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Recent Media Releases
Faces of the budget – what Tony Abbott’s plan means for workers
May 12, 2014
Australian workers demand action – not empty political rhetoric – on job creation, investment in skills and training and support for local industries in tomorrow’s budget.
Golden handshake: $4billion company tax cut is an insult to workers and families
May 7, 2014
The Abbott Government gifting companies with tax cuts at the same time as they are set to make a raft of painful announcements for families, workers and those on welfare shows Joe Hockey’s crackdown on entitlements doesn’t include big business.
Workers feel crack of the whip as Abbott Government demands they work longer
May 2, 2014
The Abbott Government’s assault on working Australians continues today with news of radical cuts and changes to the Age Pension that will particularly effect anyone born after 1965.
Fair Work Act: Latest attacks on workers will be costly
May 1, 2014
Fair Work Act: Latest attacks on workers will be costly
Review must recommend tightening of 457 visa regulations to protect jobs
April 30, 2014
Unions call on the 457 review panel to make recommendations that will ensure Australians get increased opportunities to apply for local jobs before employers seek to fill positions with a temporary overseas workforce.
Easter break no excuse to rip off young and casual workers
April 17, 2014
Unions are warning employers to pay workers penalty rates over the Easter break amid fears casual workers and young people could be pressured to accept time in lieu or non-monetary payment such as food.
Employers ‘crying wolf’ want low paid workers to take a pay cut
April 16, 2014
Employer groups calling for a wage freeze or a mere $8 per week rise in the minimum wage are essentially calling for a real pay cut for Australia’s lowest paid workers.
Abbott Government breaks promise and goes after older workers in Federal Budget
April 11, 2014
The Abbott Government’s assault on working Australians continues today with news of radical cuts and changes to the Age Pension coming in the Federal Budget.
Abbott’s anti-union Royal Commission an attack on Australian unions designed to deliver political outcomes for the Liberal Government
April 9, 2014
The Abbott Government’s Royal Commission into unions starting today in Sydney, is a politically motivated witch hunt designed to stop effective unions from making workplaces safer and fighting for decent wages and conditions for workers in Australia.
Abbott must come clean on impact of Japanese trade deal on submarine plan
April 8, 2014
The Abbott Government must come clean on whether or not a deal has been done with Japan to purchase ‘off the shelf’ submarines at the expense of Australian jobs and industry.
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