Media Releases 2014
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Recent Media Releases
Disgraceful comments from employer association crying wolf year after year
March 27, 2014
Unions say comments from Restaurant and Catering Australia today which are the same as the past three years demonstrate a long-running misrepresentation of truth.
First step in the right direction for young workers
March 24, 2014
The ACTU applauds a decision by the Fair Work Commission to scrap the 90 per cent pay rate for 20-year-old retail workers.
Sneaky Government fudges jobs numbers, slashes pay of lowest paid
March 24, 2014
News reports of the Abbott Government fudging jobs numbers is further evidence that they have no idea how to fulfil their election promise to create one million new jobs.
Workers who turned the tide on bank offshoring are honoured at Australian union awards
March 19, 2014
A group of workers who took on one of the big four banks and reversed a decision to send more than 500 jobs offshore have been honoured at the ACTU annual union awards.
IWD: Living minimum wage the bedrock of fairness for women at work
March 8, 2014
Increasing the minimum wage is central to unions’ agenda for improving standards of living for Australian women workers, Australian Council of Trade Unions President Ged Kearney said ahead of International Women’s Day.
Rights, wages and conditions on trial in Abbott Government review
March 7, 2014
The Productivity Commission terms of reference made public today in the media are a complete repudiation of the Abbott Government’s pre-election promise to workers that wholesale changes were not on the agenda.
Abbott books one way ticket out of Australia for Qantas jobs
March 4, 2014
Tony Abbott has given the green light to send tens of thousands of Australian jobs overseas with his decision to amend critical sections of the Qantas Sales Act.
Abbott has a choice: save or sack Qantas workers
March 3, 2014
Tony Abbott has a clear choice to make when Cabinet meets to discuss the future of Qantas tomorrow – save Qantas workers, or open the gates to sack even more of them.
New research: executives paid too much and the minimum wage should be raised
March 2, 2014
A new survey reveals that the majority of Australians believe executives are paid too much and that the minimum wage should be increased to ensure a ‘decent standard of living’.
Savage Qantas jobs cuts a devastating blow for workers and the economy
February 27, 2014
The savage job cuts at Qantas today are a devastating blow for the workers and their families and will see Australia plunge further into a jobs crisis.
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