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Recent Media Releases
Morrison budget fails test on wages, fairness
April 2, 2019
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s pre-election sales pitch has failed to deliver fair pay rises or a fair go for working people.
The six-year trickle-down fantasy continued with Josh Frydenberg promising 3.5 percent pay rises by 2021-22, without detailing any plan to deliver them.
National ad campaign targets Morrison on penalty rates
March 31, 2019
A new national ad campaign highlighting the impact of the Morrison Government’s penalty rate cuts will be launched today by United Voice, whose membership includes people in the hospitality, security, aged care and manufacturing sectors.
Agreement data shows bargaining, wages broken under Morrison
March 31, 2019
Figures quietly released by the Federal Government late Friday afternoon show that 45,000 working people have been pushed off above-award agreements in three months.
Budget is Governments last chance to own, and fix, wage stagnation
March 29, 2019
The ACTU budget paper – Raise Wages and End the Cuts – outlines a road map to lift wages as a driver for economic activity and growth.
It calls on the Government to take its head out of the sand on wages and abandon its fantasy trickle-down economics approach.
Working people win at Chemist’s Warehouse
March 28, 2019
The peak body for working people has congratulated union members who stood up for their rights and won a fair workplace agreement in the Chemist’s Warehouse distribution centres in Victoria and Queensland.
Change the Rules election campaign kicks off in Herbert
March 27, 2019
Working people and other members of the community from Townsville and surrounds will gather on the evening of Wednesday 27 March to kick off the Change the Rules election campaign for Herbert.
Labor to re-instate living wage
March 26, 2019
A Shorten Labor government will replace the minimum wage with a living wage, ensuring that no full-time worker lives in poverty.
Change the Rules election campaign kicks off in Boothby
March 21, 2019
Working people and volunteers from in and around the electorate of Boothby, which centers on Southern Adelaide will gather on Thursday evening to kick off the Change the Rules election campaign.
Minimum wage: Fair Work should close the poverty gap over 2 years
March 13, 2019
The Fair Work Commission should close the gap between the minimum wage and the OECD definition of relative poverty within 2 years so that no full-time worker is living in poverty, starting with a 6% increase this year a– or $43 per week.
More scrutiny needed on Self-Managed Funds
March 13, 2019
The ACTU supports calls for an inquiry examining the under-performance of small self-managed super funds (SMSFs) after the productivity commission revealed that SMSFs with less than $500,000 perform ‘significantly worse’ than regular super funds.
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