Media Releases 2018
Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.
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Recent Media Releases
Jobs You Can Count On – a secure work future for Australia
May 23, 2018
More than three in four Australians want the government to spend public money on contractors who will create good, secure jobs rather than just choosing the cheapest option.
Australia leading the world in creating insecure work
May 21, 2018
Australia is a global pacesetter in the creation of various forms of insecure employment, leaving only 60% of the workforce in standard, secure work according to a new report from the ACTU, Australia’s insecure work crisis: Fixing it for the future.
‘Super is for everyone’: ACTU backs call for super changes
May 18, 2018
The peak body for working people has backed calls for all workers to receive superannuation.
CORRECTION OF MEDIA RELEASE RE: GIG SUPER PTY LTD
May 18, 2018
On 6 April 2018 the ACTU published a media release regarding the superannuation partnership between Deliveroo and Gig Super.
Modern Slavery proposal will do little to stop exploitation
May 11, 2018
The peak body for working people has slammed the Turnbull Government’s compromise on modern slavery as inadequate and ineffective.
Racist work-for-the-dole scheme survives another budget
May 11, 2018
The Abbott/Turnbull Government’s racially discriminatory remote work-for-the-dole scheme, the Community Development Program, has survived another federal budget and will continue to generate profit from the exploitation of Indigenous labour.
Tens of thousands to fill Melbourne CBD as part of Change the Rules events
May 8, 2018
Tens of thousands of people will fill the streets of Melbourne today as part of the nationwide series of Change the Rules rallies.
Five-point plan to address unemployment and end exploitation of temporary visa workers
May 3, 2018
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has today released a five-point plan to boost local jobs
and end the exploitation of temporary visa workers.
Racist remote welfare program failing on every measure: new report
May 2, 2018
A new report from the Australia Institute has found that the Turnbull Government’s remote work-for-the-dole program is racially discriminatory, incredibly punitive, ineffective and expensive compared to metropolitan work-for-the-dole programs.
Change the rules rally: Working people in Canberra march for better pay and secure work
May 1, 2018
Unions ACT Secretary Alex White will lead a May Day rally as part of 12 days of action nationwide to Change the Rules to call for Australia’s broken workplace laws to be changed, to win job security, fairer pay rises, and to restore the rights of working people.
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