Media Releases 2021
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Recent Media Releases
Unions call on Minister Hunt to urgently act on silicosis
July 19, 2021
Unions have met with Health Minister Greg Hunt to urgently address the absence of preventative measures in the National Dust Disease Taskforce’s (NDDT) report – released last week.
ACTU calls on Fair Work Commission to Protect Jobs during lockdowns
July 15, 2021
The ACTU is extremely concerned that because the Morrison Government has walked away from JobKeeper which guaranteed job and income security, many workers are now in danger of losing their jobs as there are very weak obligations on employers.
FWC calls unions, employers, NSW and Federal Governments to conference to discuss safeguards for workers in lockdown
July 15, 2021
FWC President Iain Ross has called Australian Business Industrial, the ACTU, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Australian Industry Group, the Australian Retailers Association, the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia, Master Builders Australia, the Master Grocers Association, the National Farmers’ Federation, the National Retail Association, the Newsagents Association of NSW and ACT and representatives from the Australian Government, and NSW Treasury together to discuss necessary safeguards for workers who are receiving recently announced lockdown support payments.
Statement on retirement of Ian Silk
July 13, 2021
Ian Silk has been the Chief Executive of AustralianSuper since its formation in 2006, prior to which he was the Chief Executive of AustralianSuper’s predecessor fund, the Australian Retirement Fund.
Morrison Government abandons JobKeeper, cuts support for workers
July 13, 2021
The Morrison Government has walked away from the successful JobKeeper program which kept businesses and workers afloat throughout 2020 in favour of disaster relief payments which do not guarantee jobs and radically cut support to workers.
Morrison must provide JobKeeper 2.0 as Sydney workers face another week without pay
July 12, 2021
Workers in Sydney who have been stood down or lost their shifts face another week without pay as
cases grow daily and the Morrison Government refuses to provide JobKeeper 2.0.
Morrison tinkers with tiny lockdown payments, continues to shift blame
July 8, 2021
Prime Minister Morrison has failed working Australians struggling through ongoing lockdowns, with the piecemeal tinkering to lockdown payments he announced today still leaving insecure workers enduring weeks with no work and no pay unable to afford to pay rent, bills and feed their families.
Stop blaming aged care workers for government failures on vaccines – Providers and unions unite
July 7, 2021
Aged care providers and the union movement have united to reject the current blame shifting on vaccination, saying it is government failures that have caused low vaccination rates, not workers.
ABS figures on potential workers finds additional 250,000 unemployed
July 7, 2021
A quarter of a million Australians, not captured in unemployment figures, are locked out of the job
market due to a lack of access to affordable childcare or are being discouraged from looking for work by
the lack of jobs, according to ABS figures released today.
Morrison Government must not move on from failed aged care rollout
July 6, 2021
The union movement, along with NSW Health Minister Brett Hazzard, have been calling for vaccinations to be administered in aged care workplace as an immediate priority. Rather than getting vaccines to the two thirds of aged care workers who have still not been vaccinated, the Morrison Government is shifting its focus to a general population rollout and once again excluding working people from discussions.
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