Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
Telstra workers demand better pay and conditions
March 12, 2019
Workers at Telstra are fighting for better pay and conditions after being offered pay increases well below inflation – effectively a pay cut.
Working women need urgent change
March 8, 2019
International Women’s Day is a reminder of the barriers women still face in getting a fair go at work and in the lead up to the federal election the peak body for working people calls for the rules to be urgently changed for working women.
Fels report falls short on worker protections
March 7, 2019
The peak body for working people has expressed disappointment with the key recommendations of a Morrison Government report into migrant worker exploitation as materially inadequate.
Nobody should work full-time and live in poverty
March 6, 2019
The peak body for working people re-stated its call for a living wage in Australia.
No wage growth slows spending, GDP growth
March 6, 2019
The wage growth crisis has become deep enough that the lack of income people have to spend is slowing GDP growth, according to National Accounts data released this morning by the ABS.
Skilled visa system robbing local jobs and driving down wages and conditions
March 6, 2019
The peak body for working people will address the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry into Australia’s broken temporary work visa system in Perth on Thursday.
Living standards in decline for first time in decades
March 5, 2019
Australian living standards are in decline for the first time since the 91-92 recession despite strong corporate profits, obscene CEO salaries and an increase in the number of billionaires, research released by the peak body for working people has found.
Over 100 organisations make joint call for urgent action to end sexual harassment at work.
February 28, 2019
The ACTU has joined with more than 100 organisations and individuals to issue a joint statement to the Sex Discrimination Commissioner’s National Inquiry into Workplace Sexual Harassment. The statement outlines a five-point plan to Change the Rules, which would require employers take proactive steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, and introduce an efficient, effective and accessible complaints mechanism in the Fair Work Commission.
Majority back Industrial Manslaughter legislation, bigger union role in workplace safety
February 27, 2019
A significant majority of the Australian population support the introduction of industrial manslaughter laws and an expanded role for unions in ensuring workplace safety, according to new polling conducted by ReachTel for the ACTU.
Building industry secret police abuse powers
February 27, 2019
The peak body for working people has slammed the actions of the Morrison Government’s building industry secret police, the ABCC, after the rogue regulator forced Lendlease to hand over the home addresses of people who participated in a political protest against the government.
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