Media Releases 2015
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Recent Media Releases
Statement from ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver regarding the Royal Commission into Trade Unions
August 27, 2015
Acting on behalf of a number of affiliated unions, the ACTU has today written to the Royal Commission into Trade Unions following an article published in The Australian newspaper
Statement – the Royal Commission into Trade Unions
August 19, 2015
Acting on behalf of a number of affiliated unions, the ACTU has today advised the Royal Commission into Trade Unions that it has determined to proceed with an application on Friday that the Commissioner disqualify himself.
Email bounce back – Hutchison Ports Workers jobs protected
August 14, 2015
ACTU President Ged Kearney and MUA National Secretary Paddy Crumlin are today meeting with Hutchison Ports Australia workers following the decision last night in the Federal Court to grant an injunction which protects their jobs.
Biased Royal Commission into trade unions must be terminated
August 13, 2015
The Royal Commission into Trade Unions must be shut down following the revelation Justice Dyson Heydon is billed as a guest speaker at an upcoming Liberal Party fundraiser.
Failure to act on climate change is a failure to create new jobs
August 11, 2015
The Abbott Government’s carbon reduction target of 26-28 per cent of 2005 levels by 2030 is a missed opportunity to take genuine action on climate change and create the jobs of the future.
Government leadership vacuum as 100 workers sacked by midnight email
August 7, 2015
With yesterday’s jobs figures showing that for the first time in twenty years there are more than 800,000 unemployed Australians, Prime Minister Tony Abbott cannot sit back as job losses mount.
Indigenous unionists Build a Better Future in Cairns
August 5, 2015
The power of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to determine the outcome of the next Federal election should not be underestimated, say Australian Unions.
Productivity Commission report attacks penalty rates, minimum wage and rights at work
August 4, 2015
Unions have always said the Productivity Commission Inquiry was called by the Abbott Government in order to cut penalty rates, the minimum wage and rights at work – the interim report released today confirms that.
Joint Statement on racism directed at Adam Goodes
July 31, 2015
“Australia must and can be better than this”
Call for Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson to protect penalty rates for Geelong and Colac workers
July 31, 2015
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver led a rally outside the office of Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson today calling for her to take action to protect penalty rates for thousands of workers in the Geelong, Colac and Surf Coast regions.
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