Media Releases
Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.
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Recent Media Releases
ACTU response to ALP Child care announcement
June 7, 2016
The ACTU welcomes the Labor Party’s commitment to the proper and timely funding for early childhood education and for early childhood educators in this country. Affordable and accessible early childhood education and care helps ensure that all children get the best start in life.
Minerals Council attacks unions, Fair Work Act with non-existent report
June 7, 2016
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA), the peak mining body, has attacked, workers, their unions, Australia’s industrial relations framework and the Fair Work Act in a report that it has since failed to release.
OHS must be a priority for incoming Federal Government
June 7, 2016
An incoming federal government should commit to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) goals across Australia, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) highlights today.
Safety and Australian jobs at risk as unqualified ChAFTA workers flown in
June 6, 2016
Revelations that workers have been flown into the country to work unsafely are of deep concern and set a dangerous precedent, risking local jobs and safety standards.
PM needs to shut down call for return to Work Choices-style contracts
May 25, 2016
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must publically denounce a business plan to bring back individual work contracts for Australian workers.
Government continues FTA attack on jobs
May 23, 2016
Not content with the damage done to Australian jobs by the recently signed China Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA), the Turnbull Government is set to inflict more pain on workers with the recent announcement of the Australia-Singapore “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” or CSP.
Jobs growth, wages stalling while youth unemployment soars
May 19, 2016
The failure of the Turnbull Government to address unemployment has been exposed in ABS figures released today showing nearly three quarters of a million people remain out of work. Part time work continues to displace full time work. Youth unemployment is still in double digits.
Young workers exploited due to lack of knowledge and enforcement of employment rules
May 17, 2016
Allegations published today by Fairfax that Price Waterhouse Coopers have been selling “unpaid internships” show how employers are able to exploit unclear and unenforced rules surrounding employment relationships.
Australians dangerously uninformed on reality of PaTH scheme
May 16, 2016
Polling conducted by ReachTEL shows that 62.6% of voters in key marginal seats are less supportive of the government’s PaTH plan when they learn crucial details about the extremely low pay and lack of conditions that would be faced by workers in the scheme.
Unions’ Telethon set to make 20,000 undecided voter calls
May 13, 2016
ACTU volunteers will be making 20,000 calls to voters across 34 marginal electorates this weekend, as Unions’ election campaign swings into full gear.
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