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Recent Media Releases
Reversals, confusion and silence on workers’ rights
April 4, 2025
Australian Unions do not believe that Peter Dutton’s comment provides any real guarantee that labour hire workers’ wage increases are safe, given his strong track record. Peter Dutton has advised the Australian public to “look at what politicians do, as much, or probably more, than what they say”.
Response to Trump must be to protect and grow Australian jobs
April 3, 2025
The measures Prime Minister Albanese announced today highlight the importance of protecting workers’ livelihoods amid global uncertainty.
Australian Unions go for a 4.5 per cent wage boost
April 3, 2025
The 4.5 percent claim directly affects the 2.6 million Australian workers whose pay is set by awards, but it also affects all working Australians, as it sets minimum wage floors.
Coles and Woolies are taking the piss, blaming workers for higher prices
March 31, 2025
Despite grocery prices growing at twice the rate of workers’ wages, Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, sided with the major supermarkets and last year refused to back Labor’s legislation that would have put supermarkets on notice to improve their practices.
Ban on supermarket price gouging welcome
March 30, 2025
Despite supermarket profits growing at twice the rate of workers’ wages, Peter Dutton sided with the major supermarkets and last year refused to back Labor’s Bill that would have put supermarkets on notice to improve their practices.
Dutton has no plan for wage growth
March 27, 2025
Australian Unions have branded Coalition Leader, Peter Dutton’s Budget reply as abandoning workers’ wage growth…
IR reforms delivering stronger wages for workers on collective agreements
March 27, 2025
There are more workers on collective agreements who are now getting better pay rises due to the recent IR reforms that have improved collective bargaining, according to new data released today.
Budget delivers higher incomes for workers
March 25, 2025
Australian Unions welcome tonight’s Federal Budget as a further strong signal that incomes will continue to grow through real wage growth and tax cuts under the Albanese Government.
Threats to work from home likely to affect 1 in 3 workers
March 24, 2025
More than 600,000 workers nationally currently work from home to spend less time commuting or to save money. If these workers are forced back onto the roads – it will add to congestion and make life harder for everyone.
Retail workers face losing $5,000 a year – and it won’t stop there
March 20, 2025
In 2017, the Fair Work Commission cut penalty rates in similar circumstances. The then Coalition Government, which included Peter Dutton, voted against restoring those penalty rates eight times.
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