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Recent Media Releases
Employee representation on boards would help end Government and corporate greed
August 30, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is supportive of workers having more power at work and believes the concept of co-determination, where workers have a place on company boards, would be a positive move for the corporate governance of Australian companies.
Racist unemployment program is starving NT kids
August 29, 2017
Northern Territory MP Chancey Paech has told the Senate Enquiry into the Community Development Program (CDP) that he is using his electorate allowance to feed people in remote communities who are being left to go hungry by the fines handed out in the program.
ACTU Statement: Let Them Stay
August 28, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) condemns the Turnbull Government’s cruel and weak
decision to attack vulnerable families living in Australia by cutting their income and threatening to
deport them back to offshore detention camps.
It’s super: superannuation contributions jump and industry super leads the way
August 24, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has welcomed news that superannuation contributions have jumped in the last three months.
New figures from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show that personal contributions to super funds totalled $16.62 billion in the last quarter, compared to $7.19 billion in the previous quarter.
Streets betrays workers by terminating agreement and slashing wages by 46%
August 22, 2017
Unilever, owner of Streets ice cream, one of Australia’s most iconic brands, has betrayed workers at its Minto plant in Western Sydney by attempting to terminate a workplace agreement and cut its workers’ pay by 46 per cent.
Gig economy creating two-tiered labour market
August 21, 2017
The under-regulated ‘gig economy’ is allowing businesses to deny basic rights and entitlements to thousands of Australian workers.
Turnbull Government trying to resurrect dead TPP
August 19, 2017
The Turnbull Government will use a 10 day meeting at an undisclosed location in Sydney as an attempt to jump start negotiations on the defunct Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) this weekend,
The TPP, which independent analysis concluded will see tens of thousands of Australian jobs lost, has been dead since the United States (US) formally withdrew from the deal in March.
Turnbull Government extends its control & disempowerment of Aboriginal & Torres Strait people
August 17, 2017
The Turnbull Government is set to extend the rolling-out of the cashless debit card to Indigenous communities.
Response to ARA
August 15, 2017
Statement from Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Secretary Sally McManus in response to the Australian Retailers Association
Shadow economy delivers wage theft, tax avoidance and exploitation
August 15, 2017
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is calling for an overhaul of Australia’s industrial relations framework, in a submission to the Black Economy Taskforce.
The ACTU has found that the shadow economy, also known as the cash economy, is contributing to gross inequality in Australia and works in favour of employers over the legal rights of workers.
The submission, titled ‘The shadow economy: A story of wage theft, tax avoidance and exploitation,’ outlines the drivers of the shadow economy and what needs to change to swing the power pendulum back towards workers.
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