Media Releases 2017
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Recent Media Releases
Systemic inequality still Australia’s biggest problem
September 14, 2017
Labour force data released today shows underemployment remains high, while inequality between the richest and poorest in our society persists at record 70 year high.
Michaelia Cash must be held to account for ABCC scandal
September 14, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is calling for Employment Minister Michaelia Cash to answer all questions about when and what she knew about disgraced industrial cop Nigel Hadgkiss breaking the Fair Work Act.
Turnbull and Cash’s hand-picked, ideological cop, Nigel Hadgkiss, resigns
September 13, 2017
Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) boss Nigel Hadgkiss has resigned after he admitted to spending two years breaking the law in pursuit of the anti-worker ideological agenda his political masters paid him over $420,000 a year to enact.
New ACTU report — Rising Inequality: An Australian reality
September 13, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has today released a new report that shows Australia is at risk of becoming an Americanised society of working poor if people are not given a pay rise.
Rising inequality is forcing working people into poverty, with the number of workers who are now on minimum or award wages rocketing a staggering eight per cent in six years to 2016.
Michaelia Cash must sack ABCC boss Nigel Hadgkiss
September 12, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is calling for Employment Minister Michaelia Cash to sack the law breaking Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) boss Nigel Hadgkiss.
Mr Hadgkiss has admitted to recklessly breaking the very laws he is employed to enforce and uphold.
Statement from ACTU in response to Barnaby Joyce interview
September 11, 2017
“Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s claims on radio this morning regarding the Secretary of the ACTU Sally McManus are a fabrication.
ACTU demonstration for Indigenous Wage Justice
September 7, 2017
ACTU President Ged Kearney will join Indigenous Officer Lara Watson and dozens of other unionists in front of Parliament House to call on the Turnbull Government to address systemic exploitation of Indigenous workers in Australia.
Turnbull Government giving green light to corporate avoidance of Fair Work Act
September 7, 2017
A report on Corporate Avoidance of the Fair Work Act handed down over night paints a damning picture of a government and a Minister who is letting corporations trample workers’ rights.
Labour share of income 53 year low as corporate profits skyrocket
September 6, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has today called on the Turnbull Government to abandon dangerous neoliberal policies causing inequality.
ACTU and MUA launch new campaign to save Australian Shipping
September 5, 2017
The ACTU and MUA will today launch a new campaign on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra to save Australian shipping.
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