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Recent Media Releases
ACTU seeks wage justice for young workers
June 6, 2024
The union movement’s peak Congress meeting in Adelaide has endorsed a new youth policy to tackle discriminatory junior rates of pay designed to make work fairer for young people.
Statement on the election of ACTU officials at Congress 2024
June 5, 2024
The leadership team of ACTU President Michele O’Neil, Secretary Sally McManus, Assistant Secretary Liam O’Brien and Assistant Secretary Joseph Mitchell were re-elected by the ACTU Congress today.
New clean energy jobs critical to the future of work, says ACTU
June 5, 2024
Unions at ACTU Congress are seeking strong emissions reduction targets as they focus on climate change as the driver of the future of work in Australia.
ACTU welcomes real wage rises for 2.6 million workers
June 3, 2024
The ACTU welcomes the Fair Work Commission’s decision today to increase minimum and award wages by 3.75%, which will deliver a small real wage increase for 2.6 million workers.
Workers seek 10 days paid reproductive leave: ACTU
June 3, 2024
Australian unions are campaigning to win ten days of paid leave so that workers can take time to deal with a range of reproductive health issues, such as IVF treatment and post-vasectomy recovery.
Unions welcome appointment of Dr. Iain Ross AO as Chair of the Net Zero Economy Authority
May 28, 2024
The ACTU welcomes the appointment of Dr. Iain Ross AO as Chair of the Net Zero Economy Authority.
ACTU calls for wages boost ahead of today’s Annual Wage Review hearing
May 22, 2024
The ACTU reiterates its call for a 5% increase in minimum and award wages, along with an additional interim increase of at least 4% for workers in key feminised occupations, ahead of the Fair Work Commission’s Annual Wage Review hearing in Sydney today.
Workers should be front and centre of AI regulations, says ACTU
May 21, 2024
Unions will be calling for a worker-centred approach to the adoption and regulation of AI across the economy at today’s Senate Select Committee hearing on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI).
ACTU seeks to strengthen right to disconnect, as Dutton promises to abolish it
May 20, 2024
Today the ACTU lodged its submission to the Fair Work Commission on the right to disconnect being incorporated into modern awards.
Dutton’s plan: remove workers’ rights, drive down wages and rob the next generation of a decent retirement
May 16, 2024
Peter Dutton has outlined the future for working people under a Coalition Government – more insecure work, reversing improvements in workplace laws that are delivering wage increases, and leaving workers poorer in retirement.
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