Media Releases 2014
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Recent Media Releases
Every worker must be able to go to work and return home safely
May 21, 2014
The tragic death of a waterside worker at the toll shipping facility in Melbourne yesterday and of a worker at the Boggabri coal mine in NSW this morning is yet another reminder that workplace safety is a life and death matter.
Thousands of nurse graduates locked out of jobs
May 21, 2014
Unions call for the tightening of laws that regulate the use of 457 visas in Australia as staggering numbers of nurse graduates are shunned by employers.
Older workers in Abbott and Hockey’s firing line
May 20, 2014
Older workers are bearing the brunt of harsh, unfair and ill thought out policies that will erode the retirement security of low and middle income earners.
Abbott Government’s sustained attack on Australia’s lowest paid – cruel Federal Budget and savage cuts to minimum wage
May 20, 2014
The Abbott Government is engaging in a sustained attack on Australia’s lowest paid workers which will see their living standards crushed.
Abbott Government tears apart Australian way of life
May 13, 2014
Tony Abbott’s Budget signals the end of the Aussie fair go.
Faces of the budget – what Tony Abbott’s plan means for workers
May 12, 2014
Australian workers demand action – not empty political rhetoric – on job creation, investment in skills and training and support for local industries in tomorrow’s budget.
Golden handshake: $4billion company tax cut is an insult to workers and families
May 7, 2014
The Abbott Government gifting companies with tax cuts at the same time as they are set to make a raft of painful announcements for families, workers and those on welfare shows Joe Hockey’s crackdown on entitlements doesn’t include big business.
Workers feel crack of the whip as Abbott Government demands they work longer
May 2, 2014
The Abbott Government’s assault on working Australians continues today with news of radical cuts and changes to the Age Pension that will particularly effect anyone born after 1965.
Fair Work Act: Latest attacks on workers will be costly
May 1, 2014
Fair Work Act: Latest attacks on workers will be costly
Review must recommend tightening of 457 visa regulations to protect jobs
April 30, 2014
Unions call on the 457 review panel to make recommendations that will ensure Australians get increased opportunities to apply for local jobs before employers seek to fill positions with a temporary overseas workforce.
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