Media Releases 2019
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Recent Media Releases
Change the Government, Change the rules nationwide protests
April 10, 2019
Today working people across Australia will protest the failure of the Morrison government to deliver secure jobs and fair pay. Working people will call for a change in Government and to change the rules in order to restore the fair go in Australia.
An economic plan for a fairer Australia
April 5, 2019
The peak body for working people has praised the budget in reply by Bill Shorten, saying it lays the foundation for more secure jobs and fair pay for working people.
McManus slams Morrison for Huggies comments
April 5, 2019
The peak body for working people has condemned Prime Minister Scott Morrison for his comments that the 220 people sacked from the Kimberley Clark Huggies factory in Ingleburn in south-west Sydney should be “able to weather the disappointment”.
Change the Rules NSW election campaign kicks off in Banks
April 4, 2019
Working people and other members of the community from in and around the seat of Banks, which covers parts of south-west Sydney, will gather on the evening of Thursday 4 April to kick off the Change the Rules election campaign in New South Wales.
‘Mathematically impossible’ for tax cuts to replace real wage growth
April 2, 2019
Regular, real wage rises would provide a financial boost for struggling workers ‘dozens of times’ larger than income tax cuts likely to be announced in the federal budget tonight according to new research from the Centre for Future Work.
New ad campaign highlights Morrison’s massive education cuts
April 2, 2019
A new ad campaign from the Australian Education Union show that the Morrison Government’s $14 billion in total cuts to public schools will leave 99% of public schools below the minimum level of funding required to meet the educational needs of children.
Morrison budget fails test on wages, fairness
April 2, 2019
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s pre-election sales pitch has failed to deliver fair pay rises or a fair go for working people.
The six-year trickle-down fantasy continued with Josh Frydenberg promising 3.5 percent pay rises by 2021-22, without detailing any plan to deliver them.
National ad campaign targets Morrison on penalty rates
March 31, 2019
A new national ad campaign highlighting the impact of the Morrison Government’s penalty rate cuts will be launched today by United Voice, whose membership includes people in the hospitality, security, aged care and manufacturing sectors.
Agreement data shows bargaining, wages broken under Morrison
March 31, 2019
Figures quietly released by the Federal Government late Friday afternoon show that 45,000 working people have been pushed off above-award agreements in three months.
Budget is Governments last chance to own, and fix, wage stagnation
March 29, 2019
The ACTU budget paper – Raise Wages and End the Cuts – outlines a road map to lift wages as a driver for economic activity and growth.
It calls on the Government to take its head out of the sand on wages and abandon its fantasy trickle-down economics approach.
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