 3, 2011: Tribute from unions on passing of Bill Mansfield
- January 21, 2011: Court ruling sends message to employers to respect the role OHS reps play in keeping workplaces safe
- January 21, 2011: Unions call for additional funds to be reinvested back into aged care workers
- January 12, 2011: Unions express sadness at Queensland flood devastation and support disaster relief appeal
- December 28, 2010: New $10,000 Paid Parental Leave scheme should be on top of other entitlements
- December 23, 2010: Julian Assange receives Alliance Media Pass: unions offer support for WikiLeaks
- December 21, 2010: Last chance for Baillieu to give Vic. workers the right to spend Xmas Day with their family
- December 17, 2010: Overturning of penalties against ex-James Hardie directors is an insult to victims and their families
- December 16, 2010: Workers set to win lower fees and more super in retirement from Govt reforms
- December 12, 2010: Banking reform package is a good start towards more competition and better consumer options
- December 8, 2010: WorkChoices is alive and well under Liberals in Western Australia
- December 2, 2010: Fair Work Australia rejects employers attempt to steal Christmas
- December 1, 2010: 2010 ACTU Whitlam Lecture by Ross Gittins
- November 25, 2010: Statement of condolence to families of victims of the Pike River Mine disaster
- November 24, 2010: Ark Tribe’s acquittal is further proof the ABCC must be abolished
- November 22, 2010: Employers could force people to work on Christmas Day unless an extra public holiday is declared
- November 19, 2010: Federal Government must stick to its commitment to overcoming unequal pay
- November 18, 2010: Spying operation at Victorian desal project is a breach of workers’ rights and betrayal of trust
- November 17, 2010: Boom in executive remuneration means CEOs are earning almost 100 times average workers
- November 16, 2010: Unions welcome Labor Government’s delivery of improvements to redundancy payments for workers
- November 13, 2010: Interest rate rises highlight greed and hypocrisy of the major banks: unions call for regulation
- November 9, 2010: Employees required to work on Christmas Day must get penalty rates
- November 4, 2010: Big $ bonuses for bank execs fuel profit grab through interest rate and fee rises
- November 3, 2010: Commonwealth Bank’s greedy cash grab risks fuelling community backlash
- November 1, 2010: Back injured jockeys this Melbourne Cup
- October 29, 2010: Liberals’ proposed tax changes would deliver big cuts to the rich, higher taxes for workers
- October 29, 2010: ACTU welcomes appointment of Geoff Fary to chair new national asbestos review
- October 19, 2010: Wages for workers fall below cost of living as company profits rebound strongly post-GFC
- October 18, 2010: Family violence is costing the economy and society; victims need help in the workplace
- October 15, 2010: Unions spread the word to remind working families to apply for new Paid Parental Leave scheme
- October 12, 2010: Abbott and Liberals miss the point: Paid Parental Leave must be a workplace entitlement
- October 8, 2010: Minimum hours decision protects award safety net, sends a clear message to employers and politicians
- October 7, 2010: World Day for Decent Work is a time to celebrate achievements, but more must be done
- October 4, 2010: Loss of permanent full time jobs is putting families at greater financial risk: new report
- October 1, 2010: National paid parental leave scheme now only three months away; applications start today
- September 28, 2010: ABCC must be abolished and construction laws should improve OHS and stamp out dodgy contractors
- September 22, 2010: SA public sector job cuts don’t make sense
- September 12, 2010: Unions look forward to working with new Gillard Ministry on jobs, skills and rights at work
- September 10, 2010: New Telstra agreement is a win for employees and sends a strong message about rights at work
- September 7, 2010: Independents break new ground in Australian politics with both stability and opportunity for change
- August 22, 2010: Workplace rights key to election – Australian public again send message about industrial relations
- August 20, 2010: Workers to rally in western Sydney in final election protest against Liberals’ job cuts and IR policies
- August 16, 2010: Unions congratulate Crumlin on new global role
- August 12, 2010: New online video asks what kinds of policies is Tony Abbott trying to smuggle in his speedos?
- August 9, 2010: Barnett and Abbott hiding secret plan to bring back WorkChoices for West Australian workers
- August 9, 2010: Average workers to pay more while millionaires get $15,000 tax cut: new Liberal tax policy reveals the ‘real’ Tony Abbott
- August 1, 2010: Stark choice for workers on super, WorkChoices, health & education highlighted by new union ads
- July 23, 2010: New climate change plan will protect jobs and create opportunities for local industry
- July 23, 2010: Too many fatalities on the waterfront; unions call for urgent taskforce to improve safety
- July 22, 2010: Liberals can do much more than ‘tweak’ Fair Work laws and can’t be trusted
- July 20, 2010: Abbott’s “tweaks” leave back door open for worst of WorkChoices to return
- July 9, 2010: Minimum hours decision confirms award safety net; now Abbott and the Liberals must do the same
- July 6, 2010: Unions call for politicians to stay calm on asylum seekers and maintain humane approach
- July 5, 2010: Cooper Review endorses not-for-profit, low fee industry superannuation model
- July 2, 2010: Resource tax changes will ensure a fairer share of Australia’s mineral wealth for all
- July 2, 2010: Stand firm on gains for workers and local communities from mining tax, urge unions
- July 1, 2010: New ACTU President Ged Kearney
- June 28, 2010: Unions welcome appointment of Simon Crean as new Workplace Relations Minister
- June 26, 2010: Congratulations to Sharan Burrow on her election to head the global union movement
- June 24, 2010: Here’s the truth on mining: profits have grown by more than eight times wages
- June 24, 2010: Unions pledge to work closely with Julia Gillard, acknowledge Labor’s achievements under Rudd
- June 20, 2010: Agreement over broadband network roll-out is good for jobs and national infrastructure
- June 17, 2010: Passage of paid parental leave scheme is an historic achievement for Australia’s working mums
- June 15, 2010: Statement on Ark Tribe
- June 15, 2010: 25,000 Australians call on Senate to make history this week with a final vote for paid parental leave
- June 14, 2010: Australia needs a robust tax system with fair and efficient taxation of mining super profits
- June 2, 2010: Self-interested mining companies should not stand in way of fairer tax and more superannuation
- June 2, 2010: Coalition forced to accept Paid Parental Leave scheme, ending decades of opposition
- June 2, 2010: Australian unions condemn aid convoy deaths and call for lifting of blockade of Gaza
- May 26, 2010: ABCC is an abject failure and should be abolished: construction workers deserve more respect
- May 19, 2010: Disaster for workers: Libs to block super, jeopardise parental leave and bring back WorkChoices
- May 19, 2010: Action on pollution leads to more jobs across Australia
- May 14, 2010: Working mums doing it tough deserve a decent paid parental scheme by start of 2011
- May 14, 2010: Abbott sides with big business at expense of workers: will bring back WorkChoices and keep super profits
- May 12, 2010: Workers turn to unions for better pay: new ABS data shows lift in union membership
- May 11, 2010: ACTU pays tribute to Jeff Shaw
- May 10, 2010: Abbott is trying to mislead voters and rewrite the history of WorkChoices
- May 6, 2010: New legal push by employers threatens to cut minimum pay for retail workers by $79 a week
- May 4, 2010: Paid Parental Leave now within reach – Tony Abbott must not block the scheme
- April 29, 2010: Fairer tax and more super for working Australians must be at centre of Henry Review
- April 28, 2010: Workers’ Memorial Day 2010 – unions and OHS representatives make workplaces safer
- April 26, 2010: New union campaign sends message to Liberals: “WorkChoices: whatever the name, never again”
- April 21, 2010: Abbott’s plan to ban the dole for young people shows he is out of touch with working Australians
- April 20, 2010: Ged Kearney elected unopposed as the next President of the ACTU
- April 19, 2010: Abbott and Liberals will go back to WorkChoices by removing protection from unfair dismissal
- April 12, 2010: Teachers’ proposed improvements to MySchool website should not be ignored
- April 10, 2010: Unions call for humane approach to asylum seekers
- April 7, 2010: Mandatory reporting welcome but only part of the solution to achieve equal pay for women
- March 27, 2010: One year on, Fair Work laws have restored protections lost under WorkChoices
- March 12, 2010: Laws should protect building workers, not persecute them, says major new report
- March 11, 2010: Equal Pay Campaign starts today with launch of national test case for social and community workers
- March 8, 2010: Abbott’s paid parental leave proposal is a dishonest smokescreen for WorkChoices
- March 3, 2010: Sex discrimination has no place in workplaces; Qantas and other employers must lift their game
- February 23, 2010: New push by highly-paid company executives for a return to WorkChoices is a sign of blatant self-interest
- February 19, 2010: Employers should not use the new award system as an excuse to cut pay
- February 18, 2010: New Liberal plan to scrap minimum hours of work will hurt more than 2 million casuals
- February 17, 2010: A quarter of workforce to lose unfair dismissal protection under Liberals’ new WorkChoices
- February 16, 2010: Workers stand to lose $$$ under Liberal plan to scrap penalty rates and bring back WorkChoices
- February 15, 2010: Liberals will bring back WorkChoices to cut wages & conditions at next election: new poll
- February 9, 2010: Paid parental leave ‘over my dead body’, says Abbott
- February 8, 2010: Skilled migration changes on the right track
- February 1, 2010: Intergenerational Report is a wake-up call; time to increase super to 15%
- January 29, 2010: North West shelf workers deserve to be treated with more respect
- January 19, 2010: Investment in skills and infrastructure crucial to boost Australian productivity
- January 1, 2010: New protections and minimum standards will be better for all Australian workers
- December 22, 2009: Australia Post management is putting job security, workplace safety and pay at risk
- December 19, 2009: Copenhagen climate conference fails to deliver a satisfactory deal to cut greenhouse gases
- December 17, 2009: Australian PM raises stakes towards ‘grand bargain’
- December 16, 2009: Decisive action needed from PM as talks teeter
- December 11, 2009: Increase in workplace deaths means health and safety laws need to be strengthened: new data
- December 9, 2009: Abbott’s ‘no worker will be worse off’ claim is dishonest
- December 8, 2009: New national VET regulator will help boost standards and quality of training
- December 8, 2009: IR zealots Abbott and Abetz plan to bring back WorkChoices, remove No Disadvantage Test
- December 6, 2009: Westpac’s ‘community consultation’ is a public relations sham, say unions
- December 4, 2009: New Liberal plan to scrap job protections will hurt young and vulnerable workers
- December 3, 2009: Liberals, WorkChoices and individual contracts: the love that dare not speak its name
- December 2, 2009: Abbott’s promise to bring back WorkChoices will make jobs less secure: unions
- November 30, 2009: Illawarra showing the way in embracing new clean energy job opportunities
- November 26, 2009: New report confirms GFC has worsened job fears; greater rights are needed for casual workers
- November 25, 2009: CPRS must now be passed to create jobs and a stronger economy
- November 24, 2009: Pay equity report welcomed but there must be no delay in bringing it to life: unions
- November 24, 2009: Burrow to seek new international union role
- November 23, 2009: Job security is number one issue for workers: unions call for inquiry into greater protections
- November 20, 2009: Pay, job security and workplace safety at risk for Australia Post workers, says ACTU
- November 18, 2009: Job fears and higher workloads have led to an epidemic of unpaid overtime, say unions
- November 18, 2009: Early and extreme fire danger here to stay; firefighters call on Senators to pass CPRS
- November 12, 2009: Rising unemployment means Government stimulus spending must not be wound back, say unions
- November 11, 2009: Executive pay outrage as company CEOs pocket millions while slashing jobs
- November 10, 2009: Time is running out to prevent watering down of workplace safety protections
- November 7, 2009: Unions welcome James Hardie asbestos funding but will continue to hold the company to account
- November 4, 2009: Pay push for social & community workers: ACTU backs major new test case
- October 28, 2009: Time is running out for stronger health and safety laws: workers rally for changes
- October 26, 2009: Union statement in support of the humane treatment of asylum seekers
- October 22, 2009: Industry calls for single national regulator for VET
- October 20, 2009: Women’s job security, pay and conditions likely to worsen because of GFC
- October 15, 2009: Action is needed to prevent underemployment becoming more entrenched in the workforce
- October 7, 2009: Recovery of global economy must place decent work at front and centre: unions
- October 6, 2009: Ordinary taxpayers are footing extra tax bill for rich and wealthy, say unions
- October 1, 2009: Adopt-a-Dinosaur for clean energy jobs
- September 25, 2009: Govt changes to health & safety laws to favour big business at expense of workers’ safety: unions
- September 24, 2009: Politicians should do more to limit executive pay and support low income workers
- September 22, 2009: Big CEO and director payouts are greedy & hypocritical as workers suffer pay cuts
- September 17, 2009: Workplace victims groups join with unions in call for stronger health and safety laws
- September 15, 2009: Don’t drop the ball on corporate reform and regulation of executive pay: unions
- September 10, 2009: Senate report confirms need to abolish coercive powers in building and construction industry
- September 10, 2009: Fewer hours and falling employment show stimulus spending must be maintained
- September 8, 2009: Lack of jobs and cuts to hours mean more families are in financial distress: unions
- September 3, 2009: Unions will pursue new legal avenue to ensure workers are not worse off from award changes
- September 1, 2009: Workers send powerful safety message at nation-wide rallies
- August 28, 2009: Modern award system must leave no workers worse off, say unions
- August 24, 2009: Australian women are underemployed and underpaid, warns major new report
- August 20, 2009: Cochlear workers vote for new collective agreement; time for company to negotiate
- August 9, 2009: “Dinosaurs” urged to evolve and support clean energy jobs
- August 6, 2009: Part-time work and loss of hours disguising real unemployment impact on working families
- July 31, 2009: Better protection of entitlements & tougher penalties for bad employers on the way: unions welcome Labor policies
- July 28, 2009: Unions push for action on job security, support for families and better workplace rights
- July 28, 2009: New government procurement guidelines will create local jobs and better workplaces
- July 21, 2009: Tougher regulations needed on business over climate change and jobs say unions
- July 13, 2009: Gender pay gap set to widen following freeze on wages for the low-paid
- July 8, 2009: Pay freeze for low paid workers is unfair and discriminatory, say unions
- July 6, 2009: A few green shoots does not mean economic recovery; jobs remain top priority, say unions
- July 6, 2009: Ballarat workers have their say on global financial crisis and job security
- July 1, 2009: Telstra and communications industry unions agree on important principles
- July 1, 2009: Time to celebrate new IR laws – stronger rights and protections for Australian workers
- June 26, 2009: Building Commission’s lack of independence is exposed by letter to Deputy PM
- June 17, 2009: Property developers and big builders are the winners from unfair construction laws
- June 16, 2009: Unions vow to continue to stand up for the rights of construction workers
- June 13, 2009: Chemists stand to lose $2500 a year from last gasp WorkChoices job contracts
- June 3, 2009: Unions call for end to discrimination against construction workers & action on workplace deaths
- June 2, 2009: Unions to outline agenda for job security, workers’ rights and a fairer Australia at ACTU Congress
- June 1, 2009: Unions to push for radical new cap on executive salaries and bonuses
- May 29, 2009: Pacific Brands must halt plans to send jobs offshore: unions
- May 13, 2009: Unions celebrate new era of support for working mothers and call on Coalition to back paid maternity leave plan
- May 12, 2009: Jobs, jobs, jobs Budget (with a bit of tough love) will protect working families in downturn
- May 11, 2009: Workers’ lives at risk: new union push for tougher national health and safety laws
- May 10, 2009: ACTU and unions welcome paid maternity leave scheme for working mothers
- May 8, 2009: BHP shows the way on paid parental leave; Federal Govt must act in next week’s Budget
- May 6, 2009: Save jobs by making police, posties, fire-fighters and defence uniforms in Australia, say unions
- April 30, 2009: Thousands of workers locked into lower pay and conditions while remnants of WorkChoices remain
- April 29, 2009: Paid maternity leave will help redress gender inequality and must be in Federal Budget
- April 27, 2009: Australian workers grieve for lives lost in workplaces: International Workers’ Memorial Day
- April 26, 2009: Workers stuck on WorkChoices job contracts are $7500 a year worse off: call for Govt to act
- April 23, 2009: James Hardie must keep asbestos victims in the loop over GFC impact on compensation
- April 22, 2009: Jobs lost for 91,000 young victims of the Global Financial Crisis: unions call for action
- April 17, 2009: New report is further evidence Paid Parental Maternity Leave must be included in Federal Budget
- April 7, 2009: New Government-owned broadband company will maximise good jobs for Australian telco workers
- April 3, 2009: Building workers will continue to be discriminated against under proposed new laws
- April 2, 2009: Working women $1million dollars worse off than men: paid maternity leave a good start
- March 29, 2009: Minimum wage rise for 1.3 million low paid workers is vital to stimulate economy and safeguard jobs
- March 28, 2009: Rebuilding the world’s economy must put working people first, global unions tell G20 leaders
- March 23, 2009: Paid maternity leave Week of Action keeps up the pressure for inclusion in Federal Budget
- March 20, 2009: New IR laws are a major step forward for Australian workers
- March 18, 2009: More curbs on executive pay and tighter business regulations are needed to protect jobs
- March 16, 2009: Whose side is Senator Fielding on? Family First or Business First?
- March 11, 2009: Myth of ‘union bogey’ is no basis for unfair IR laws: call to reject Liberal amendments
- March 10, 2009: Urgent action required on climate change
- March 6, 2009: International Women’s Day 2009: pay gap may widen because of GFC, says new report
- March 5, 2009: Misleading ad shows Queensland Liberal-National Party can’t be trusted on jobs
- March 3, 2009: Businesses receiving public funds must maximise local jobs and protect workers’ rights
- February 27, 2009: New industrial relations laws needed to protect workers in economic downturn
- February 25, 2009: Fair Pay chief’s comments irresponsible and damaging for low-paid workers
- February 25, 2009: Tax reform must make the system fairer while strengthening and protecting the economy
- February 23, 2009: Paid maternity leave in May Budget would ease economic hardship for families
- February 19, 2009: Unions welcome new apprenticeship scheme as vital for jobs for young people in slowing economy
- February 17, 2009: Economic downturn strengthens the case for urgent changes to workplace laws
- February 16, 2009: Workers front Senate inquiry to call for collective bargaining rights and end to WorkChoices
- February 13, 2009: One year on: apology reminds us much still needed to improve lives of Indigenous Australians
- February 12, 2009: Xenophon and Coalition threaten thousands of jobs of Australian workers
- February 10, 2009: Time is running out to protect jobs; Coalition must support $42 billion economic stimulus package
- February 9, 2009: Unions express sadness at bushfire losses and pledge $250,000 to Red Cross appeal
- February 6, 2009: Coalition is risking the jobs of working Australians by opposing stimulus package
- February 3, 2009: Stimulus package will help ward off job losses and cushion the economy but more may be needed: ACTU
- January 30, 2009: International unions deliver powerful jobs message to World Economic Forum
- January 29, 2009: Telstra’s industrial relations strategy breaches Electoral Commission standards
- January 26, 2009: Liberals and Nationals must support Australian workers and back new industrial relations laws
- January 22, 2009: Unions call for summit to prepare for economic stimulus to preserve jobs and incomes
- January 20, 2009: Unions call for new economic stimulus package to target jobs that can begin straight away
- January 13, 2009: Government’s proposed IR laws must go further to deliver ‘rights at work’
- January 7, 2009: Global action needed to effect immediate Gaza ceasefire and restart peace process
- January 6, 2009: Response to slowing economy must focus on jobs and skills, not attacks on rights at work
- January 1, 2009: Unions look to see new IR laws in 2009
- December 19, 2008: Low paid workers face cuts to pay and conditions under proposed new modern awards
- December 15, 2008: Telstra board and management must stop playing politics on broadband tender and IR
- December 15, 2008: Time for business to create new green jobs and help solve global warming, say unions
- December 12, 2008: New Government infrastructure investment welcome; business must do its bit as well
- December 9, 2008: Give unfair AWAs the BOOT: unions plan next step in workers’ rights campaign
- December 4, 2008: Safe Work Bill changes are needed to strengthen workplace health and safety laws
- December 2, 2008: Towards a Green New Deal: Economic stimulus that will be good for the planet
- November 25, 2008: New Collective Bargaining laws will deliver better wages and conditions for Australian workers
- November 25, 2008: New IR legislation will be a major step forward for workers’ rights after a decade of attacks
- November 24, 2008: New union TV ad spotlights Liberals’ choice: support IR laws or put workers last again
- November 21, 2008: Asbestos time bomb still haunts homes and workplaces: National Asbestos Awareness Week
- November 20, 2008: Paid Maternity Leave not negotiable in 2009 Federal Budget
- November 19, 2008: Climate change is an opportunity to create one million ‘green jobs’: union report
- November 18, 2008: Boost to infrastructure spending will protect jobs and increase productivity, say unions
- November 14, 2008: Arbitration as a last resort will protect workers and deliver better wages and productivity
- November 14, 2008: Government must adopt temporary migrant worker visa recommendations to end exploitation
- November 10, 2008: Unions welcome vital government investment inlocal car industry jobs
- October 30, 2008: Green Gold Rush report: almost a million green jobs for Australia by 2030
- October 24, 2008: Safe Work Week timely reminder of human cost of workplace tragedies and need for strong OHS laws
- October 20, 2008: Paid Maternity Leave a must in 2009 Federal Budget, say unions
- October 14, 2008: Working families & retirees will benefit from Labor Govt economic stimulus package
- October 9, 2008: Pilbara workers need strong umpire to protect rights in new industrial relations laws
- October 9, 2008: Justice Wilcox confirms Howard Govt watchdog discriminates against construction workers
- October 1, 2008: Global financial crisis adds urgency to need for a fair and balanced IR system, say unions
- September 29, 2008: 18 weeks Paid Maternity Leave a huge step forward, but employers should contribute more
- September 22, 2008: Collective bargaining rights for workers at risk under Labor’s IR plan, says ACTU
- September 21, 2008: Eco-makeover for homes equals green jobs
- September 17, 2008: Unions welcome important next step by Rudd Government towards dismantling Work Choices
- September 15, 2008: Nursing hotline operator using Work Choices to deny workers rights: new IR laws needed now
- September 15, 2008: Small business employees must have access to redundancy pay in modern award system: unions
- September 8, 2008: Workers to sue their boss for denying them rights to genuine collective bargaining
- September 5, 2008: Australian leadership remains crucial to global climate change solution
- September 5, 2008: Unions seek protection for truckies, cleaners, security guards, tradesmen
- August 28, 2008: Give Telstra workers the democratic right to negotiate a collective agreement, say unions
- August 27, 2008: Equal Pay Day 2008: Australian women still treated as cheap labour
- August 26, 2008: Increased TAFE funding welcome, but higher fees will dampen demand for training, say unions
- August 22, 2008: IR Ministers need to deliver new laws that restore workers’ collective bargaining rights
- August 22, 2008: Roy Morgan sackings highlight weakness of current unfair dismissal protection
- July 29, 2008: Employers are taking advantage of restrictions on union entry to cut rights at work
- July 22, 2008: Time for wake up call on sexual harassment
- July 21, 2008: Banks’ sales targets are pushing more working families into debt: unions call for action
- July 21, 2008: Call for action to reduce workplace discrimination against people with disabilities
- July 21, 2008: Telstra management’s secret IR strategy reveals unethical treatment of workers: unions call for talks
- July 18, 2008: Telstra HR should take responsibility for manager found applying duress to workers
- July 17, 2008: Pay and conditions of Telstra workers put at risk by management’s refusal to talk to unions
- July 16, 2008: Unions welcome Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme as urgent and necessary
- July 14, 2008: Harvey Norman using IR confusion to rip off sales staff
- July 11, 2008: More support needed to help carers balance their work and family commitments
- July 6, 2008: New powerful climate alliance to drive tough and fair solutions
- July 4, 2008: Climate change will cut the wages of working Australians: urgent action needed says ACTU
- July 2, 2008: ACTU calls for investment in “shared equity” housing affordability solution
- June 16, 2008: New employment standards are a step towards plugging the gaps left by Work Choices
- June 11, 2008: Employers can afford paid maternity leave
- June 5, 2008: Woolworth’s joins ranks of businesses that see the benefit of paid maternity leave
- May 29, 2008: Qantas cuts to jobs, services and staff wages are short-sighted say unions
- May 27, 2008: 14 weeks for all women – ACTU paid maternity scheme affordable and good for families
- May 25, 2008: Unions continue campaign for workers’ rights with new TV advertising campaign
- May 19, 2008: Trucking company push to evade State workers’ comp. systems could put driver safety at risk
- May 19, 2008: National Indigenous workers’ conference to focus on jobs & better employment rights
- May 15, 2008: Qantas executives are putting profits ahead of the living standards of workers say unions
- May 12, 2008: Senators’ threat to block Labor’s IR laws will resurrect Work Choices says ACTU
- May 8, 2008: Education and training targeted by ACTU as 2008 Federal Budget priority
- May 7, 2008: Treasury report confirms Howard Govt knew Work Choices cut workers’ pay & conditions
- April 18, 2008: 2020 Summit is a welcome opportunity to consider the needs of working Australians
- March 28, 2008: Unions welcome start of ban on new AWAs & vow to continue campaign to scrap WorkChoices
- March 27, 2008: Time for paid maternity leave to become standard in all workplaces say unions
- March 19, 2008: Unions welcome ban on new AWAs & call on employers to allow workers collective agreements
- March 14, 2008: ACTU submission on minimum wage
- March 14, 2008: Climate change: workers want a say in creating greener workplaces
- March 12, 2008: Give low paid workers $26 a week pay rise and curb executive salaries
- March 12, 2008: Address to the National Press Club – Building a fairer Australia: the role of unions and workers’ rights
- March 6, 2008: ACTU Executive outlines future agenda for working families
- March 3, 2008: Too soon to inflict another interest rate rise on working families
- February 29, 2008: Melbourne Qantas valet parking workers out of work
- February 26, 2008: Qantas should stand up for the wages and conditions of valet parking workers say unions
- February 22, 2008: Banks must exhaust all options before closing the door on working families
- February 20, 2008: ACTU Radio interview transcript with Jon Faine
- February 19, 2008: Liberals still hurting workers by holding up scrapping of Work Choices
- February 18, 2008: Hockey shows Liberals are still dishonest & out-of-touch with working families on ‘Work Choices’
- February 6, 2008: Banks should help struggling families hold onto their homes: unions
- February 1, 2008: Unions vow to take on companies that continue to exploit workers
- January 30, 2008: Workplace rights lost under Liberals’ WorkChoices laws must be restored say unions
- December 10, 2007: Employers should accept the Australian voters’ rejection of AWAs and ‘Workchoices’
- November 29, 2007: Business and Liberals still haven’t heard voters’ message to abandon IR policies
- November 25, 2007: Australians reject ‘WorkChoices’ & the Liberals’ attack on unions & workers’ rights
- November 1, 2007: John Howard confirms Govt plan to reduce award coverage and go furhter on IR changes
- October 31, 2007: 33,000 more job losses – the Coalition’s only plan for Australian manufacturing say unions
- October 28, 2007: John Howard cannot be trusted on industrial relations: Govt plans 1.5 million more AWAs
- October 25, 2007: Nurses win fair wages & improve quality care despite Work Choices obstacles
- October 25, 2007: New independent report finds Work Choices is bad now, but set to get even worse later
- October 24, 2007: CPI lift leaves working families worse off & Liberals’ economic credentials in tatters
- October 23, 2007: NFF wants Howard Govt to go further on wage cuts for rural & regional workers
- October 19, 2007: Rudd Labor’s education tax refund will help working families struggling with rising costs
- October 18, 2007: Liberal Party advertisement is insulting to working families says ACTU
- October 18, 2007: ‘Save our penalty rates’ say nurses & health workers in 1st big anti-WorkChoices election event
- October 14, 2007: Federal election is an opportunity to protect the rights of working families says ACTU
- September 19, 2007: ACTU Media Release – The Race to Commercialise Nanotechnology Leaves Workers’ Health and Safety at the Starting Block: ACTU
- August 28, 2007: Labor policy an important step towards better rights for working families, says ACTU
- August 21, 2007: New data shows Howard Govt’s IR laws workplace watchdog is failing workers
- August 17, 2007: Sales workers to get commission-only pay under Howard Govt decision to scrap minimum wages — workers in WA, SA, Tas & Vic affected most
- August 17, 2007: ‘Fairness test’ farce is not protecting young workers from unfair IR laws says ACTU
- August 14, 2007: Big business admits direct link between pro-Liberal ad campaign and $40m taxpayer-funded program
- July 10, 2007: Working families need more parental leave rights and more affordable child care
- July 9, 2007: Loss of protection from unfair dismissal is the key to abuse of young workers: ACTU
- June 29, 2007: National Coalition calls for election focus on affordable housing
- June 4, 2007: Howard Govt IR laws would force individual workers to High Court to challenge ‘fairness test’ rulings
- June 4, 2007: All governments should sign up to new charter to protect workers’ health and safety: ACTU
- May 16, 2007: Macquarie Bank chief executive gets $12 million pay rise while working families struggle under unfair IR laws
- May 15, 2007: Mining companies should say if they will respect basic democratic rights
- May 9, 2007: Budget Fails Working Families On Tax Relief, Education & Economic Vision
- May 7, 2007: Budget handouts may be too little too late for working families says ACTU
- May 6, 2007: ACTU welcomes decision by Qantas investors to reject APA takeover bid
- April 26, 2007: Labor’s new workplace umpire ‘Fair Work Australia’ should be truly independent says ACTU
- April 25, 2007: Anzac Day has become just the same as any other working day under new IR laws
- April 24, 2007: Cosmetics workers face no pay rise for five years from new employer’s AWA push
- April 17, 2007: More evidence AWAs are cutting pay and conditions for Australian working families
- April 17, 2007: ALP pledges to give all Australian workers protection from unfair dismissal
- April 16, 2007: Federal Government voting rule changes could rob young workers hurt by IR laws of their vote
- March 30, 2007: ACTU calls for $28 a week pay rise for over one million award workers
- March 22, 2007: ACTU rejects big miners’ backing for Liberal’s AWA individual contracts
- March 14, 2007: ACTU calls for immediate release of Zimbabwe opposition leaders
- March 6, 2007: Federal Govt neglect of manufacturing industry is costing Australian jobs: ACTU
- February 22, 2007: Attacking teachers won’t improve education says ACTU
- February 16, 2007: Unions to pursue climate change solutions including carbon trading scheme, renewable energy sources and green building codes
- February 15, 2007: ASIC launches civil penalty proceedings against James Hardie directors
- February 8, 2007: QANTAS Workers in NT Worried by Fed Govt Refusal to Protect Their Jobs in Airline Takeover
- February 8, 2007: ACTU Proud Of Union Campaign To Win Justice For Asbestos Victims
- February 1, 2007: ACTU urges James Hardie Shareholders to support asbestos compensation deal
- December 8, 2006: Pay rate uncertainty hits over one million workers under new IR laws
- October 18, 2006: Make Poverty History Campaign – Melbourne 18-19 November 2006
- September 22, 2006: Today is an International Day of Trade Union Action for Zimbabwe
- September 13, 2006: ACTU Launches New Vision For Workplaces Based On Collective Bargaining
- July 24, 2006: ACTU Calls For Immediate End to Attacks on Civilians in the Middle East
- May 24, 2006: New Australian Workplace Laws T-Shirt Design Competition
- May 23, 2006: National Legal Officer LHMU
- May 18, 2006: ACTU Super Newsletter – No. 2, May 2006 – Special Budget Edition
- April 28, 2006: Western Suburbs Community And Unions Coalition: May Day Rally And Festival
- April 27, 2006: Fund Established For Families Of Beaconsfield Miners
- April 24, 2006: Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony
- April 21, 2006: Anniversary Of The 8 Hour Day
- April 19, 2006: April 20, 2006 Clean Start: Fair Deal For Cleaners Rally Around Australia
- April 6, 2006: Towards Full Employment And Protecting Rights At Work
- March 31, 2006: Low Pay In The Australian Service Sector Forum
- March 29, 2006: Workers’ And Communities Solidarity Picnic
- March 28, 2006: VTHC – Delegates Rally And March Through The City
- March 28, 2006: Howard Can’t Deny Treat To Min Wage
- March 22, 2006: World Water Day – 22 March 2006
- March 22, 2006: Inner West Your Rights At Work Street March Rally & Live Bands
- March 22, 2006: Defend Workers’ Rights And Conditions Defend Community Living Standards
- March 22, 2006: Dynamic Union Organisers To Help Childcare Workers Keep Strong Workplace Voice
- March 22, 2006: Working To Live: Histories Of The 8 Hour Day & Working Life. History Conference
- March 21, 2006: AMWU National Workplace Health & Safety Coordinator
- March 8, 2006: Annual ACTU Awards Recognise Successful Bargaining Campaigns
- March 3, 2006: Commonwealth Games Souvenirs May Breach Labour Standards
- February 24, 2006: Canberra Restaurant Owner Wants To Evict Filipino Guest Workers
- February 16, 2006: New Govt Visa Will Allow Employers To Bring In More Temporary Workers
- January 18, 2006: Tourism Skills Breakthrough Won By LHMU Tasmania
- January 16, 2006: Geoff Gallop Has Made A Real Difference To The Lives Of WA Workers
- January 12, 2006: Global Giant Takes The Biscuit. Attacks Local Jobs
- December 15, 2005: Australian NGOs and Unions say WTO Development Package Full of Empty Rhetoric
- December 9, 2005: Vale Peter Cook
- November 28, 2005: Funny Film – Scary Message
- November 21, 2005: Donate To The Union Aid Abroad APHEDA Festive Season Appeal
- November 20, 2005: ACTU Calls On James Hardie To Conclude Compensation Deal
- October 28, 2005: 24 Organisers – Expressions of Interest
- October 27, 2005: Childcare Director Fights Unfair Dismissal – Sacked While On Holidays
- October 1, 2005: Australian Youth Ambassadors For Development (AYAD) Program
- September 21, 2005: ACTU Pushes To Lift Pay By 4% For Workers On Minimum Wage
- September 14, 2005: Emergency Service Workers Take IR Concerns To Canberra
- September 12, 2005: Qld Child Care Centre Wants To Take Big Bite At Workplace Rights
- September 8, 2005: Report Supports ACTU Call To Ban Individual Contracts For Young Workers
- September 6, 2005: Federal Minister’s Model Aussie Was A Militant Trade Unionist
- September 5, 2005: Industrial Reforms A View Of The Brave New World
- September 1, 2005: Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA Christmas Cards 2005
- August 12, 2005: ACTU Calls For Protection For Young Workers Against Individual Contracts
- August 11, 2005: Nelson Creates Job Insecurity
- August 11, 2005: SA Court Case Shows How AWA’s Exploit Young Workers And Cut Minimum Pay
- August 8, 2005: Unions Win 2 Years Parental Leave and Right to PT Work For Working Parents
- August 2, 2005: Super Cadets 2006 Launched
- July 28, 2005: International Address To The PNGTUC Congress
- July 27, 2005: Support Hall & Prior Aged Care Workers
- July 27, 2005: Presentation To The PNGTUC Congress By Secretary John Paska
- July 26, 2005: Kevin Andrews’ Staff Need Your Help!
- July 21, 2005: Game On! Third Australasian Organising Conference
- July 20, 2005: Life Without Unions The New Reality?
- July 18, 2005: Union Organiser – ACTU
- July 11, 2005: Women Lose Most From Radical Changes To The Workplace
- July 8, 2005: State Of The Union
- July 5, 2005: Annual Leave Entitlements Could Be Cut To Two Weeks Under New IR Laws
- July 5, 2005: Member Benefits Update – July 2005
- July 1, 2005: No Time For Games: Unions Reach Out To 300,000 AFL Spectators This Weekend
- June 27, 2005: Unions Launch National Week Of Action To Protest Govt’s New Workplace Laws
- June 27, 2005: Loud Alarm Bells Ringing For Penalty Rates And Loadings In Hospitality Industry
- June 25, 2005: Sacked Pregnant Childcare Worker – Case Study For Unfair Dismissal Protection
- June 22, 2005: Child Care Union Pay Claim Critical For South Australian Industry’s Survival
- June 21, 2005: Big Name Reality TV Makes Big Bucks Out Of Sweated Labour
- June 19, 2005: Adverts On TV Soapies And Footy Games To Help In Big IR Fight
- June 16, 2005: The Spirit Of Co-operation
- June 10, 2005: ACTU Launches Super Web Site
- June 8, 2005: Member Benefits Update – June 2005
- June 7, 2005: Unions Win $17 A Week Pay Rise For 1.6 Million Award Workers
- May 31, 2005: Government Plan Undermines Staff Rights & Threatens Universities & TAFEs
- May 29, 2005: Interview: Greg Combet, ACTU Secretary
- May 27, 2005: Government’s IR Revolution
- May 26, 2005: UnionsACT Community Forum On Industrial Relations
- May 26, 2005: A 100 Years Of Industrial Fairness To Be Destroyed
- May 23, 2005: Workplace Agreements Threaten Basic Rights
- May 17, 2005: Canberra Refuses To Guarantee Workers Won’t Be Worse Off
- May 17, 2005: NSW Union Delegates Meet To Plan Your Rights At Work Campaign
- May 13, 2005: Budget Hits Civil Rights
- May 13, 2005: Left Footers Kick Back
- May 13, 2005: Patrick Fails to Hide Asbestos
- May 13, 2005: Hazmat 2005 Conference
- May 12, 2005: Factory Workers Forced Into Sham Independent Contractor Scheme
- May 10, 2005: Ban Kickbacks For Financial Planners: ACTU Call To Protect Superannuation
- May 10, 2005: Be Part Of The Solution To The Child Care Crisis In Tasmania
- May 9, 2005: Hospitality Unions Pink Roses For The Pink Salt
- May 6, 2005: Pink Salt Forks Out As Restaurant’s E-mail Box Overloaded With Outraged Protests
- May 2, 2005: May Day! May Day! May Day! Federal Government Threatens Basic Rights At Work
- May 2, 2005: Justice For Refugees Rally
- April 29, 2005: ACTU And Trade Union Involvement In Make Poverty History 2005
- April 28, 2005: International Workers’ Memorial Day. Work Death Toll Exceeds Road Toll
- April 28, 2005: Unions Devote May Day Effort To Make Poverty History
- April 25, 2005: Iran: Labour Activists To Celebrate May Day
- April 15, 2005: Vanstone Prefers To Import Cheap Child Care Workers, Rather Than Pay Australians
- April 14, 2005: Childcare Places Not Enough Working Parents Need A Right To Part Time Work
- April 14, 2005: Union Targets Tax Dodging Contract Cleaners
- April 14, 2005: Working To Curtail Rights
- April 12, 2005: Govt Minimum Wages Plan A Step Backwards For Australian Workers
- April 12, 2005: Richard Watts Opening Address To The Minimum Wage Case 2005
- April 11, 2005: ACTU Calls On PM To Guarantee Real Value Of Minimum Wages
- April 11, 2005: ACTU Member Benefits Update – April 2005
- April 10, 2005: March On International Workers’ Day – Sunday, May 1
- April 10, 2005: The Howard Doctrine
- April 8, 2005: Govt ‘Misleads’ Public On Wages: Judges
- April 6, 2005: Unions To Run National Week Of Action In Support Of Rights At Work
- April 6, 2005: Thousands Query The Pink Salt’s Effort To Force Individual Employment Contracts
- April 3, 2005: Thumbs Down For Union Bashers – Opinion Poll
- April 1, 2005: ACTU Super Newsletter – March 05 / April 05
- April 1, 2005: Unions Commemorate Dead On International Workers Memorial Day
- March 31, 2005: Rally Calls For Greater Spending On Mental Health
- March 24, 2005: My Restaurant Rules Competitor The Pink Salt Can Win With A Decent Workplace
- March 23, 2005: VTHC Delegates Commit To Fight For A Fair And Universal Industrial Relation
- March 23, 2005: Union Position Union Industrial Officer
- March 22, 2005: Federal Government Set To Tear Up Australia’s Award System
- March 18, 2005: Employees Win Access To Unions In Commission Ruling
- March 18, 2005: AIRC Upholds union Rights
- March 16, 2005: Govt IR Plan To Destroy 100 Years Of Fairness: ACTU Announces National Campaign
- March 15, 2005: Fixing Skills Shortage Protecting Wages Umpire & Promoting Collective Bargaining
- March 15, 2005: Developing A National Framework For Workers Compensation In Australia
- March 11, 2005: Member Benefits Update – March 2005
- March 8, 2005: Fair Pay For Women Under Threat By Govt Changes To Wages Umpire
- March 8, 2005: Violence & Political Instability Fails To Stop Worldwide Celebrations Of I.W.D
- March 8, 2005: Outcomes Of NSW Govt Review Of Legal & Admin Costs In Asbestos Compensation
- March 8, 2005: Skilled Trades Face $100 A Week Pay Cut Under Govt Wage Plans
- March 8, 2005: Super Women: Reflections On Gender, Work And Equity In Australia Today
- February 28, 2005: Traffic Fines Slow-down As Workers Reject Individual Contracts
- February 25, 2005: Minister Admits Fairness Is Not The Government’s IR Agenda
- February 22, 2005: Free Daryoush Hooshmand Nejad
- February 22, 2005: Sacked Mums Go To Court Over Individual Contracts’ 25% Pay Cut
- February 22, 2005: Sacked Mums Go To Court Over AWA’s 25% Pay Cut
- February 17, 2005: Not Only Union Members Who Oppose Right Of Entry Law Changes
- February 14, 2005: Australia’s Social and Commercial Engagement With China: New Directions
- February 9, 2005: Two Income Families Miss Out On New Govt Cash Bonus
- February 9, 2005: ACTU Delegation To Papua New Guinea Closing Address
- February 9, 2005: Union Protocol On Workplace Surveillance
- February 7, 2005: Opening Address Of The ACTU Delegation To Papua New Guinea
- February 7, 2005: Fighting Against The Odds – 2005 AWU National Conference
- January 28, 2005: Bono Burrow Davos : Global Call To End Poverty : ACTU Media Alert
- January 27, 2005: Holocaust Memorial Day 2005
- January 24, 2005: AidWatch – Where Is Your Money Going?
- January 21, 2005: ACTU Farewells James Hardie Campaigner
- January 18, 2005: LHMU Tasmania Issues Cricket Auction Challenge: dig deep For Tsunami Victims
- January 17, 2005: Casino Union Workers Raise $10,000 For Tsunami Relief
- January 14, 2005: Union Members Give Generously To Tsunami Appeal
- January 14, 2005: Low-Paid Childcare Workers In Historic Win
- January 4, 2005: Donate To The Union Tsunami Appeal
- December 31, 2004: Australian Unions Aid Victims Of Earthquake-Tsunami
- December 21, 2004: Unions & Asbestos Groups Secure James Hardie Compo Agreement
- December 16, 2004: ACTU Super Newsletter – Dec 2004/ Jan 2005
- December 12, 2004: New Car Buying Service For Union Members
- December 10, 2004: Sharan Burrow Elected First Woman President Of Global Trade Union Movement
- December 7, 2004: A Loss Of Faith In The New Workplace
- December 2, 2004: ACTU / James Hardie Negotiations Over Asbestos Compensation Continue
- December 2, 2004: Living Labor Movement Legend Gough Whitlam Congratulates Award Winners
- December 1, 2004: Work Labour And Social Change In A Globalising Era
- November 30, 2004: Low Paid Employees To Be Hit Hardest By Howard’s IR laws
- November 30, 2004: 100 Years Of The Australian Industrial Relations Commission
- November 29, 2004: Promoting Professional Women Conference And Mentoring Program
- November 26, 2004: Former Ansett Workers Short-changed By Passenger Ticket Levy
- November 25, 2004: Former PM Bob Hawke Strongly Endorses Role of Unions
- November 22, 2004: National Asbestos Awareness Week Starts Monday 22 Nov
- November 16, 2004: Millions face being sacked for no reason under new Govt laws
- November 9, 2004: Rights at Work News: Current Stories
- November 4, 2004: Bullying and Harrassment to Rise Under Howard Govt Workplace Changes
- November 1, 2004: ACTU launches hotline to highlight human cost of unfair dismissals
- October 29, 2004: High and Dry
- October 29, 2004: ACTU Super Newsletter – Oct / Nov 2004
- October 26, 2004: ACTU Industrial Officers Conference – Wednesday 24 November 2004
- October 26, 2004: Defining Moments In A Century Of Conciliation And Arbitration
- October 26, 2004: A Vision for an Australian Tribunal System
- October 25, 2004: Miner Gives Democracy The Finger
- October 22, 2004: Government Cuts to Skills Funding will Worsen Skills Crisis
- October 22, 2004: $10 Million James Hardie Executive Payouts Should Go To Asbestos Victims
- October 18, 2004: Government IR plans mean casualisation, individual contracts and job insecurity
- October 15, 2004: A union vision for super
- October 7, 2004: Howard Jobs Con: Future Of Timber Communities Depends On Labor
- October 6, 2004: Health Professionals Urge Medicare ‘Emergency’ Vote
- October 5, 2004: Nurses, Doctors And Health Professionals In Final Election Push For Medicare
- October 5, 2004: PM’s New Tech Colleges Threaten Country Secondary Schools
- October 1, 2004: Aged Care Workers Welcome Labor Policy To Rebuild Aged Care
- October 1, 2004: Unfair Dismissal
- September 29, 2004: Latham Stars In Launch Of Brilliant New Health Policy
- September 28, 2004: Low Pay, Casual Work And Overtime To Worsen Under Coalition IR Policy
- September 27, 2004: John Howard’s ‘Nanny State’: Rich Parents Get $10,000 Tax Rebate
- September 24, 2004: Electrolux “Try On” Rebuffed
- September 22, 2004: Apprentice Toolkits Are A Farcical Response To $9 Billion Skills Shortage
- September 22, 2004: Coalition Parties Must Return James Hardie Donations To Asbestos Victims
- September 21, 2004: Labor’s Education Policy; A Win For Working Families
- September 21, 2004: Jackson Inquiry Says James Hardie Must Pay
- September 18, 2004: Truck Maker Tries to Put the Cleaners Through Agreements
- September 15, 2004: James Hardie A Lemon In Orange County
- September 13, 2004: Childcare Phone-In Reveals Major Problems For Parents And Staff
- September 9, 2004: Work And Family Test Case To Hear Evidence On Claims Cost In Sydney Today
- September 3, 2004: Unions Highlight Childcare Crisis With National Phone-In
- September 1, 2004: Work & Family Test Case Starts Today: ACTU Claims Rights For Parents & Carers
- August 31, 2004: Work And Family Test Case Starts Tomorrow: Millions to Benefit
- August 31, 2004: Asbestos – The Patient Killer
- August 23, 2004: 21 Century Workplaces – Victims Of Male Tradition Or Places Of Quiet Revolution
- August 13, 2004: Parents Won’t Volunteer To Clean Schools: Exclusive Poll
- August 10, 2004: James Hardie Profits Can Fully Compensate Asbestos Victims
- August 6, 2004: Educator/Organiser Brisbane
- August 5, 2004: Working Together In The Interests of the Country
- August 4, 2004: Emancipation Incomplete
- August 4, 2004: Casuals In The Retail Industry
- August 3, 2004: ACTU Secretary Greg Combet’s Address To ACTU Casuals Conference
- August 2, 2004: Chicken Little, Henny Penny And Labor’s Casuals Policy
- August 2, 2004: Major New Research Explodes Myth Of The ‘Happy Casual Worker’
- August 2, 2004: Casual Employment – What Price Do Women Pay?
- July 30, 2004: ACTU Super Newsletter – July / Aug 2004
- July 28, 2004: Asbestos victims denied justice by $2 billion compensation shortfall
- July 27, 2004: Apprentice Shortage Will Cost Economy $9 billion in Lost Output
- July 27, 2004: Unions Not Convinced By Free Trade Agreement
- July 27, 2004: National Advocacy Educator/Trainer
- July 22, 2004: James Hardie Shirking Moral Obligations
- July 19, 2004: Asbestos Victims Denied Compensation: ACTU Calls for Treaty with Netherlands
- July 15, 2004: ACTU Rejects Plan to Limit Compensation for Asbestos Victims
- July 15, 2004: Breakthrough on Buck-passing and Blame-shifting by Govt
- July 8, 2004: Unions Welcome Mature Age Workers Commitment
- July 7, 2004: New figures show 100 year wait for public housing: Labor plan welcome
- July 4, 2004: OH&S and the Construction Industry
- June 28, 2004: ACTU Seeks Two New OHS Officers
- June 23, 2004: Top End Tax Cuts & Rorts Leave Single Battlers Further Behind
- June 22, 2004: National Summit On Housing
- June 22, 2004: Work Interrupted: ACTU Casuals and Insecure Employment Conference
- June 18, 2004: Stop Electroluxs Job-Killing Rampage
- June 17, 2004: Electrolux Jobs Campaign
- June 17, 2004: More Family Flexibility For Workers: Extra Carers’ Leave
- June 15, 2004: Men Need Time Off For Family Emergencies: National Survey
- June 12, 2004: World Day Against Child Labour: Children And Young People Need Protection
- June 10, 2004: Economic Outlook – March 2004 Quarter
- June 9, 2004: Commission Confirms National Scheme For Redundancy Pay
- June 4, 2004: Young Workers Treated Badly By Fast Food Industry
- June 2, 2004: Family Payments Will Not Cure Voter’s Work/Family Worries: New Poll
- May 26, 2004: Government Move To Deny Severance Pay Is Heartless And Wrong
- May 14, 2004: Unemployment 8 Times Worse For Early School Leavers: Youth Guarantee Welcome
- May 13, 2004: ACTU Super – May/June 2004
- May 11, 2004: The Ideal Industrial Relations Culture
- May 6, 2004: Latham Meets Unions
- May 5, 2004: Unions Win $19 A Week Pay Rise For 1.6 Million Award Workers
- May 4, 2004: Qld Unions Celebrate Labour Day
- May 3, 2004: Casual Work Test Case Commences
- April 29, 2004: Industrial Manslaughter Laws Aim To Save Lives
- April 28, 2004: Integrate Health and Safety Or Perish ACTU Seminar 2004
- April 23, 2004: Aussie Jobs Follow Trade Minister To China
- April 23, 2004: Observe One Minutes Silence 9th International Workers’ Memorial Day
- April 19, 2004: ACTU Welcomes Labor’s Casuals Plan
- April 7, 2004: PM Fails To Fix Childcare Fees/Staff Shortage: Crisis Now Looms
- April 7, 2004: Childcare Fees Skyrocket: Working Families Need Relief
- March 31, 2004: ACTU Welcomes ALP Paid Maternity Leave Plan
- March 30, 2004: Work And Family, Medicare, Federal Election Top ACTU Agenda
- March 26, 2004: ACTU Wins Improved Compensation For Retrenched Workers
- March 24, 2004: Inaugural ACTU Union Media & Communications Conference
- March 22, 2004: National Wage Case Starts Today: ACTU Claims $26 A Week Pay Rise
- March 22, 2004: Andrew Watson’s Opening Address To The 2004 Minimum Wage Case
- March 19, 2004: ACTU Media Alert: Minimum Wage Case Starts
- March 18, 2004: Howard Government Infringes Basic Labour Freedoms: ACTU Complains To ILO
- March 16, 2004: Labor Announces Super Goals For Ageing Population
- March 15, 2004: Union Push For Five Days Paid Leave To Care For Elderly Parents
- March 10, 2004: ACTU Seeks Assistant Media Officer
- March 9, 2004: Howard Government Treating Minimum Wage Case With Contempt
- March 5, 2004: Betraying The Olympic Spirit
- March 4, 2004: Bigger Workloads Increase Health Risks: 4000 New Injuries A Week
- February 27, 2004: Eliminate Individual Contracts, Focus On The Real Issues
- February 25, 2004: Age Discrimination Worsens: Older Unemployed Cant Get Jobs
- February 19, 2004: Howard Government’s Miserly Wage Offer For Low Paid Workers Defies Logic
- February 17, 2004: Low-Paid Workers To ACCI: We Need A Fair Living Wage!
- February 16, 2004: ACTU Superannuation Trustees Network Newsletter No.23 February/March 2004
- February 12, 2004: ACTU Media Alert: Unions Intensify Campaign to Save Bulk Billing
- February 12, 2004: ACTU Thanks Greg Sword
- February 2, 2004: Memorial for John Halfpenny 1935-2003
- February 1, 2004: Labor’s Industrial Relations Policy
- January 31, 2004: ALP Faces Up To The Real Workplace Problems Says ACTU
- January 30, 2004: Community- Union Alliance Wins Pay Victory For Outsourced Contracted Workers
- January 29, 2004: ACTU Welcomes Latham’s Work Commitment
- January 27, 2004: Media Alert: ACTU To Release New Research On Living Standards Of Low Paid
- January 19, 2004: Howard’s Medicare Package Will Destroy Bulk Billing
- January 16, 2004: $1M+ Public Education Fighting Fund
- December 22, 2003: Vale John Halfpenny 1935 – 2003
- December 5, 2003: Economic Outlook – September Quarter
- December 3, 2003: ACTU Awards Announced
- December 2, 2003: ACTU National Executive Meeting Press Conference
- December 2, 2003: ACTU Welcomes New ALP Leader
- November 28, 2003: ACTU Statement On Simon Crean’s Resignation
- November 27, 2003: Holidays Just a Dream
- November 25, 2003: ACTU Welcomes Proposed Ansett Settlement
- November 17, 2003: Medicareplus – A Minus For Working Families
- November 14, 2003: Bosses Tactic To Lower Wages Taken To The Cleaners
- November 14, 2003: ACTU 2004 Minimum Wages Case Fact Sheet
- November 13, 2003: Launch Of The ‘Occupational Cancer’ Manual
- November 12, 2003: Employers Need To Crack Down On Sexual Harassment
- November 12, 2003: Occupational Bullying In Australia
- November 6, 2003: Right To Strike And Collective Bargaining Under Attack
- November 5, 2003: ACTU Super Trustees Network Newsletter No.22 November 2003
- November 3, 2003: Abbott’s Two-Tier Medicare Attacked
- October 30, 2003: APHEDA Christmas Cards 2003
- October 15, 2003: Super Cadets To Make A Difference
- October 6, 2003: National Blitz Cracks Down On Call Centres
- October 6, 2003: ACTU National Competition For Students
- October 2, 2003: Searching Outside The Box
- October 2, 2003: Survey Targets Women And Workplace Violence
- September 30, 2003: University Staff Reps Vote For National Industrial Action
- September 23, 2003: Abbott Bullying University Staff Onto Individual Contracts
- September 3, 2003: Nominations Open For ACTU Awards
- September 3, 2003: ACTU Super News September/October 2003
- August 21, 2003: Richard Marles’ Congress 2003 OHS Presentation
- August 21, 2003: Qantas Must Come Clean On Casuals And Job Cuts
- August 20, 2003: Workers’ Helpline Reaching Out To New Employees
- August 20, 2003: Call Centre Workers’ $1000 Windfall Under New Award
- August 19, 2003: Richard Marles Congress 2003 Working Hours and Work Intensification Presentation
- August 19, 2003: John Monks’ Address To The Australian Council Of Trade Unions
- August 18, 2003: Australians Want A Fair Country Back
- August 17, 2003: 75% Support ACTU Medicare Push
- August 13, 2003: NTEU Higher Education Rally
- August 8, 2003: Unions Support New Stolen Wages Talks
- August 7, 2003: ACTU Statement On CSL Shipping High Court Decision
- August 7, 2003: New Plan For Ansett Ticket Tax Profits
- August 5, 2003: A New Solution For The Ansett Ticket Levy Surplus
- July 26, 2003: Professional Women’s Scholarship
- July 25, 2003: A Dialogue Between The ACTU And The Investment Community
- July 25, 2003: The International Movement For Corporate Governance And Social Responsibility
- July 25, 2003: The Labour Market In An Economic Context
- July 25, 2003: Women and Work
- July 25, 2003: Corporate Governance
- July 23, 2003: Education Choice: A University Degree Based On Ability, Or Ability To Pay
- July 22, 2003: The Organiser – July 2003 Edition
- July 22, 2003: Australian OHS Regulation For The 21st Century. The Union Agenda.
- July 18, 2003: Burrow Invites Abbott To 11-Week-Old Lockout Protest
- July 7, 2003: 20,000 Extra TAFE Places Good News For Ordinary Australians
- June 24, 2003: Pru Goward: ACTU Test Case Has Crucial Social Implications
- June 24, 2003: The Organiser – June 2003 Edition
- June 24, 2003: Test Case Bid For Working Parents
- June 16, 2003: International Justice For Janitors Day
- June 12, 2003: New Report: One In Three Workers Will Be Casual By 2010
- June 10, 2003: Workplace Change Demands New Standards
- June 4, 2003: ACTU Member Connect Call Centre Organiser
- June 1, 2003: OHS At Qantas: Invasion Of Privacy Is A Hard Pill To Swallow
- June 1, 2003: The Forging Of A Union Activist
- May 29, 2003: Wharfie Leader Dies
- May 27, 2003: The Organiser – May 2003 Edition
- May 26, 2003: ACTU Test Case To End Redundancy Discrimination
- May 23, 2003: High Executive Salaries Do Not Deliver Value For Money
- May 20, 2003: IR In The Construction Industry
- May 13, 2003: Richard Marles Opening Address To ACTU OHS Seminar
- May 8, 2003: Combet: Build Unions For A Fairer Society
- May 2, 2003: Sharan Burrow’s Opening Address To Medicare Summit
- April 30, 2003: Rising Health Costs Push Working Families Towards Poverty – ACTU
- April 23, 2003: Business, Unions Unite For Older Workers
- April 16, 2003: Future of Work Conference Set For June 12
- April 10, 2003: ACCC Should Review Jobs Impact Of Qantas Decision
- April 7, 2003: Reactivate Health and Safety at Work Seminar
- April 7, 2003: Young Workers’ Hotline: 1300 364 022
- March 31, 2003: States, Church And Welfare Groups Support ACTU’s Minimum Wage Case
- March 26, 2003: Cole Report A Political Tool
- March 20, 2003: Iraq War Not In Australia’s National Interest
- March 20, 2003: Register For The ACTU’s Organising Conference
- March 18, 2003: ACTU Opposes Howard’s Illegal War
- March 7, 2003: International Women’s Day 2003 – What Working Women Want
- March 4, 2003: The Future Looks Bright
- February 18, 2003: Gender Equity is a Fundamental Human Right
- February 18, 2003: Helen Clark’s Keynote Address to ICFTU World Women’s Conference
- February 17, 2003: Reshaping Work and Family
- February 17, 2003: NZ Prime Minister To Open World Women’s Conference
- February 14, 2003: Iraq Peace Rallies Start Today
- February 11, 2003: Australia Hosts Global Womens Talks
- January 31, 2003: 80% Of Workers Want Family Friendly Laws, Cap On Hours
- January 30, 2003: The 8th World Women’s Conference Of The ICFTU
- January 23, 2003: Parliament Must Debate Iraq War
- January 22, 2003: Bargaining Fees Are Fair And Democratic
- December 20, 2002: ACTU Pushes For More Redundancy Pay
- December 18, 2002: Grocon Workers Reject Non-Union Deal
- December 17, 2002: ACTU Seeks Talks To Save Employee Entitlements
- December 11, 2002: Howard Must Implement Paid Maternity Leave Plan
- December 10, 2002: ACTU Super Newsletter – December 2002
- December 2, 2002: Solidarity Forever
- December 1, 2002: War Is Not The Alternative
- November 29, 2002: Nurses And Teachers Are Winners and Grinners At Union Logies
- November 27, 2002: AMWU Seeks National Education Officer
- November 26, 2002: Test Case For Right To Part-Time Work, Flexible Hours, Extra Family Leave
- November 26, 2002: Celebrating Our Past, Affirming Our Future
- November 19, 2002: Media Alert – ACTU Working Hours Summit
- November 18, 2002: All We Are Saying Is Give Trade A Chance
- November 14, 2002: ACTU Push For $24.60 Minimum Wage Rise
- November 12, 2002: ITF Condemn P&O Ban
- November 12, 2002: Interim Award Win For Contract Call Centre Workers
- November 11, 2002: ITF Australia Launches Week Of Action
- October 30, 2002: Scrapping Ansett Levy Confirms Howards Policy Failure
- October 29, 2002: ACTU Stands By Andersons “Lies”
- October 24, 2002: Fed. Govt. Overrules States To Let Cheap Foreign Labour Ship Sail In Queensland
- October 19, 2002: National Day Of Mourning: Statement By ACTU President and ACTU Secretary
- October 14, 2002: Muslim Worker Wins Right To Pray
- October 11, 2002: Young and Union
- October 11, 2002: Unions Oppose Iraq War
- October 7, 2002: Jesse Jackson Backs Hilton Workers
- October 2, 2002: CPSU Seeks Organiser/Educators
- September 30, 2002: ACTU Super Newsletter – October/November 2002
- September 30, 2002: Greg Combet Meets the Press
- September 27, 2002: Win Big In ACTU Worksite Student Competition
- September 25, 2002: Ansett Ticket Levy Not Reaching Workers
- September 25, 2002: Alan Jones Sticks Up For Unions
- September 24, 2002: Sacked Hilton Workers Plight Is An International Embarrassment
- September 24, 2002: APESMA Offers Women’s Scholarship
- September 23, 2002: Unpaid Overtime Epidemic
- September 18, 2002: International Union Networks Improve Working Conditions In Global Companies
- September 12, 2002: Unions Urge Former Ansett Workers To Attend Next Creditors Meeting
- September 11, 2002: Indigenous Union Conference Statement
- September 9, 2002: Indigenous Unionists Target Better Employment
- September 6, 2002: $400 Million In Ex-Ansett Employee Entitlements Still Unpaid One Year On
- August 29, 2002: Test Case To Boost Redundancy Pay, Help Casuals
- August 26, 2002: ACTU Calls For A Corporate Audit Office
- August 16, 2002: Aussie Seafarers Protest Against Cheap Foreign Labour
- August 7, 2002: NTEU Seeks Policy And Research Officers
- August 1, 2002: Abbotts $108-a-week Pay Rise Insult To Sacked Aussie Seafarers
- July 23, 2002: Superannuation Is A Key To Economic Equality
- July 23, 2002: Family Friendly Hours To Flow From ACTU Test Case Ruling
- July 17, 2002: Childcare, Carer’s Leave Needed For Family Friendly Workplaces
- July 12, 2002: Sharan Burrow’s Address to Workers with a Disability Conference
- July 11, 2002: Workers With a Disability Deserve Better
- July 3, 2002: ACTU Call Centre Seeks Organiser
- July 2, 2002: Abbott Should Apologise Says ACTU
- July 1, 2002: NTEU Seeks Communications Officer
- July 1, 2002: Union Bargaining Fees Are Fair Enough
- June 11, 2002: ACTU Secretary To Address National Press Club.
- June 11, 2002: Australians Swamped by Longer Hours, Unpaid Overtime
- June 5, 2002: Employment Advocate Fails Thousands Of Workers
- May 29, 2002: Reasonable Hours Bid Goes To AIRC
- May 23, 2002: Unions Farewell ANZAC Activist
- May 17, 2002: Australia Playing Games With East Timors Independence
- May 16, 2002: Solidarity In The Post To East Timor
- May 15, 2002: Hotel Bosses Want A Six-Month Delay In Living Wage Increase
- May 9, 2002: ACTU Welcomes $18 A Week Pay Rise
- May 9, 2002: ACTU Condemns Suicide Bombing In Israel
- May 9, 2002: Unions Step Up Push To Stop Ship Sackings
- May 7, 2002: ACTU Condemns CSL’s Corporate Trickery
- May 3, 2002: Crew Sits In To Save Aussie Ship Jobs
- May 3, 2002: ACTU Welcomes Sydney Airport Sale
- May 3, 2002: Sharan Burrow To Visit Yarra Workers
- April 30, 2002: ACTU Urges Car Parts Maker To Accept Mediation Process
- April 29, 2002: Seventh International Day Of Mourning For Dead And Injured Workers – 28 April
- April 27, 2002: Simon Crean’s Address To ALP Women’s Conference
- April 23, 2002: Dead Worker’s Mum Tells Libs: Get Tough On Industrial Manslaughter
- April 22, 2002: Less Babies For Long Hours Career Women
- April 22, 2002: Survey Reveals Sub-standard Call Centre Wages And Conditions
- April 19, 2002: Workers To Benefit From Stand On Unfair Dismissal
- April 18, 2002: Government Must Act On Maternity Leave
- April 12, 2002: Treasury Modelling Backs ACTU Claim For Better Minimum Wage
- April 12, 2002: Labour, Trade Union History Goes Online For All
- April 11, 2002: American Activists To Share Skills With Victorian Unions
- April 10, 2002: Pattern Bargaining Is Not A Sin
- April 5, 2002: Rio Tinto Urged To Negotiate
- April 4, 2002: Aid Office Destroyed In West Bank
- April 4, 2002: Social Responsibility Is Smart Management
- March 27, 2002: Vocational Education Is Central To A Strong Economy
- March 27, 2002: We Need An Informed Population Debate
- March 25, 2002: Unions Oppose Government Exporting Aussie Jobs
- March 25, 2002: Part-timers, Casuals, Women Workers Benefit Most From Union Membership
- March 22, 2002: ACTU Backs Indonesian Forestry Workers
- March 21, 2002: Union Membership Gains Very Positive Says ACIRRT
- March 19, 2002: ACTU’s Ten Point Plan For The Survival Of The Steel Industry
- March 15, 2002: ACTU to Coordinate Financial Advice for Former Ansett Staff
- March 13, 2002: Air Safety Staff To Stop Work
- March 12, 2002: Balancing Work And Family And Staying Competitive
- March 12, 2002: Still Flying
- March 12, 2002: Patrick/Virgin Deal Could Boost Ansett Asset Realisation Program
- March 12, 2002: Federal Government Must Invest In Public Transport Now
- March 12, 2002: The Bad Boss Campaign
- March 5, 2002: ACTU Pushes Living Standards Agenda
- March 4, 2002: Tears, Real And Crocodile, At The Ansett Wake
- March 4, 2002: International Railway Workers’ Action Day Campaign
- February 28, 2002: Union Membership Up Again
- February 25, 2002: A New Vision For An Old Union
- February 21, 2002: Deputy PM Guilty of Exporting Aussie Jobs
- February 13, 2002: It’s the GST, Stupid!
- February 6, 2002: Low Paid Dudded in Wage Rises
- January 29, 2002: Major Step Forward for Ansett Employees
- January 23, 2002: Ansett Staff Urged To Get Proxies In
- January 15, 2002: Staff to Share in New Ansett Profits
- December 20, 2001: Start-Up Agreement For New Ansett
- December 13, 2001: ACTU Calls For Public Support For Bank Staff
- December 6, 2001: Call Centre Standards Lift, State By State
- November 30, 2001: PNG Workers Need Our Help
- November 29, 2001: Education and Call Centre Unions Sweep Awards
- November 29, 2001: ACTU International News – November 2001
- November 27, 2001: Unions Create $1 Million Training Program
- November 22, 2001: 12-Hour Day At $3.60 / Hour, If You’re Lucky: Outworkers Study
- November 19, 2001: Hearings Begin On Historic ACTU Working Hours Case
- November 19, 2001: Core Values The Key To Labor Renewal
- November 9, 2001: Ansett Deal Depends On Howard
- November 8, 2001: More Jobs To Go After 106,700 Full Time Losses Since GST
- November 7, 2001: Ansett Deal Stymied By Ticket Tax Chaos
- November 2, 2001: Howard Keeps Ticket Tax Millions From Grounded Ansett Employees
- November 1, 2001: Job Security, Employee Entitlements Top Agenda At Jobs Forums
- November 1, 2001: Future Directions
- October 31, 2001: National Phone-in on Work Safety – 1300 362 223
- October 30, 2001: Howard’s Tax Trick to Short Change Working Families
- October 30, 2001: Pillars Of An Egalitarian Culture
- October 26, 2001: Australian Union Mission Visits Papua New Guinea
- October 26, 2001: Low-paid Women Deserve A Better Deal
- October 24, 2001: $25 Living Wage Claim For GST Rises
- October 18, 2001: ACTU Welcomes Asbestos Ban
- October 17, 2001: Fairness At Work
- October 16, 2001: AIDS And Human Rights: A Union View
- October 15, 2001: Unions Call for Detail on Government’s Ansett Entitlements Back Down
- October 12, 2001: Howard Plan Attacks Job Security
- October 12, 2001: Unions Welcome Court Approval of Ansett $150 Million
- October 12, 2001: What About The Workers? Globalisation And Labour Markets
- October 11, 2001: Jobs Data Proves Howard Wrong
- October 10, 2001: Howard Could Sabotage 17,000 Ansett Jobs – Court Documents
- October 9, 2001: Jobs, Job Security Top Election Agenda
- October 4, 2001: Unions Welcome Air NZ Cash For Ansett
- October 1, 2001: Government Grab For Ansett Assets
- September 28, 2001: Abbott Bid to Nobble AIRC
- September 27, 2001: Unions Welcome Ansett Flights
- September 26, 2001: Ansett Flying Bus Takes Off For Bathurst
- September 25, 2001: Union Plan To Revive Ansett
- September 24, 2001: PM Must Come Clean on Ansett Crisis
- September 21, 2001: Ansett Takes Off Once More
- September 21, 2001: Anderson Ignored Ansett Early Warnings
- September 20, 2001: Rallies Highlight Ansett Workers’ Plight
- September 19, 2001: Howard’s Entitlement Scheme Duds Ansett Workers $200m
- September 19, 2001: Indigenous Unionists Conference A First
- September 17, 2001: Howard Short Changes Ansett Workers
- September 17, 2001: Howard’s Ansett Offer Too Little Too Late
- September 17, 2001: New Administrators Appointed To Ansett
- September 14, 2001: Unions Step Up Maternity Leave Push
- September 13, 2001: Air NZ, Howard Government Culpable for Ansett Debacle
- September 12, 2001: Australia and America – A Comparison of Industrial Relations Cultures
- September 11, 2001: Unions Fight For Ansett Jobs, Entitlements
- September 10, 2001: Job Security #1 Poll Issue for Women
- September 7, 2001: FOI Seeks Royal Commission Papers
- September 7, 2001: It’s Not A Crime To Be A Strong Union
- September 4, 2001: Overwork Killing Family Life – Study
- August 29, 2001: Call Off The Funeral
- August 23, 2001: Just In Time Labour
- August 18, 2001: ACTU Congratulates 18 Companies For Refusing Burma Trade
- August 17, 2001: Social Security For All
- August 16, 2001: Milestone Parental Leave Deal At ACU
- August 8, 2001: Tristar Agreement A Crushing Defeat for Abbott
- August 6, 2001: The Challenge For Australian Industry
- July 31, 2001: Union Women Set The Trends
- July 30, 2001: Royal Commission Exposes Double Standards
- July 26, 2001: Building Inquiry Unnecessary
- July 24, 2001: AMA Move On Doctors’ Hours Welcome
- July 24, 2001: Unions And The Third Way In A Global Economy
- July 23, 2001: Survey Shows Wide Support For Unions
- July 19, 2001: ACTU’s Hours Test Case Gets Go-Ahead
- July 13, 2001: Statement by ACTU Secretary, Greg Combet, Concerning Johnson Tiles
- July 12, 2001: Labor’s Love-Hate Relationship With Competition Policy
- July 6, 2001: Passion For The Umpire
- July 6, 2001: ACTU Steps Up Bank Campaign
- July 3, 2001: Questions Over AIRC Member As Telstra Faces Huge Fine
- July 3, 2001: Unions Farewell Reith
- June 7, 2001: Unions Target Call Centres After One.Tel Bust
- June 6, 2001: Unions and a Fair Society
- June 5, 2001: Qantas Must Offer Better Deal To Impulse Workers After 200 Sackings
- June 5, 2001: Stolen Labour
- June 5, 2001: ACTU Wins Maternity Leave For 2 Million Casuals
- May 28, 2001: Treaty is next step in reconciliation
- May 24, 2001: Globalisation and Trade Unions in Australia
- May 22, 2001: Abbott Runs Away From OEA Failure
- May 19, 2001: Reform – Is It Good For The System
- May 14, 2001: The Changing Role of Employer and Employee Organisations
- May 11, 2001: The Changing Fortunes Of Labour
- May 9, 2001: Hypocritical Abbott Out Of Touch
- May 7, 2001: Individual Contracts…a view of their future
- May 4, 2001: Impairment of Employees The Union View
- May 2, 2001: $13 Wage Rise For Low-paid No Match For GST
- May 2, 2001: Qantas Must Stop Cheap Impulse Labour Rort
- April 30, 2001: Spotlight On Federal Government’s Failure To Ban Asbestos
- April 30, 2001: ABS: Union Members Earn 17.5% More
- April 26, 2001: Overworked, Insecure, Stressed and Family Unfriendly
- April 24, 2001: Inflation Spike Destroys Howard’s Opposition To Living Wage
- April 23, 2001: BHP Unions Forge Common Strategy
- April 23, 2001: Howard Undermines 100 Years Of Nation Building
- April 19, 2001: Federation Re-visited – Labour Issues in 21st Century Australia
- April 10, 2001: Maternity Leave Is Clever HR For Small Business
- April 10, 2001: Time To Act On Pay Discrimination
- April 10, 2001: Employee Consultation in an Australian Context
- April 6, 2001: Employment, Environment Guarantees Vital To US-Australia Trade Deal
- April 6, 2001: Adelaide-Darwin Rail Work Must Be Brought Home From China
- April 5, 2001: AIG Holds Up Casual Maternity Leave
- April 4, 2001: Grassroots Focus Leads To Union Growth
- March 26, 2001: Lifelong Learning
- March 19, 2001: Fiji PM Appointment Illegal
- March 18, 2001: Superannuation, Unions and Good Labour Relations
- September 12, 2000: Sharan Burrow’s Address To World Economic Forum
- August 29, 2000: Whispers Outside The Boardroom Door: Making Working Australia’s Money Talk
- August 1, 2000: A Clear Choice For Australia
- May 27, 2000: Leadership Stress and Long Hours
- December 21, 1999: Summary of Heads of Agreement – James Hardie
- November 11, 1999: Work, Wages And Welfare: Exploring The Real Relationship
- October 18, 1999: Greg Combet’s Address To The SDA National Council
- October 6, 1999: Jennie George’s Address To Australian Republican Movement Women’s Dinner
- March 12, 1999: The New World Of Work – What Does It Do For Women?
- March 11, 1999: Is It The OHS Systems Or The Work?
- February 25, 1999: Managing Global Economic Disorder
- October 1, 1998: The MUA Dispute – The Conservative Agenda for I.R. in Australia
- September 30, 1998: 1998 Federal Election: Issues For Women
- September 30, 1998: The 1998 Federal Election: Issues For Workers And Their Families
- September 26, 1998: Equal Remuneration – The Reality
- August 12, 1998: Superannuation – Still An Industrial Issue
- August 2, 1998: Precarious Employment And Working Time
- July 29, 1998: Industrial Relations And EEO
- July 28, 1998: Australian Women Deserve Better
- July 28, 1998: Women, Work And Job Security
- July 7, 1998: Equal Pay For Women Unfinished Business
- May 10, 1998: National Pay Equity
- April 30, 1998: Women, Power, Politics And The Waterfront Dispute
- April 29, 1998: Industrial Relations And Working Life
- April 21, 1998: Jennie George Welcomes Don Dunstan For The First Whitlam Lecture 1998
- April 21, 1998: Jennie George On The Maritime Dispute
- April 7, 1998: The Benefits Of Workplace Diversity – The Union Perspective
- March 11, 1998: Protecting Women In Enterprise Bargaining And The Award System
- March 5, 1998: Working Time Arrangements And Economic Security: Issues For The Labour Movement
- February 27, 1998: Why Australia Should Become A Republic
- January 14, 1998: Workplace Relations Act And The Effectiveness Of Trade Unions
- December 9, 1997: Jennie George’s Address At The Mitcham By-election Campaign Dinner
- December 8, 1997: Greg Combet’s Opening Address To Living Wage Case
- December 6, 1997: Labour Market Deregulation Or Regulation – A Comment On Dawkins
- December 1, 1997: Not Down and Not Out – Australian Unions’ Response To A Changing World
- November 19, 1997: The Australian Republic
- October 28, 1997: The Current Industrial Climate From The Union Perspective
- October 17, 1997: Women In Construction Awards Of Excellence
- August 26, 1997: Women In The New Industrial Relations Environment
- August 12, 1997: Flag Of Convenience
- August 9, 1997: Economics Versus The People
- July 23, 1997: The Workplace Relations Act: The Challenge For Unions
- June 26, 1997: The Future Of Unionism And The New Workplace Relations Act
- June 25, 1997: Back To The Future: Urgent Issues For The Men And Women Of Australia
- June 18, 1997: Unemployment, Working Time And The Australian Labour Market
- May 26, 1997: Reconciliation In Industry: How To Make It A Reality
- May 21, 1997: The Budget And Its Role In Industrial Reform
- May 14, 1997: Review Of The Living Wage Case
- May 14, 1997: Crafting A New Collective Labour Law For Australia
- April 24, 1997: Aboriginal Land Rights: The Next Stage
- March 24, 1997: Some Reflections On The Federal Election And The Future Of The Labour Movement
- March 7, 1997: Tim Pallas’ Address To Workplace Relations Law Conference
- February 15, 1997: The Living Wage, Social Wage And The Future
- November 30, 1996: Enterprise Bargaining, The Living Wage Claim, & Safety Net Adjustments
- November 19, 1996: Jennie George At The Launch Of ‘Stretching Flexibility’
- October 22, 1996: The Training Reform Agenda – Some Industrial Relations Issues
- October 8, 1996: Economics & IR In 1996-97: A Fair Go For The Australian Workforce
- August 9, 1996: Current Developments In Wages And Industrial Relations – An ACTU View
- June 20, 1996: Superannuation Reform: An ACTU View
- May 30, 1996: A Living Wage: An Important Means Of Advancing Living Standards
- April 18, 1996: The Challenges Facing Unions In Australia
- February 23, 1996: Linking Trade Expansion To Social Development In The Asia Pacific Region
- February 21, 1996: Australia’s Place In The Global Economy – A Trade Union Perspective
- February 9, 1996: Launch Of The Trade Union Education Foundation
- November 29, 1995: Address To Queensland Branch Of The Republican Movement
- September 29, 1995: Address By Hon. Laurie Brereton, MP To ACTU Congress 1995
- September 27, 1995: Opening Speech By Martin Ferguson ACTU President To ACTU Congress 1995
- September 27, 1995: Speech By Jennie George, ACTU President-Elect To ACTU Congress 1995
- September 9, 1995: Ethnic Broadcasting and Trade Unions
- August 5, 1995: Economic Growth In Asia And The Challenge For Trade Unions – An ACTU Perspective
- June 14, 1995: International Unionism In The Asia Pacific
- June 6, 1995: The National Training Reform Agenda
- May 30, 1995: Best Practice And Enterprise Bargaining
- May 16, 1995: The Australian Republic and The Australian Union Movement
- April 28, 1995: Ages, Stages and Wages – Career Development Through Life
- March 28, 1995: Industrial Relations Reform Act 12 Months On: An Act That Has Got It Together
- March 15, 1995: Home Based Work: An ACTU Perspective
- February 23, 1995: A Class Act: The Industrial Relations Reform Act One Year On
- December 20, 1994: A Union Perspective: Enterprise Bargaining Means Real Negotiation
- December 8, 1994: Trade Unions & Industrial Relations In Australia For The Asian Pacific Observer
- October 25, 1994: Industry And The Education System Links Between And Vocational Education
- October 23, 1994: Industrial Relations Society Annual Residential Convention
- October 18, 1994: Women And The New Industrial Relations System
- September 5, 1994: Training And Work Organisation – Future Directions
- June 8, 1994: The IR Reform Act 1993. A Union Perspective: Labouring Towards Workplace Reform
- June 7, 1994: Vocational Training In Australia – An ACTU View
- June 2, 1994: All You Wanted To Know About The ACTU But Were Afraid To Ask
- March 28, 1994: The Australian Labour Movement & Industrial Relations – For An American Audience
- March 27, 1994: Where Is CBT Taking Australia: The Union Movement’s Agenda And Position
- December 16, 1993: Enterprise Agreements By Ten Major Site Unions
- December 6, 1993: The National Training Board (NTB) And Its Policy Framework For Nurses
- November 30, 1993: Vocational Training In Australia
- November 27, 1993: The ACTUs View – Accord Mark VI And Enterprise Bargaining
- October 28, 1993: Trade Union Rights In The Asia – Pacific Region
- October 12, 1993: The Role Of OHS In Enterprise Bargaining
- September 15, 1993: Incorporating OHS Into Enterprise Agreements
- August 30, 1993: Presidential Address Martin Ferguson, ACTU Biennial Congress 1993
- August 26, 1993: Occupational Health & Safety: ‘Everyone’s Business’
- August 9, 1993: Building Effective Unions
- July 26, 1993: The Impact On The Safety Net And Agreements
- July 21, 1993: How the Labour Market is Changing
- July 21, 1993: Australian Trade Unions and The Asia Pacific
- July 1, 1993: The Potential For Change
- June 28, 1993: Unionisation And Structural Reform of Trade Unions
- May 26, 1993: Alcohol And Drugs In The Workplace – An ACTU Perspective
- May 2, 1993: The Importance Of The Social Wage To Working Women
- March 29, 1993: The National Training Reform Agenda And Enterprise Bargaining
- February 25, 1993: What’s At Stake For Migrant Workers
- February 23, 1993: Where Did Enterprise Bargaining Come From, What Is It And Where Is It Going
- February 17, 1993: Education And Training A Lifelong Concept
- December 1, 1992: Jobs, Industry Development And Environment
- October 26, 1992: Enterprise Bargaining: An ACTU Perspective
- October 9, 1992: Managed Decentralism Or Deregulation? The Key Issue In Industrial Relations
- May 22, 1992: Achieving International Competitiveness – The Macro IR Environment
- May 4, 1992: The Economic Outlook For 1992
- April 3, 1992: The ACTU, The Accord And Enterprise Bargaining
- March 26, 1992: Martin Ferguson’s Speaking Notes On The Industrial Relations System
- May 2, 1991: May Day Lecture 1991
- October 25, 1989: Award Restructuring – Implications For Skill Formation And Training
- May 21, 1987: The Challenge Of Change – The Trade Union Response
- March 5, 1981: The Future Role Of Trade Unions
Speeches & Opinions:
- March 29, 2023: Michele O’Neil, President ACTU National Press Club, 28th March 2023
- September 28, 2022: SALLY McMANUS, ACTU SECRETARY SPEECH TO NATIONAL PRESS CLUB WEDNESDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
- June 29, 2021: Sally McManus, speech to TJ Ryan Foundation, Brisbane 1st September, 2017
- June 29, 2021: ACTU Congress 2018 Secretary’s Welcome Speech 17th July, 2018
- June 29, 2021: Sally McManus Speech to AIRAANZ February 2018
- December 3, 2020: SALLY MCMANUS, NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WEDNESDAY 2ND DECEMBER, 2020
- July 18, 2019: Speech – ACTU President Addresses Symposium on the Centenary of the ILO, 18 July 2019
- March 14, 2019: Michele O’Neil, ACTU President Speech to Conference of Major Super Funds
- February 8, 2019: Sally McManus – Speech to the Melbourne Press Club. 8 February, 2019
- December 18, 2018: Sally McManus speech to ALP Conference, Adelaide: 18 December 2018
- October 5, 2018: Sally McManus – Speech to John Curtin Research Centre Gala Dinner: 4 October 2018
- July 17, 2018: ACTU Congress 2018 President’s Address 17th July, 2018
- June 1, 2018: Terry Miller OAM: tireless advocate for South Australian asbestos victims passes away
- April 27, 2018: Sally McManus, Secretary ACTU Per Capita Reform Agenda Series Speech – 27 April 2018
- March 21, 2018: Sally McManus – Press Club Speech: Change the Rules; For more secure jobs and fair pay
- June 26, 2017: Sally McManus- Address to Nexgen 2017
- March 29, 2017: Speech by ACTU Secretary Sally McManus at the National Press Club
- November 29, 2016: Speech by Ben Davison: Decent Work & Economic Growth speech to Sustainable Development Goals Australia 2016
- November 22, 2016: Speech by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver Industry Super Australia – The Super Opportunity conference
- November 10, 2016: ACTU Just Transition Conference – Speech by Ged Kearney, ACTU President
- August 19, 2016: Wave Hill Walk Off 50th Anniversary – speech by Dave Oliver
- August 16, 2016: Formal opening by ACTU President Ged Kearney – ACTU Executive and Indigenous Leadership Conference
- August 16, 2016: Our History, Our future. Speech by ACTU Indigenous Officer Kara Keys To the ACTU Executive
- June 30, 2016: Much more must be done to help Indigenous Australians
- May 31, 2016: Opening comments by Dave Oliver at the National Press Club ‘Future of Employment’ debate
- February 25, 2016: A not-so-taxing time for the rich
- January 20, 2016: Rebuilding confidence in our public institutions: the need for a national corruption watchdog
- December 8, 2015: Productivity v Profit: Increasing living standards for all Australians – speech by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver
- May 26, 2015: Opening address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the ACTU Congress 2015, Melbourne
- May 26, 2015: Opening address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to the ACTU Congress 2015, Melbourne
- May 26, 2015: Occupational Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation Report to ACTU Congress 2015: Speech by ACTU Assistant Secretary Michael Borowick
- May 6, 2015: The State of the Unions Address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the National Press Club
- May 4, 2015: Dave Oliver address to the Australian Industry Group PIR Conference
- March 17, 2015: The Workplace Relations Debate: Address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to the National Press Club
- November 19, 2014: Tipping the scales for work-life balance
- November 13, 2014: Opening address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to 2014 L20 Summit, Thursday, 13 November 2014, Brisbane
- November 13, 2014: ‘The priorities of the Australian G20 Presidency’: ACTU President Ged Kearney address to Session II of the 2014 L20 Summit
- October 30, 2014: Dave Oliver address to Migration Institute of Australia, Canberra, 30 October 2014
- October 29, 2014: Crippling unions: Tim Lyons address to Chifley Research Centre, 29 October 2014
- September 3, 2014: The Future of Manufacturing: Dave Oliver speech to Ideas & Society forum, Latrobe University, 3 September 2014
- August 29, 2014: Ged Kearney address to the 2014 ALERA National Conference, 29 August 2014, Gold Coast
- August 21, 2014: Ged Kearney address to the ACTU National Women’s Conference, 21 August 2014, Melbourne
- August 7, 2014: Ged Kearney address to the National Small Business Summit, 7 August 2014
- July 4, 2014: ACTU Assistant Secretary, Tim Lyons speech for the 2014 Economic and Social Outlook Conference
- July 2, 2014: Speech by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to Wheeler Centre Points of View: Tom Roberts’ ‘Shearing the rams’, 1890
- June 6, 2014: Gerardine (Ged) Kearney, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions, address to ILC 2014 plenary
- May 23, 2014: Address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the LabourStart Global Solidary Conference
- May 20, 2014: Address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to the ACTU Indigenous Conference, Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- May 3, 2014: Speech by ACTU President Ged Kearney to Canberra May Day March, 3 May 2014
- February 28, 2014: Tim Lyons closing address to the Australian Unions Organising Conference, Melbourne, 28 February 2014
- February 26, 2014: Address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to Australian Unions Organising Conference, Melbourne, 26 February 2014
- February 26, 2014: Dave Oliver opening address to the Australian Unions Organising Conference, Melbourne, 26 February 2014
- December 9, 2013: Address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the 2013 ACTU Superannuation Trustees Forum
- September 15, 2013: Ged Kearney speech to ‘White Cane Chain’ rally, Melbourne, 15 September 2013
- August 7, 2013: Ged Kearney address to the National Press Club, 7 August 2013
- July 25, 2013: Dave Oliver: Bashing workers is no solution
- July 22, 2013: Tim Lyons Paper to the 21st Labour Law Conference, Workplace Research Centre & Law School, Sydney University, 22 July 2013
- June 24, 2013: Dave Oliver address to CEDA ‘State of the Nation’ conference, 24 June 2013
- June 24, 2013: Dave Oliver: A race to the bottom on wages and conditions is a dead-end strategy for the auto industry
- May 31, 2013: Ged Kearney address to ‘The Accord 30 Years On’ symposium, 31 May 2013
- May 6, 2013: Dave Oliver address to the Australian Industry Group, 6 May 2013
- May 4, 2013: Tim Lyons address to the ALP National Policy Forum, 4 May 2013
- May 1, 2013: Ged Kearney: Why do we stand for sweatshop labour?
- April 21, 2013: Ged Kearney address to the Victorian ALP State Conference, 21 April 2013
- April 11, 2013: Ged Kearney address to the 8th Asian Regional Congress of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association
- March 13, 2013: Ged Kearney address to National Community Summit, 13 March 2013, Canberra
- February 28, 2013: Ged Kearney speech at the launch of the Fair Work Ombudsman Report on Internships, Work Experience and Unpaid Work , 28 February 2013
- February 6, 2013: Dave Oliver address to the National Press Club, 6 February 2013
- December 5, 2012: Willox must live on a different planet
- November 29, 2012: Tim Lyons address to The Challenge of Workplace Productivity Symposium, 29 November 2012
- November 21, 2012: Go Home On Time Day: Address to the National Press Club, 21 November 2012
- November 21, 2012: Unpaid hours should not be the Aussie way
- October 3, 2012: Ged Kearney address to the Future of Work conference 2012
- September 9, 2012: Ged Kearney address to United Mineworkers Federation Memorial Day 2012
- September 4, 2012: Michael Borowick address to ACTU-Cancer Council Asbestos Summit 2012
- August 10, 2012: Ged Kearney address to Fair Work Australia
- July 26, 2012: Ged Kearney address to Melbourne Press Club
- June 29, 2012: Dave Oliver address to ACTU Investment Forum 2012
- May 31, 2012: Dave Oliver op ed: Hastie case puts the spotlight on corporate behaviour
- May 17, 2012: Dave Oliver closing address to ACTU Congress 2012
- May 17, 2012: Bill Shorten address to ACTU Congress 2012
- May 16, 2012: Dave Oliver address to ACTU Congress 2012 on union governance
- May 16, 2012: Brian Howe address to ACTU Congress 2012
- May 16, 2012: Ged Kearney address to ACTU Congress 2012 on Secure Jobs. Better Future
- May 16, 2012: PM Julia Gillard address to ACTU Congress 2012
- May 16, 2012: Bill Kelty address to ACTU Congress 2012 dinner
- May 16, 2012: Paul Keating addresss to ACTU Congress 2012 dinner on Bill Kelty
- May 15, 2012: Ged Kearney opening address to ACTU Congress 2012
- May 15, 2012: Jeff Lawrence opening address to ACTU Congress 2012
- May 15, 2012: Address by Secretary-elect Dave Oliver to the ACTU Congress, Sydney Convention Centre
- April 18, 2012: Brian Howe address to the National Press Club
- March 8, 2012: Ged Kearney 2012 International Women’s Day Address
- February 24, 2012: Jeff Lawrence speech to Justice Geoffrey Giudice farewell dinner
- February 23, 2012: Ged Kearney address to CEDA Economic and Political Overview
- January 12, 2012: Jeff Lawrence opinion piece: Fair Work Act review needs to be based on evidence
- December 4, 2011: Ged Kearney address to ALP National Conference in Sydney, Sunday, 4 December 2011
- December 2, 2011: Jeff Lawrence address to ALP National Conference, Sydney, Friday, 2 December 2011
- November 25, 2011: Jeff Lawrence address to Committee for Economic Development of Australia
- November 1, 2011: Ged Kearney opinion piece: If a union did this, all hell would break loose
- October 14, 2011: Tim Lyons speech to Industrial Relations Society of Victoria
- October 6, 2011: Ged Kearney address to Future Jobs Forum
- September 28, 2011: Ged Kearney address at launch of Secure Jobs. Better Future campaign
- September 7, 2011: Ged Kearney address to National Press Club: Voices from Working Australia
- August 18, 2011: Ged Kearney address to Biennial Conference of the NZCTU
- July 25, 2011: Ged Kearney address to Transforming Australia conference
- June 30, 2011: Jeff Lawrence address to Growth Challenge: 2011 Economic and Social Outlook Conference
- June 30, 2011: Jeff Lawrence opinion piece: The Liberals just don’t get it
- June 17, 2011: Investing in a fairer nation: Address by Jeff Lawrence to the ACTU Investment Forum, 17 June 2011
- June 15, 2011: Speech by Jeff Lawrence to Rights at Work rally, NSW Parliament House, 15 June 2011
- May 27, 2011: Jeff Lawrence address to Australian Mines and Minerals Association 2011 National Conference
- April 13, 2011: Ged Kearney address to ACTU OHS and Workers’ Compensation Conference 2011
- March 30, 2011: Ged Kearney address to Global Employment Relations Forum
- March 29, 2011: Ged Kearney address to ACOSS National Conference
- March 29, 2011: Tim Lyons opinion piece: Super funds must live up to values on remuneration
- March 23, 2011: Ged Kearney address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia
- March 11, 2011: Ged Kearney speech to SA Organising Conference
- February 21, 2011: Jarrod Moran speech to 12th National Workers’ Compensation Summit 2011
- February 16, 2011: Opening Statement by ACTU President Ged Kearney House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into the Flood Levy Bills
- February 16, 2011: Jeff Lawrence opening address to ACTU Indigenous Conference
- February 14, 2011: Jeff Lawrence address to AWU National Conference 2011
- November 30, 2010: Ross Gittins address to ACTU Whitlam Lecture
- November 22, 2010: Ged Kearney address to 9th Annual Workforce Conference
- October 25, 2010: Ged Kearney address to Ai Group National Forum
- October 13, 2010: Ged Kearney opinion piece: An independent union voice
- October 8, 2010: Ged Kearney address to Industrial Relations Society of Victoria Annual Convention
- October 6, 2010: Ged Kearney address to National Press Club: A vision for the Australian union movement
- September 11, 2010: Ged Kearney: WA is not an island
- August 27, 2010: Ged Kearney: Collaborative Industrial Relations: Australia’s Future or Another Pipe Dream
- August 10, 2010: Ged Kearney: Don’t buy Abbott’s conversion on WorkChoices
- August 3, 2010: Ged Kearney: launch of 2010 Australian Work and Life Index
- July 28, 2010: Ged Kearney: speech to AMWU National Conference
- July 20, 2010: Sharan Burrow: Speech to farewell dinner
- July 20, 2010: PM Julia Gillard: speech to Sharan Burrow farewell dinner
- June 25, 2010: Sharan Burrow: Acceptance speech to ITUC Congress
- June 22, 2010: Sharan Burrow: Opening speech to ITUC 2nd World Congress
- June 21, 2010: Sharan Burrow: Paid parental leave is an historic achievement and a lasting legacy
- June 3, 2010: Sharan Burrow: Address to ILO Cyclical Review 2010
- May 30, 2010: Sharan Burrow: The Future of Capitalism
- April 27, 2010: Sharan Burrow: ACTU Organising Conference speech
- April 27, 2010: Jeff Lawrence: ACTU Organising Conference speech
- April 27, 2010: Ged Kearney: ACTU Organising Conference speech
- March 30, 2010: Geoff Fary: Safe Work Australia – Workers Compensations Forum
- March 21, 2010: Jeff Lawrence: Backing battlers
- March 17, 2010: Jeff Lawrence speech to National Press Club: Australian Unions – Working for a better life
- December 28, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Libs still hope the WorkChoices zombie can rise
- December 18, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Diary from Copenhagen 18.12.09
- December 18, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Climate Change – Leaders Must “Go the Extra Distance”
- December 17, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Diary from Copenhagen 17.12.09
- December 16, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Diary from Copenhagen 16.12.09
- December 16, 2009: Giulia Baggio: Letter from Copenhagen
- October 5, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Address to the 60th Anniversary of the German Confederation of Trade Unions
- October 1, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Don’t deal with Burma
- September 24, 2009: Jeff Lawrence: Less than best is not acceptable when it comes to workplace health and safety
- September 21, 2009: Sharan Burrow: G20 must continue stimulus and corporate reforms
- September 21, 2009: Jeff Lawrence: How the new IR system is shaping up for employers and unions
- September 18, 2009: Jeff Lawrence: Company tax should not be cut
- September 18, 2009: Jeff Lawrence: Celebrating 25 years of Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA
- September 17, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Executive pay rises add insult to injury
- September 8, 2009: Jeff Lawrence: Employers should be honest about what they really want
- July 20, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Pathways to recovery: securing the jobs and incomes of working Australians
- July 1, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Employees enter a new era of rights
- July 1, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Fair Work Australia (FWA) Inaugural Session
- June 28, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Australian businesses can clean up in the energy revolution
- June 17, 2009: Sharan Burrow: International Labor Organisation Summit speech on Global Jobs Crisis
- June 11, 2009: Jeff Lawrence: Equality before the law is the heart of the matter
- June 9, 2009: Alison Tate: ILO Conference 2009 speech on climate change
- June 2, 2009: Jeff Lawrence: The Union Agenda for Working Australians
- June 2, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Unions: Delivering for all Working Australians
- May 22, 2009: Jeff Lawrence: Unions step up plans for workers’ safety
- May 12, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Women’s contribution to work valued at last
- April 1, 2009: Sharan Burrow: High rollers can’t shake addiction to casino capitalism
- March 30, 2009: Jeff Lawrence: Moving Forward: labour rights and the Fair Work Bill
- March 4, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Green Jobs and Green Skills
- February 4, 2009: Jeff Lawrence: Speech to the Australian Workers’ Union National Conference
- January 21, 2009: Sharan Burrow: A city of two tales
- January 5, 2009: Sharan Burrow: Look at re-skilling, not redundancy
- December 19, 2008: Sharan Burrow: Combating global warming is a shared task
- December 10, 2008: Sharan Burrow: 6Oth anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights
- December 4, 2008: Sharan Burrow: New IR Laws – Good for workers and good for business
- November 26, 2008: Sharan Burrow: Paid Maternity Leave – a vital economic measure in 2009 budget
- November 19, 2008: Jeff Lawrence: An NBN that serves the national interest
- November 17, 2008: Jeff Lawrence: Turning the tide on workers’ rights
- October 31, 2008: Sharan Burrow: Financial Review speech
- October 8, 2008: Sharan Burrow on paid parental leave
- October 1, 2008: Sharan Burrow: Living and working – shaping Australia for the years to come
- September 24, 2008: Sharan Burrow: Give Fair Work real power
- September 1, 2008: Sharan Burrow: Senators should stand tall on IR
- August 14, 2008: Jeff Lawrence: Rights hammered
- July 31, 2008: Your rights at Telstra resources
- July 24, 2008: Sharan Burrow speech: Exploring Key Issues Affecting Women in the Workplace
- July 21, 2008: Sharan Burrow: Disability and the Unions
- July 2, 2008: Sharan Burrow: Shared Equity – Its Role in Meeting the Housing Affordability Challenge
- June 6, 2008: Jeff Lawrence: Negotiating Fairest Way
- March 28, 2008: Jeff Lawrence: Boosting Labour Supply
- March 12, 2008: Jeff Lawrence: Building a fairer Australia – the role of unions and workers’ rights
- December 3, 2007: Sharan Burrow: Address to the AiGroup
- June 14, 2007: Jeff Lawrence: Address to ACTU Conference
- November 30, 2006: Sharan Burrow: Your Rights Your Future
- November 30, 2006: Greg Combet: Your Rights at Work Worth Voting For
- November 22, 2006: Speeches and opinion
- November 20, 2006: Greg Combet: A New Australian Consensus for the 21st Century
- October 25, 2006: ACTU Congress 2006 – IR policy for the next stage of the campaign for workers’ rights
- September 22, 2006: Greg Combet: All Have a Right to a Fair Deal
- September 15, 2006: Greg Combet Unveils Collective Bargaining Blueprint – ABC TV Lateline
- September 13, 2006: Greg Combet: A Fairer Balance Between Industrial Relations and the Economy
- August 2, 2006: Sharan Burrow: Interest rate rise will hit working families hard
- June 28, 2006: Greg Combet: The Human Cost of the Howard Government’s IR Laws
- November 15, 2005: Greg Combet: Address to the National Day of Community Protest
- November 15, 2005: Sharan Burrow: Remember This Day
- November 2, 2005: Greg Combet: Real Economic Challenges and the WorkChoices Legislation
- October 24, 2005: ACTU President Sharan Burrow’s Speech On The WorkChoices Legislation
- October 24, 2005: Sharan Burrow: The WorkChoices Legislation
- August 23, 2005: Greg Combet: Industrial Relations: Give Workers a Genuine Choice
- July 6, 2005: Speech To The National Press Club – Greg Combet, ACTU Secretary
- July 6, 2005: Greg Combet: Industrial Relations, Employee Rights and the Economy
- May 26, 2005: Speech To The House Of Representatives On Workplace Relations
- July 25, 2004: Julius Roe’s Opening Speech To The AMWU National Conference Sydney 2004
- June 2, 2004: ACTU Secretary Greg Combet’s National Press Club Speech
- August 19, 2003: Simon Crean’s Speech To ACTU Congress
- August 19, 2003: ICFTU Secretary Guy Ryder’s Speech To ACTU Congress
- August 18, 2003: Greg Combet’s Speech To ACTU Congress 2003
- July 25, 2003: Greg Combet’s Speech To ACTU Superannuation Seminar
- June 12, 2003: Greg Combet’s Speech To Future Of Work Conference
- May 8, 2003: Greg Combets Speech On The Launch Of Future Strategies
- March 12, 2003: Sharan Burrow’s National Press Club Speech
- June 12, 2002: Greg Combet’s National Press Club Speech
- September 5, 2000: Speech To The Brisbane Institute
- September 20, 1997: Jennie George’s Speech At The Light On The Hill Memorial Dinner
- June 4, 1997: Jennie George’s Speech To The Australian Hotels Association
- April 11, 1996: Review of the Living Wage Case – Speech to the Economic Society of Australia
- October 1, 1995: Martin Ferguson’s Speech At Launch Of Campaign For Batman
- September 25, 1989: Presidential Address, Simon Crean A.C.T.U. Congress, 1989
- December 7, 1988: Industry Training In Australia: The Need For Change
