Media Releases 2005

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Recent Media Releases

Justice For Refugees Rally

May 2, 2005

Join the Refugee Action Collective (RAC) march to demand permanent protection for all refugees, and…

May Day! May Day! May Day! Federal Government Threatens Basic Rights At Work

May 2, 2005

ACTU President Sharan Burrow will use her 2005 May Day address in Brisbane to warn…

ACTU And Trade Union Involvement In Make Poverty History 2005

April 29, 2005

Support to the Make Poverty History coalition (MPH) is a natural step in unions further…

Unions Devote May Day Effort To Make Poverty History

April 28, 2005

Hundreds of aid organisations, charities, trade unions and religious groups have formed a global alliance…

International Workers’ Memorial Day. Work Death Toll Exceeds Road Toll

April 28, 2005

National commemorations today. Thousands of unionists across Australia will today (Thursday) take part in activities…

Iran: Labour Activists To Celebrate May Day

April 25, 2005

Independent labour activists in Iran are planning once again to hold May Day celebrations, despite…

Vanstone Prefers To Import Cheap Child Care Workers, Rather Than Pay Australians

April 15, 2005

Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone’s wants to import key childcare workers rather than support a decent…

Working To Curtail Rights

April 14, 2005

In an article in The Courier Mail on the 14 April 2005, authors David Peetz…

Union Targets Tax Dodging Contract Cleaners

April 14, 2005

The Victorian LHMU Cleaners Union have organised a school cleaners campaign to get the Australian…

Childcare Places Not Enough Working Parents Need A Right To Part Time Work

April 14, 2005

Extra childcare places are welcome but on their own will not provide enough help for…

Past Media Releases

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