Media Releases 2008
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Recent Media Releases
Workers to sue their boss for denying them rights to genuine collective bargaining
September 8, 2008
Workers at a major Victorian truck parts making plant are suing their employer for refusing…
Australian leadership remains crucial to global climate change solution
September 5, 2008
The latest recommendation by Professor Ross Garnaut for a softer start to a carbon trading…
Unions seek protection for truckies, cleaners, security guards, tradesmen
September 5, 2008
People employed under independent contracting arrangements need to have the same protections as the rest…
Give Telstra workers the democratic right to negotiate a collective agreement, say unions
August 28, 2008
Telstra workers should be given the choice to have their unions negotiate a collective agreement…
Equal Pay Day 2008: Australian women still treated as cheap labour
August 27, 2008
“Almost 40 years have passed since it became unlawful to pay women less than their…
Increased TAFE funding welcome, but higher fees will dampen demand for training, say unions
August 26, 2008
Unions have today welcomed the announcement of increased funding for the Victorian vocational education and…
IR Ministers need to deliver new laws that restore workers’ collective bargaining rights
August 22, 2008
The Rudd Labor Government must move quickly to scrap the rest of Work Choices and…
Roy Morgan sackings highlight weakness of current unfair dismissal protection
August 22, 2008
The sudden sackings of almost 60 young workers by market researcher Roy Morgan has turned…
Employers are taking advantage of restrictions on union entry to cut rights at work
July 29, 2008
Unions have called for workers’ rights to meet with union officials to be strengthened following…
Time for wake up call on sexual harassment
July 22, 2008
The ACTU has backed the Sex Discrimination Commissioner’s national plan to tackle gender inequality in…
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