August 31, 2016
Statistics released today by the ABS show casualisation of work continues to rise under the Turnbull Government.
August 30, 2016
A new independent poll shows that many young Australians are struggling at work and urgently need support.
August 26, 2016
For most people being unemployed is something they neither seek nor like to endure. But for many Australians, young and old, it is a harsh reality.
August 26, 2016
Almost 2,000 Australians have today signed up to a CUB-free BBQ on the AFL and NRL Grand Finals Day after an Australian Unions’ campaign called on all consumers to boycott Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) products, following the sacking of 55 workers.
August 25, 2016
ABS labour force figures released today show rising youth joblessness is not going away, with the unemployment rate for 15 to 24 year olds at 12.7% – up from 12.4% in June.
August 25, 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) will today join up to 100 working members from the Carlton & United Breweries Abbotsford Plant at a 3-hour paid stop work meeting to protest the sacking of 55 workers.
August 22, 2016
A new report from the Inclusive Prosperity Commission exposes the inequality of the Turnbull’s Government’s obsession with trickle-down economics.
August 18, 2016
Today’s dual ABS releases on Average Weekly Earnings and the snapshot Labour Force data show that Australian workers continue to be affected by a two-pronged dampener on their living standards.
August 17, 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is today calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to sit down with unions and business and address stagnating wages.
August 16, 2016
The ACTU executive has adopted a resolution authorising all means at the organisations disposal to be mobilised against the Turnbull Government’s racially discriminatory Community Development Program.
