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Recent Media Releases
ACTU And Trade Union Involvement In Make Poverty History 2005
April 29, 2005
Support to the Make Poverty History coalition (MPH) is a natural step in unions further…
Unions Devote May Day Effort To Make Poverty History
April 28, 2005
Hundreds of aid organisations, charities, trade unions and religious groups have formed a global alliance…
International Workers’ Memorial Day. Work Death Toll Exceeds Road Toll
April 28, 2005
National commemorations today. Thousands of unionists across Australia will today (Thursday) take part in activities…
Iran: Labour Activists To Celebrate May Day
April 25, 2005
Independent labour activists in Iran are planning once again to hold May Day celebrations, despite…
Vanstone Prefers To Import Cheap Child Care Workers, Rather Than Pay Australians
April 15, 2005
Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone’s wants to import key childcare workers rather than support a decent…
Working To Curtail Rights
April 14, 2005
In an article in The Courier Mail on the 14 April 2005, authors David Peetz…
Union Targets Tax Dodging Contract Cleaners
April 14, 2005
The Victorian LHMU Cleaners Union have organised a school cleaners campaign to get the Australian…
Childcare Places Not Enough Working Parents Need A Right To Part Time Work
April 14, 2005
Extra childcare places are welcome but on their own will not provide enough help for…
Richard Watts Opening Address To The Minimum Wage Case 2005
April 12, 2005
The ACTU will demonstrate that its moderate claim is both justified, economically affordable and economically…
Govt Minimum Wages Plan A Step Backwards For Australian Workers
April 12, 2005
A Federal Government plan to scrap the annual minimum wages case would mean a reduction…
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