Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
‘Super is for everyone’: ACTU backs call for super changes
May 18, 2018
The peak body for working people has backed calls for all workers to receive superannuation.
CORRECTION OF MEDIA RELEASE RE: GIG SUPER PTY LTD
May 18, 2018
On 6 April 2018 the ACTU published a media release regarding the superannuation partnership between Deliveroo and Gig Super.
Modern Slavery proposal will do little to stop exploitation
May 11, 2018
The peak body for working people has slammed the Turnbull Government’s compromise on modern slavery as inadequate and ineffective.
Racist work-for-the-dole scheme survives another budget
May 11, 2018
The Abbott/Turnbull Government’s racially discriminatory remote work-for-the-dole scheme, the Community Development Program, has survived another federal budget and will continue to generate profit from the exploitation of Indigenous labour.
Tens of thousands to fill Melbourne CBD as part of Change the Rules events
May 8, 2018
Tens of thousands of people will fill the streets of Melbourne today as part of the nationwide series of Change the Rules rallies.
Five-point plan to address unemployment and end exploitation of temporary visa workers
May 3, 2018
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has today released a five-point plan to boost local jobs
and end the exploitation of temporary visa workers.
Racist remote welfare program failing on every measure: new report
May 2, 2018
A new report from the Australia Institute has found that the Turnbull Government’s remote work-for-the-dole program is racially discriminatory, incredibly punitive, ineffective and expensive compared to metropolitan work-for-the-dole programs.
Change the rules rally: Working people in Canberra march for better pay and secure work
May 1, 2018
Unions ACT Secretary Alex White will lead a May Day rally as part of 12 days of action nationwide to Change the Rules to call for Australia’s broken workplace laws to be changed, to win job security, fairer pay rises, and to restore the rights of working people.
ACTU leader to visit Island State for May Day
April 29, 2018
The Hobart May Day March will host a guest from the mainland this year, with ACTU Secretary Sally McManus crossing Bass Strait to march alongside Unions Tasmania Secretary Jessica Munday and hundreds of working people.
Sally McManus, Secretary ACTU: Per Capita Reform Agenda Series Speech – 27 April 2018
April 27, 2018
Our industrial system is seriously out of balance – working people do not have strong…
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