February 21, 2018
The peak body for working people has condemned the revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership as a raw deal for working Australians, calling for a Senate Inquiry into the agreement before any further action is taken.
February 21, 2018
The latest wage price index figures show that working people need more power to negotiate pay rises.
February 6, 2018
The Coalition’s planned $65 billion tax cut for corporations will come at the expense of working Australians, the ACTU has warned.
February 2, 2018
The ACTU expresses our sorrow and condolences on behalf of everyone in the Australian union movement to the family and loved ones of Andrew Casey, who passed away suddenly Thursday.
January 25, 2018
Today’s decision by the Fair Work Commission to suspend the action by train drivers is further evidence of the broken rules in Australian workplaces that are driving down wage growth.
January 25, 2018
ACTU secretary Sally McManus will call for Minister Nigel Scullion to listen to the First Nations Workers Alliance (FNWA) and make systemic changes to the racist Community Development Program at the ‘30th Anniversary of the 1988 Long March’ rally in Sydney’s Hyde Park tomorrow.
January 22, 2018
The ACTU has said today that Australians urgently need a pay rise, after a new report by Oxfam International has shown that inequality, the gap between those with the most and everyone else, has increased.
January 19, 2018
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has condemned the emerging corporate tactic of applying to terminate Enterprise Bargaining Agreements in order to cut workers’ pay and conditions.
January 18, 2018
The ACTU is calling on the Government of Fiji to take action over the illegal treatment of Air Terminal Services (ATS) workers, who have been locked out by management and replaced by unqualified workers, potentially endangering Australian travellers, at a rally today in Sydney.
January 12, 2018
The ACTU is launching an online tool for victims of criminal and unethical activities by the big banks to submit their stories, which will then be presented to the Banking Royal Commission.
