Media Releases 2018
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Recent Media Releases
ACTU leader to visit Island State for May Day
April 29, 2018
The Hobart May Day March will host a guest from the mainland this year, with ACTU Secretary Sally McManus crossing Bass Strait to march alongside Unions Tasmania Secretary Jessica Munday and hundreds of working people.
Sally McManus, Secretary ACTU: Per Capita Reform Agenda Series Speech – 27 April 2018
April 27, 2018
Our industrial system is seriously out of balance – working people do not have strong…
ACTU plan to restore authority of workplace umpire
April 27, 2018
The peak body for working people has called for the independence and authority of the Fair Work Commission to be restored so the body is able to deliver fairness for working people.
Tens of thousands of job losses under the TPP threat
April 26, 2018
The economic benefits of Australia’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement are negligible and could cost workers tens of thousands of jobs, the ACTU has told the joint standing committee on treaties (JSCOT) inquiry.
Remembering Rana Plaza – fight for the living
April 24, 2018
The ACTU has lent the voice of working Australians to a call for recalcitrant fashion companies to sign a critical safety accord on the fifth anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse which killed more than 1100 people working in a Bangladesh clothing factory in 2013.
AMP resignation shouldn’t be the last
April 20, 2018
The ACTU welcomes the announcement this morning that Craig Meller will lose his job at AMP after it was revealed that under his leadership the company swindled thousands of Australians out of their hard-earned money.
Australian trade unions reach landmark Principles Agreement with BAE Systems Australia
April 18, 2018
The Principles Agreement signed today signals the intent of unions and BAE Systems Australia to work together to ensure, if BAE Systems’ bid is successful, that the Future Frigate SEA 5000 project will not only produce the best possible product for the Australian Navy, but will also revitalize manufacturing, build Australia’s sovereign shipbuilding capability and secure highly skilled jobs for the future.
Statement by Scott Connolly, ACTU Assistant Secretary:
April 17, 2018
Revelations that AMP have been intentionally charging fees for no service demonstrate that big business in Australia is out of control.
AMMA award plan greedy and regressive
April 16, 2018
The peak body for working people has slammed a plan by the Australian Mines and Metals Association to abolish the award system that underpins the working rights of all Australians.
ACTU blueprint to give Australia a pay rise
April 11, 2018
The peak body for working people has today released a six-point plan to ensure pay rises for all working people. This plan would ensure an immediate pay increase for the 2.3 million workers whose pay is set by awards and empowering 3.7 million working people who have collective agreements with the tools they need to negotiate fair pay rises now and into the future.
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