Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
Court decision shows need for proper definition of casual work
August 16, 2018
The Federal Court today has delivered a major blow against the misclassification of workers as casuals by employers under current Australian workplace laws.
Casual conversion extended to hundreds of thousands
August 13, 2018
Hundreds of thousands of casual workers on 85 awards could have the right to convert to permanent positions after 12 months thanks to a union victory in the Fair Work Commission.
FNWA joins AEUNT for tour of Arnhem Land communities and schools
August 8, 2018
Representatives from the Australian Education Union Northern Territory branch (AEUNT) and the First Nations Worker Alliance (FNWA) will tour remote communities in the Northern Territory this week to talk about improving the working conditions, housing and employment opportunities for people in schools and remote areas.
Australia must catch up to New Zealand on paid FDV leave
August 2, 2018
People working under awards are now eligible for five days unpaid domestic violence leave. But the fight for paid leave, which is vital for people experiencing family and domestic violence, continues.
Australia hasn’t had a pay rise since 2009: HILDA Survey
July 31, 2018
Australia hasn’t had a pay rise since 2009, according to the Household Income and Labour Dynamics Australia (HILDA) survey, released today.
Nearly thirty thousand working full-time but homeless
July 25, 2018
Updated statistics released by the ABS yesterday show that 28,600 people experiencing homelessness in Australia are working full-time. That’s 16.5 percent of all people experiencing homelessness.
ACTU commits to action on national Industrial Manslaughter Laws, OHS regulatory regime, eradication of asbestos
July 18, 2018
ACTU Congress has passed a motion affirming Australian Unions’ ongoing commitment to wide-ranging reform on OHS issues, including national industrial manslaughter laws which would hold companies to account for workers killed by their negligence, systemic reform of all major OHS bodies, the total eradication of asbestos and the effective enforcement of a long-standing but ineffective ban on imports contaminated with the deadly substance.
Historic MoU signals new era of cooperation to create good secure jobs
July 17, 2018
Australian unions are celebrating huge new opportunities for cooperation and collaboration in the shipbuilding industry after an MoU was signed today between all shipbuilding unions.
AIG refuses to acknowledge crisis of insecure work
July 10, 2018
The Australian Industry Group refused to accept the insecure work crisis in Australia in a pamphlet released yesterday.
Forty per cent of Australian workers are in insecure work, and the numbers are growing.
Check your pay if you’re working under an award
July 9, 2018
The peak body for working people has a message 2.3 million people paid under awards – check your next few payslips
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