Media Releases 2005

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All ACTU media enquiries should be directed to ACTU Media team:

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Recent Media Releases

Richard Watts Opening Address To The Minimum Wage Case 2005

April 12, 2005

The ACTU will demonstrate that its moderate claim is both justified, economically affordable and economically…

Govt Minimum Wages Plan A Step Backwards For Australian Workers

April 12, 2005

A Federal Government plan to scrap the annual minimum wages case would mean a reduction…

ACTU Member Benefits Update – April 2005

April 11, 2005

April’s update at ACTU Member Connect brings you valuable information regarding fiancial planning and upcoming…

ACTU Calls On PM To Guarantee Real Value Of Minimum Wages

April 11, 2005

ACTU Secretary Greg Combet today called on the Prime Minister John Howard to make good…

The Howard Doctrine

April 10, 2005

Australias Workplace laws are undergoing their biggest change since the Workplace Relations Act was introduced…

March On International Workers’ Day – Sunday, May 1

April 10, 2005

Event: Th International Workers Day March to celebrate and commemorate May Day, will meet at…

Govt ‘Misleads’ Public On Wages: Judges

April 8, 2005

In a letter to the Australian Financial Review today former presidential members of the federal…

Thousands Query The Pink Salt’s Effort To Force Individual Employment Contracts

April 6, 2005

More than 100,000 people have visited the LHMU Hospitality Unions The Pink Salt protest campaign…

Unions To Run National Week Of Action In Support Of Rights At Work

April 6, 2005

The ACTU today announced it will run a national week of action from June 27…

Thumbs Down For Union Bashers – Opinion Poll

April 3, 2005

The Federal Governments upcoming assault on trade unions will meet resistance from some unlikely quarters,…

Past Media Releases

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