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Recent Media Releases
Pay inequity, job insecurity and violence equals trifecta of discrimination for women
February 21, 2013
ACTU president Ged Kearney said as we approach International Women’s Day, March 8, it is a good time to call on employers: “Take an honest look at the impact of your practices on women.”
Cuts to public sector jobs are driving a rise in unemployment and putting pressure on services
February 18, 2013
New research by the ACTU reveals that the number of public sector jobs in Australia has fallen for the first time in more than a decade after Coalition state governments last year sacked tens of thousands of workers.
Latest ME Bank survey shows insecure work and cost of living hitting Australian households
February 11, 2013
New research has provided further confirmation that people in casual and other forms of insecure work are less financially comfortable and more stressed than those in full-time or permanent employment.
ACTU welcomes first steps towards right to request part-time work but calls for further protections for working mothers
February 10, 2013
Unions welcome the Prime Minister’s focus on issues faced by working mothers but more is needed to ensure genuine rights are achieved.
All parties must commit to preserving the weekend and tackling insecure work
February 6, 2013
The ACTU has called on all parties to ensure that they make secure jobs an election issue and to enshrine penalty rates in law to preserve the weekend for Australian workers.
Unions push for apprentices to be paid a living wage
January 31, 2013
Unions will push for a wage rise for apprentices to allow them to cope with the cost of living and ease future shortages in skilled trades.
Job and income security will be the key election issue for working people
January 30, 2013
Job and income security will be the key election issue for working people
Proposed Anti-Discrimination laws will improve workers’ protection from unfair treatment
January 23, 2013
The Gillard Government’s reform of anti-discrimination laws will make it easier for workers to take action when they are discriminated against.
Unions call for strong action against latest Fijian Military Dictatorship decree
January 16, 2013
The Australian Government must take strong action against the Fijian military regime’s latest attempts to suppress participation and a genuine return to democracy.
New setback for workers’ rights in Fiji after regime dumps plans for a fresh, independent constitution
January 14, 2013
The abandonment of a pledge by the Bainimarama government to allow an independent constitution to be drawn up is a major setback for workers’ rights in Fiji.
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