Media Releases
Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.
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Recent Media Releases
Government must do more to stop fraud and rorting of 457 visas
March 18, 2015
Australian Unions have genuine concerns that foreign workers on temporary visas are being exploited and that unscrupulous employers are rorting the scheme at the expense of Australian jobs.
More workplace rights for women and casual workers and less power for bosses
March 17, 2015
ACTU President Ged Kearney will detail three key changes to Australia’s workplace laws that unions will call for under the Productivity Commission inquiry into workplace relations at a National Press Club debate in Canberra today.
Australians worried about wages, job security and rights at work
March 13, 2015
The ACTU has received 500 personal submissions from Australian workers worried about what the Productivity Commission inquiry into workplace relations will mean for their job security, wages and rights at work.
Australia at risk of long-term structural unemployment
March 12, 2015
Australia’s unemployment rate has now been at or above 6 per cent for nine consecutive months, since June 2014 – this is unacceptably high.
Auto industry funding backflip is too little too late
March 10, 2015
The Government’s backflip on its $900 million cut to the Automotive Transformation Scheme is little consolation to the thousands of auto industry workers whose jobs are still on the line.
Australian women work 68 days for free in widening gender pay gap
March 8, 2015
Due to the ever-widening gender pay gap, Australian women are effectively working for free on International Women’s Day.
Reward business, punish workers: Government’s Intergenerational Report
March 5, 2015
The Abbott Government has again demonstrated that it will heap pressure upon hardworking Australians while rewarding big corporations.
National Day of Action puts Liberal Government on notice
March 4, 2015
Thousands of Australians will rally around the country in a National Day of Action today to protest against the Liberal Government’s attack on our living standards and rights at work.
Unions target key marginal seats in new election campaign
March 3, 2015
Unions will target 32 key marginal seats between now and the next federal election to defeat the Coalition Government.
Unions win for James Hardie asbestos victims
February 27, 2015
Unions have ensured that thousands of Australians suffering from asbestos related diseases will continue to be properly compensated.
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