Media Releases 2015
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Recent Media Releases
Unions will work with business over unfair cuts to paid parental leave
May 27, 2015
Unions will work together with business to combat attempts by the Abbott Government to strip away paid parental leave from 80,000 Australian families.
Rosie Batty endorses union push for domestic violence leave
May 26, 2015
The ACTU welcomes the support of domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty for its claim to give millions of Australian workers access to domestic violence leave.
Business budget win to help fund minimum wage increase
May 20, 2015
Last week’s Federal Budget offered a $5.5 billion bonanza for small business and this windfall must now flow to low paid employees.
Royal Commission proves its political stripes again
May 19, 2015
The Trade Union Royal Commission has again proved it is a political operation designed to push the government’s agenda by releasing a discussion paper to the media before its public release.
Strike action highlights government’s Budget failure
May 11, 2015
Thousands of public servants will start rolling strike action around the country on Federal Budget day.
Temporary visa program front for slave labour
May 5, 2015
Australian unions have long said the temporary visa program is broken and facilitates the gross exploitation of migrant workers, a view confirmed by the ABC Four Corners program aired last night.
Unions urge Abbott and Barnett Governments to stop the funding cuts and closures of Aboriginal communities
May 1, 2015
Unions are calling on the Abbott and Barnett Governments to reinstate funding for Aboriginal services, and end the forcible closures of Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.
Senate inquiry must begin fixing broken visa system
April 29, 2015
Australia should return to a predominantly permanent migration model and curb the unsustainable growth of the overseas temporary work program.
Employer call for ‘flexibility’ is a pay cut for workers
April 28, 2015
Employers are trying to cut the wages and conditions of millions of award workers under the guise of increasing ‘flexibility’, say unions.
Employers try tricky legal tactics to quash new support for family friendly work arrangements and domestic violence leave
April 24, 2015
Employer groups are using tricky legal tactics to avoid new workplace protections for domestic violence leave and family friendly work arrangements which will increase women’s workforce participation.
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