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Recent Media Releases
Statement on closure of Hazelwood Power Station
November 3, 2016
Statement from Ged Kearney, President, ACTU:
The news today that the Hazelwood Power Station is to close will hit communities in the Latrobe Valley hard. The union movement stands with these communities in this difficult time and is determined that workers in the Latrobe valley will not be forced to go through an extremely difficult process with no plan in place to secure their future employment and the future viability of their communities.
Government must back away from TPP or risk 39,000 local jobs
October 17, 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is appearing before the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) today (17/10/2016) to provide economic evidence that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will destroy 39,000 Australian jobs.
After Seven Years and Millions of Dollars, Decision Announced in Pac Rim Mining Company vs. El Salvador: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners” Investor-State Arbitration Subverts Democracy
October 17, 2016
Cabañas, El Salvador / Washington DC / Ottawa / Melbourne – Civil society groups worldwide that have allied with Salvadoran communities and organisations working on mining and environmental issues reacted to today’s decision by the controversial International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on the seven-year old case of Pac Rim Cayman vs. El Salvador, stating that “there are no winners” in this case. On Friday, October 14, the tribunal announced their decision that Pac Rim’s lawsuit was without merit and hence that El Salvador will not have to pay the company the $250 million that it sought.
ACTU mourns loss of New Zealand union leader Helen Kelly
October 14, 2016
ACTU mourns loss of New Zealand union leader Helen Kelly
Just Transition: a fair way forward for workers in changing industries
October 12, 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) welcomes the establishment of a Senate Inquiry into Just Transition in the electricity sector. It is imperative that workers be given the highest consideration as the industry faces major change in coming years.
A “Buy Australian Act” will create jobs
October 10, 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is calling for all Australian political parties to support a Buy Australian Act that would require all major government projects and services to use locally manufactured goods, such as steel, iron, clothing and equipment.
Abbott proposal on welfare rules would be worst case scenario
October 6, 2016
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s proposal to expand the draconian compliance regime of the Community Development Program (CDP) to all welfare recipients, outlined in The Australian this morning, would be a disaster.
Government must act now to ensure future for Ford workforce
October 6, 2016
With the closure of Ford’s plants in Broadmeadows, Australia once again sees an example of the Federal Government’s failure to manage structural adjustment in the economy, and working people are suffering as a consequence.
Coalition’s plan to protect migrant workers too little, too late
October 4, 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) again asks the Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash to work with Australian Unions to protect migrant workers.
ACTU President advocates for employees at UN workplace violence forum
October 3, 2016
ACTU President Ged Kearney will be speaking on behalf of employees at an International Labour Organisation forum on ‘Violence Against Women and Men in the World of Work in Geneva this week.
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