Media Releases 2020
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Recent Media Releases
Report into gig economy reveals human cost of insecure work
July 15, 2020
Rates of gig economy work have been increasing, and this type of work is just one part of the expansion of insecure work in Australia according to the damning findings of a landmark report into the so-called gig economy in Victoria released today and welcomed by the ACTU.
Super withdrawals scheme ensures retirement poverty will be Morrison’s legacy
July 15, 2020
The Morrison Government’s reprehensible attack on the retirement savings of working Australians is far from over, with hundreds of thousands of working people already applying for the second round of early withdrawals from their superannuation accounts.
Return to $40 a day JobSeeker would crush recovery
July 14, 2020
It is essential that JobSeeker never returns to the poverty levels of the old NewStart allowance, for the health and safety of the existing unemployed, the hundreds of thousands of workers who have lost work during this pandemic, and also for the long-term strength of our economy.
New pandemic protections for workers urgently needed
July 9, 2020
Following the surge in cases, new lockdowns and border closures, the ACTU is calling on the Morrison Government to urgently provide paid pandemic leave at the full rate of pay for everyone who needs testing or must quarantine – no matter how many times this may happen.
Unlimited work visas not the way out of pandemic recession
July 8, 2020
Suggestions by some employer groups that we should return to the almost unlimited visa programs in place before the pandemic would compound the extreme hardship already being faced by young workers and everyone who is now unemployed, while putting thousands of vulnerable visa workers in grave danger.
ACTU targets job plan ads in regional Australia
July 7, 2020
The peak body for working people in Australia is running television ads across regional Queensland and Tasmania foreshadowing a comprehensive jobs plan that will be released next week.
Young people facing worst jobs market in 40 years
July 3, 2020
37.8 per cent of 15 to 24 year old’s are either out of work or need more hours – the highest rate since the ABS started tracking in 1978.
Victoria begins tracking workplace diseases and suicides
July 2, 2020
The ACTU welcomes the decision by the Victorian Government to begin including workplace illnesses and suicides in data about workplace injuries and fatalities.
Young workers still suffering from lack of a jobs plan
June 30, 2020
Young people are not only suffering from fewer job opportunities their wages took a big hit at the start of June according to data released this morning by the ABS.
Statement from Michele O’Neil on successful Bain Capital bid for Virgin Australia
June 26, 2020
The unions representing Virgin workers acknowledge the announcement that Bain Capital has been successful in its bid to buy Virgin Australia, and once again call upon Scott Morrison to intervene in the aviation industry and extend JobKeeper to all workers.
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