Media Releases 2016
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Recent Media Releases
Senate right to vote down ABCC
April 19, 2016
The ACTU welcomes the Senate again rejecting the Government’s push to reinstate the ABCC.
Unemployment falls, but part time jobs on the rise
April 14, 2016
Monthly labour force figures released today by the ABS reveal that while unemployment fell in March, this improvement is off the back of an increase in part-time work.
Two million workers need $30 week increase to avoid US-style working poor
March 31, 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling for a $30 a week increase in the minimum wage to $686.90 per week or $18.08 per hour.
Recognition of the Workplace a key factor for those affected by Family Violence
March 30, 2016
Today’s Royal Commission into Family Violence report has importantly recognised the workplace and the role that employers must have in supporting those affected by domestic and family violence.
ACTU backs Senate report calling for end to abuse of temporary work visas
March 18, 2016
The ACTU welcomes the findings of the Senate report into temporary working visas released today, which suggests tightening up the scheme.
ACTU plan calls for fairness to be at the heart of tax policy
March 8, 2016
The ACTU Executive has today endorsed an agenda of tax reform priorities designed to tackle growing inequality and unfairness in our economic system and help create better, higher-paying jobs.
Women are still losing out on pay at every stage of life, new report reveals.
March 7, 2016
A new report released by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) today (7 March 2016) reveals that Australian women are financially disadvantaged at every key stage of their life: in childhood, at the workplace, through pregnancy, motherhood and as a carer, and in retirement.
SPOCTU sends solidarity to Fijian brothers and sisters following Cyclone Winston
February 26, 2016
The South Pacific Council of Trade Unions (SPOCTU) expresses solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Fiji who are suffering because of the unprecedentedly severe tropical cyclone Winston.
Cutting super means more poverty in retirement
February 21, 2016
Cutting superannuation sentences Australia’s lowest paid to a lifetime of poverty in their retirement years and forces more and more people to rely solely on the Aged Pension.
Treasurer Morrison ducks hard questions on tax reform, belittles contribution of middle and low income Australians
February 17, 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison’s first National Press Club address exposed the Government’s blind
spot on genuine tax reform and reinforced the impression the Government does not have the
stomach to go after wasteful tax breaks and exemptions for the super wealthy.
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