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Recent Media Releases
Three workers killed every week in 2015, vigilance on workplace safety must be made a priority
October 13, 2015
Australian Unions are meeting this week in Canberra for the 2015 ACTU Occupational Health
Safety and Workers Compensation Conference to discuss how to tackle significant workplace
safety issues and barriers.
ACTU welcomes the gutting of the Fair Work Amendment Bill
October 13, 2015
Today the Senate defeated many of the unfair proposals in the Turnbull
Government’s Fair Work Amendment Bill, rejecting the prospect of more exploitation of the most vulnerable workers in our community.
ACTU ‘Secret Army’s’ high profile push for a better future
September 12, 2015
The Union Movement’s so called ‘secret army’ of nurses and neighbours, teachers and tradies, mums and dads, students and retirees will be out in huge numbers across the nation this weekend talking about a positive plan for Australia’s future.
Knock for a better future this weekend
September 9, 2015
This weekend – September 12 and 13 – thousands of union members, their neighbours, colleagues,…
Build a better future for Australian women
September 4, 2015
Equal Pay Day today acknowledges the 65 extra days the average Australian woman works each year to earn the same wages as a man.
The ACTU calls upon the Government to act now to build a better future for Australian women and close the gender pay gap. Women are now earning on average $285 less per week than men and retire with an average of $90 000 less in superannuation.
Statement from ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver regarding the Royal Commission into Trade Unions
August 27, 2015
Acting on behalf of a number of affiliated unions, the ACTU has today written to the Royal Commission into Trade Unions following an article published in The Australian newspaper
Statement – the Royal Commission into Trade Unions
August 19, 2015
Acting on behalf of a number of affiliated unions, the ACTU has today advised the Royal Commission into Trade Unions that it has determined to proceed with an application on Friday that the Commissioner disqualify himself.
Email bounce back – Hutchison Ports Workers jobs protected
August 14, 2015
ACTU President Ged Kearney and MUA National Secretary Paddy Crumlin are today meeting with Hutchison Ports Australia workers following the decision last night in the Federal Court to grant an injunction which protects their jobs.
Biased Royal Commission into trade unions must be terminated
August 13, 2015
The Royal Commission into Trade Unions must be shut down following the revelation Justice Dyson Heydon is billed as a guest speaker at an upcoming Liberal Party fundraiser.
Failure to act on climate change is a failure to create new jobs
August 11, 2015
The Abbott Government’s carbon reduction target of 26-28 per cent of 2005 levels by 2030 is a missed opportunity to take genuine action on climate change and create the jobs of the future.
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