April 4, 2018
Thousands of Australians are expected to hit the streets in April and May in a significant escalation to the Change the Rules campaign demanding more secure work and fair pay.
March 28, 2018
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has urged big business to pay their fair share of tax, and give working people a fair pay rise and more secure work, rather than lobbying government for special treatment and cash handouts.
March 27, 2018
The 5 days of unpaid Family and Domestic Leave announced by the Turnbull Government this evening is a very small step in the right direction but doesn’t provide nearly enough time or money to ensure women experiencing violence can make themselves safe and protect their families.
March 27, 2018
Commonwealth Public Service boss John Lloyd has delivered a shocking speech attacking unions for opposing the alarming shift towards insecure work in the public sector.
March 21, 2018
In the most important speech by a union leader in a generation, ACTU Secretary Sally McManus will outline the rules that need to be changed for more secure jobs and better pay to the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday.
March 18, 2018
On behalf of working people across the country and the Australian trade union movement I congratulate Ged Kearney on her win in Batman
March 14, 2018
The ACTU has addressed the Senate Corporate Tax Avoidance Inquiry and called for significant changes to tax law to stop the unprecedented tax avoidance being undertaken by Exxon.
March 11, 2018
ACTU’s new nationwide ad campaign to fight for working people
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has today launched a new eight-week, nationwide advertising campaign, calling for changes to the rules so that working people have more secure jobs and fair pay increases.
March 6, 2018
The shape of our future working lives depends on Australian governments making the right choices to navigate looming technological and social changes, an ACTU submission to a senate committee from the peak body for working people says.
March 2, 2018
The largest survey of workers ever undertaken by the Australian union movement, released today, shows that working Australians are overwhelmingly concerned about the difficulty of winning fair pay increases and the threats to good, secure jobs.
