November 22, 2018
The peak body for working people has bid farewell to one of its leadership team as Assistant Secretary Michael Borowick steps down after eight years.
November 22, 2018
The peak body for working people has welcomed Bill Shorten’s announcement of a much-needed Just Transition Authority (JTA) to ensure that the people and communities affected by a changing energy sector are not left at the mercy of big energy companies that operate in an energy policy vacuum.
November 20, 2018
The peak body for working people says a Morrison Government plan to allow women escaping violence to dip into their superannuation and take on debt to fund the significant cost of leaving is inadequate.
November 20, 2018
Today thousands of people will gather in Canberra and Brisbane to call on the Morrison Government to change the rules so working people have fair pay and more secure jobs.
November 19, 2018
Casuals around Australia and across a wide variety of industries and occupations are being ripped off, in some cases being paid even less than permanent staff.
November 16, 2018
Working people in Australia have secured a major victory against exploitative employers in the on-demand economy after the Fair Work Commission ruled a sacked Foodora rider was unfairly dismissed.
November 14, 2018
Nobel Prize-winning economist and former World Bank chief economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz has endorsed industry and sector bargaining as an answer to slow wages growth.
November 14, 2018
The Morrison Government is poised to reward businesses owners who’ve stolen superannuation from working people by giving them a tax deduction for paying the money back, with no further penalties.
November 14, 2018
More than 60 percent of women have been sexually harassed at work but less than half of those harassed have reported the incident, according to the interim results of a survey being run by the peak body for working people, the ACTU.
November 13, 2018
The peak body for working people, the ACTU, calls for more action on pay equity and says progress is still too slow in narrowing the gender pay gap.
The Workplace Gender Equality (WGEA) report released today shows that the gender pay gap remained at an unacceptable 21.3 percent in the past year for average total remuneration, or $25,717 p.a, despite a slight narrowing of 1.1 percentage points. At this rate it will still take 19 years to close the gap.
