Media Releases 2021
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Recent Media Releases
Morrison Government fails to act to make workplaces safe from sexual harassment.
August 31, 2021
Key recommendations from the Morrison Government’s own Sex Discrimination Commissioner, which would strengthen women’s rights to workplaces free from sexual harassment, are missing from legislation being tabled today in the Federal Parliament.
Industry super continues to outperform for-profit retail funds
August 31, 2021
Today the first round of performance benchmarks has been conducted on some superannuation products and once again industry super funds have outperformed for-profit retail funds, despite last minute changes by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to shield several for-profit funds from the consequences of their historic rorting of working people’s retirement savings.
ACTU calls to renegotiate huge RCEP trade deal
August 31, 2021
The Morrison Government must urgently amend the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Plan (RCEP) which has not been shown to have any projected benefit for a single Australian worker and would legitimise the military regime in Myanmar which has killed more than 1000 civilians since seizing power.
Vale Senator Alex Gallacher
August 30, 2021
The ACTU mourns the loss of Senator Alex Gallacher – a proud TWU member and official and a staunch supporter of working people in Federal Parliament.
Alex dedicated his life to the service of working people and the advancement of workers’ rights.
He was fighting to the end, especially to improve safety for those in the transport industry, and made a key contribution to the Senate’s landmark report into the road transport industry, tabled last week.
The thoughts of the entire union movement are with Alex’s family and all those who were close to him at this difficult time.
7,000 Toll workers forced to strike against dangerous Uberisation of industry
August 27, 2021
7,000 Toll workers have made the difficult decision to strike for 24 hours, in protest as one of the largest trucking companies in Australia seeks to replace permanent workers with an Uber-style system of insecure, short-term contracts and external contractors on lower pay.
Hospitality and retail lead job losses as workers continue to suffer without JobKeeper
August 26, 2021
Workers struggling through lockdowns without JobKeeper continue to lose jobs at an alarming rate with nothing to keep them connected to an employer while they receive support payments.
Morrison must dismiss call to raid workers’ super again
August 26, 2021
Perennial anti-super Senator and former for-profit super representative, Andrew Bragg, has once again proposed that the Morrison Government force working people to raid their retirement savings rather than properly funding support for working people through the ongoing pandemic.
Voters in key marginal seats say Morrison Government hasn’t done enough on Respect@Work
August 24, 2021
More than half of all voters in the key marginal seats of Bass (TAS), Chisholm (VIC) and Macquarie (NSW) believe that the Morrison Government has not done enough to help reduce sexual harassment in workplaces – a fact that could harm their election prospects significantly.
Australians lost 3 million hours of work over the month of July
August 19, 2021
36,000 workers in NSW lost their jobs in the month of July, while the Morrison Government continues to
refuse the reimplementing of JobKeeper to help workers stay connected to their employers.
Workers’ wages are going backwards
August 18, 2021
Workers’ wages in Australia are more than remaining dismally stagnant – they are in fact going backwards in real terms.
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