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Recent Media Releases
Queensland members unite to celebrate Medicare as public services face attack
February 5, 2014
Union members, Medicare staff and one of the architects of the universal health care scheme will mark its 30th anniversary and restate their support for it to remain in public hands.
Unions launch national tour as Abbott Government turns its back on the majority of Australians
January 28, 2014
ACTU President Ged Kearney will today begin a national two-week tour of workplaces to discuss the dangerous direction being set by the Abbott Government for 2014.
Australia takes backward step in fight against global poverty
January 24, 2014
A decision by the Abbott Government to cut all funding to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) including funds to major job-creation projects, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, again demonstrates a lack of leadership.
Australian workers call on Cambodian Government to urgently investigate deaths of garment workers during strike action
January 23, 2014
Australian workers will deliver a letter to the Cambodian Ambassador tomorrow to seek an urgent meeting to discuss the Government response to the killing of at least four garment workers during recent strike action.
Outdoor workers urged to take care as temperatures soar
January 14, 2014
Outdoor workers such as trades people, gardeners and the many outdoor staff at the Australian Open are being urged to take care as temperatures soar this week.
Asbestos inaction is a killer
December 31, 2013
Unions are concerned that ten years after asbestos was banned in Australia, its importation continues.
Lack of government support leaves local manufacturing industry ripe for more job losses
December 27, 2013
The sacking of 70 maintenance workers and their replacement with cheap contract labour at SPC Ardmona’s Shepparton cannery raises serious concerns about the future of Australia’s last fruit manufacturer and its workers.
New laws to help bullied workers find reprieve
December 27, 2013
Unions welcome new laws that came into effect on 1 January that give bullied workers a way to solve stressful, damaging and sometimes deadly workplace bullying issues.
Focus of Home Insulation Royal Commission must be to increase safety for workers: Unions
December 23, 2013
Focus of Home Insulation Royal Commission must be to increase safety for workers: Unions
More job losses on the way as Abbott turns his back on local industry
December 19, 2013
Workers at SPC Ardmona have woken up to unwelcome news reports today that suggest the fruit manufacturer is the latest local business in the Abbott Government’s firing line.
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