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Recent Media Releases
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.
Employer discrimination shame revealed in new survey
April 7, 2014
Unions say a shocking new survey proves more regulation is required to protect families as employers cannot be trusted not to discriminate.
Minister for Industry shuns tripartite manufacturing group
April 3, 2014
Unions are astounded that a key manufacturing group made up of employers, unions and the Government has been shunned by the Minister for Industry despite the current crisis in Australian manufacturing.
$27 minimum wage increase needed now
March 28, 2014
A $27 wage rise per week for our lowest paid workers is essential if Australia is to avoid creating an underclass of working poor.
Australia: the country of the fair go . . . for some
March 27, 2014
Australia risks losing its claim as the country of the fair go if the alarming decline in the relative earnings of low paid workers continues.
A minimum wage increase will benefit over one million women
March 27, 2014
Unions say an increase in the minimum wage is a crucial part of supporting women to remain in the workforce and plays an important role in closing the gender pay gap.
Disgraceful comments from employer association crying wolf year after year
March 27, 2014
Unions say comments from Restaurant and Catering Australia today which are the same as the past three years demonstrate a long-running misrepresentation of truth.
First step in the right direction for young workers
March 24, 2014
The ACTU applauds a decision by the Fair Work Commission to scrap the 90 per cent pay rate for 20-year-old retail workers.
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