Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.
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All ACTU media enquiries should be directed to ACTU Media team:
T: 03 9664 7315 (24 hours)
E: media@actu.org.au
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.
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.
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.
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.
May 11, 2015
Thousands of public servants will start rolling strike action around the country on Federal Budget day.
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.
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.
April 29, 2015
Australia should return to a predominantly permanent migration model and curb the unsustainable growth of the overseas temporary work program.
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.
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.
