Media Releases 2016
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Recent Media Releases
Abbott proposal on welfare rules would be worst case scenario
October 6, 2016
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s proposal to expand the draconian compliance regime of the Community Development Program (CDP) to all welfare recipients, outlined in The Australian this morning, would be a disaster.
Government must act now to ensure future for Ford workforce
October 6, 2016
With the closure of Ford’s plants in Broadmeadows, Australia once again sees an example of the Federal Government’s failure to manage structural adjustment in the economy, and working people are suffering as a consequence.
Coalition’s plan to protect migrant workers too little, too late
October 4, 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) again asks the Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash to work with Australian Unions to protect migrant workers.
ACTU President advocates for employees at UN workplace violence forum
October 3, 2016
ACTU President Ged Kearney will be speaking on behalf of employees at an International Labour Organisation forum on ‘Violence Against Women and Men in the World of Work in Geneva this week.
ACTU Tax Submission finds cuts go to the wealthiest, costing taxpayers billions
September 27, 2016
In a submission to the senate Standing Committee on Economics, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) finds that there is no evidence that the Turnbull government’s proposed corporate tax cuts will generate job growth or improve the living standards of Australians to the level the government, or business groups are claiming.
AIG wrong on Domestic Violence Leave
September 20, 2016
The statement released earlier today by AI Group makes a large number of false assertions about the ACTU submission to the Fair Work Commission on Domestic Violence Leave.
ABS data shows underemployment now the norm
September 15, 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is today urging the Federal Government to take drastic action on the decline of full-time permanent jobs in Australia.
Statement from Ged Kearney: fight continues over short-sighted Omnibus Savings Bill
September 13, 2016
“The campaign by unions, community groups and others has helped extract some important concessions from…
Equal Pay Day a wake-up call for Michaelia Cash in unique role as Minister for Employment and Women
September 8, 2016
Today is Equal Pay Day; a day to reflect on the unacceptable state of the gender pay gap and the fact that women in work are significantly worse off than men.
Poor Australians being criminalised by social security system
September 6, 2016
An alliance of six key organisations have come together to ask the Federal Government to address the growing employment crisis in Australia and stop the criminalisation of the unemployed.
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