Media Releases 2022
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Recent Media Releases
Jobs and Skills Summit must find way forward for workers
July 11, 2022
The ACTU welcomes the Albanese Government’s announcement of the Jobs and Skills Summit on the 1st and 2nd of September. This summit is an opportunity to find solutions to the systemic problems that have been holding Australian workers and the Australian economy back for years.
Nation-wide rallies call on Carpet Court to back workers
July 11, 2022
Union members will be holding a series of rallies today at Carpet Court locations around the country, calling on the retailer to stand up for workers who are facing deep cuts to pay and redundancy provisions from major supplier Tuftmaster Carpets.
More than 1000 airline engineers denied pay increase after 4-year wage freeze
July 7, 2022
More than 1000 engineers maintaining planes for Qantas, Jetstar and Network Aviation are fighting to end a four-year wage freeze imposed by some of Australia’s best paid executives during the pandemic.
Wage increase comes into effect on the first full pay period after today, for one in four workers
July 1, 2022
At the conclusion of the first full pay period after today, almost 3 million award-reliant and minimum wage workers in Australia will receive a well deserved pay increase.
Unions continue to improve superannuation on its 30-year anniversary
July 1, 2022
Two hard fought for union wins are being implemented today, with the superannuation guarantee increasing from 10 to 10.5 per cent, and the $450 per month minimum earnings threshold for superannuation payments being abolished.
Disaster Payment cuts will hit frontline workers hardest
July 1, 2022
The decision by the Albanese Government to axe the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment will mean a return to the earliest and most costly mistakes of the pandemic, with frontline healthcare workers and thousands of others forced to make impossible choices between obeying isolation rules and paying their bills.
Morrison Government decision set to cut paid pandemic leave despite nearly 200,000 weekly cases
June 30, 2022
The Albanese Government must act to reverse a Morrison Government decision that will cut all federally supported pandemic leave for Australian workers from today, despite ongoing waves of infection with 196,360 cases identified and 331 deaths last week alone.
Access to childcare, skills and training can fill growing job vacancies
June 30, 2022
Job vacancies have doubled since before the pandemic, with 480,100 current job vacancies in Australia according to data released by the ABS today, amplifying the need to increase labour force participation through training and access to Early Childhood Education and Care.
Years of inaction widens gender pay gap
June 27, 2022
Almost a decade of inaction on the gender pay gap under the previous Government has resulted in women continuing to earn less than men in every age bracket, according to data released today by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
ACTU welcomes ALP’s commitment to including 10 days paid FDV Leave in the NES
June 17, 2022
The ACTU welcomes Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Tony Burke’s commitment that enshrining paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave in the National Employment Standards will be his first legislative priority.
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