April 18, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions says Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement today that he will replace 457 visas that have a different name will not address the real concerns of workers who are unemployed, wanting more hours and frustrated at the Turnbull government’s inaction while jobs are being replaced and casualised.
April 17, 2017
New polling released by the ACTU today show the vast majority of Australians understand what Malcolm Turnbull does not: that the minimum wage is too low and must be increased.
April 3, 2017
The Turnbull Government is ploughing ahead with the deeply troubling PaTH ‘internship’ program despite significant community concern about the impact the program will have on vulnerable young job seekers.
March 29, 2017
Australian Council of Trade Union secretary Sally McManus today announced the union movement’s call for a $45 a week increase to the minimum wage. A real increase to the minimum wage will address rising cost of living, inflation and boost the economy.
March 24, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has joined with affiliate unions in making a submission to the Fair Work Commission asking that the ruling on cuts to Sunday penalty rates not be implemented
March 23, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) welcomes the referral of an inquiry into the Turnbull Government’s punitive Community Development Program (CDP) to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee.
March 20, 2017
The ACTU welcomes the resolution of the Parmalat dispute in Echuca, with Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and Electrical Trade Union (ETU) members voting to accept an agreement that includes wage rises, improved redundancy provisions, and mandated consultation if contractors are brought in.
March 20, 2017
Penalty rates were a key factor for voters in the recent Western Australian state election, a new exit poll commissioned by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) shows.
March 17, 2017
Australian Unions welcome the ALP’s focus on jobs and skills training, and congratulate Bill Shorten for taking a proactive approach to this key area of economic policy that has been comprehensively mishandled by the Liberal Government, leaving a range of challenges that must be urgently addressed.
March 16, 2017
Australia has been built by working people who have had the courage to stand up to unfair and unjust rules and demand something better.
