Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
ACTU calls on voters to think of what is at stake under a Coalition government including cuts to penalty rates
September 7, 2013
ACTU president Ged Kearney said as people stepped into the voting booth they should think about the business push to strip billions from worker’s pay packets and the Coalition’s refusal to rule this out.
Worker-funded ad warns voters of IR risk
September 3, 2013
A full-page ad in the Australian newspaper today reminds voters of the risks to work rights this election.
This Equal Pay Day unions call for women to stand up against inequality with research showing they earn less depending on ‘life stage’
September 2, 2013
Urgent change is needed in Australian workplaces to stop the generational income loss women face depending on their stage of life, with the wage gap for some generations being a staggering 62 per cent.
Labor’s mental health policy will lead to better support for workers with mental illness
August 31, 2013
The ACTU has welcomed Labor’s mental health policy, announced yesterday, for its focus on improving workplace mental health and reducing the stigma surrounding mental health in the workplace.
Collinsville sackings a sign of things to come under Coalition’s greenfield policy
August 30, 2013
The ACTU is warning of a sharp rise in Patrick-style attacks on workers’ jobs and conditions under the Coalition’s policy of supporting employer-only greenfield agreements.
Anniversary of the Stena Clyde tragedy must spur improvement of offshore safety
August 27, 2013
Safety in the offshore drilling industry must be improved, the ACTU said today on the first anniversary of the deaths of two workers on the Stena Clyde in Bass Strait.
Worker-funded billboard brings IR message to Lib campaign launch
August 24, 2013
Worker-funded billboard brings IR message to Lib campaign launch
Apprentice pay rise a win for skills and the economy
August 22, 2013
A pay rise for apprentices awarded by the Fair Work Commission will see more people complete vocational training and boost the skill level of the Australian workforce.
Fijian military must be withdrawn from sugar mill immediately
August 22, 2013
Australian unions condemn the latest escalation of aggression and intimidation by the Fijian military regime of sugar industry workers seeking to take legal industrial action.
Worker-funded billboards will take fight to Abbott on workers’ rights
August 21, 2013
Workers have chipped in to take the fight to Tony Abbott on workers’ rights and penalty rates – by funding giant mobile billboards which will follow the Liberal leader during the election campaign.
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