Media Releases 2011
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Recent Media Releases
Unions launch campaign for 12% superannuation to guarantee secure retirement for workers
September 19, 2011
The average 25-year-old worker could lose $143,000 from their planned retirement savings if Parliament does not support the Labor Government’s plan to increase their Superannuation Guarantee to 12%.
All buildings should be cleared of asbestos by 2030 to save future generations
September 16, 2011
An Asbestos Safety Certificate should be required every time a residential property is sold or leased in order to protect future generations of Australians from asbestos diseases.
Ansett: a 10 year journey by workers and unions comes to an end
September 14, 2011
Australian unions will today reflect on a 10 year journey alongside thousands of former employees of Ansett airlines to ensure they received as close to 100% of their entitlements as was possible.
Largest ever workers’ survey shows the modern workplace is increasing job stress and insecurity
September 7, 2011
Australians in 2011 are under more pressure than ever before, working longer hours than they are paid for and increasingly having work invade their home life.
Australians rally for Fiji workers’ safety amid military regime’s growing repression of rights
September 2, 2011
Australian workers will rally in Sydney and Canberra today to protest against the Fiji military regime’s ongoing attacks on workers’ rights, including the recent arrest of the President of the Trades Union Congress, Daniel Urai.
States must commit to equal pay as another year passes with women lagging too far behind men
September 1, 2011
State Governments must commit to equal pay for women as the latest figures show women continue to be paid 17.2% less than men and take an extra 63 days to earn the same average income as men each year.
Australians want a more progressive income tax system, new research shows
August 29, 2011
Most Australians support a more progressive income tax system as a tool towards a reducing wealth inequality, according to new research.
Qantas management must guarantee to Australian workers their jobs will not head offshore
August 17, 2011
Qantas management must urgently explain to its 30,000 Australian workers the reasons why it is necessary to sack 1000 workers, and give a rock solid guarantee the establishment of a new Asian based airline is not the beginning of a long-term plan to offshore.
Qantas management betrays loyal Australian workforce in ‘race to the bottom’
August 16, 2011
Qantas’ announcement that it will shift operations offshore and sack at least 1000 workers is an outrage and raises concerns about whether it can continue to portray itself as an Australian airline.
Millions of Australian workers would lose out under Liberal plan to scrap penalty rates
August 15, 2011
Candid comments by prominent Liberal MP John Alexander have revealed a hidden Coalition agenda to scrap the penalty rate system which millions of Australians depend upon to meet their costs of living.
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