Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
Casuals In The Retail Industry
August 4, 2004
The SDA is determined to reduce the level of casualisation in the retail industry and…
Emancipation Incomplete
August 4, 2004
If the Government wants to keep women in the workforce, it will need to get…
ACTU Secretary Greg Combet’s Address To ACTU Casuals Conference
August 3, 2004
Personal relationships lasting years aren’t regarded as casual and neither should long term employment relationships…
Casual Employment – What Price Do Women Pay?
August 2, 2004
Instead of showing leadership, the federal government is doing every thing it can to encourage…
Major New Research Explodes Myth Of The ‘Happy Casual Worker’
August 2, 2004
A major new study released today explodes the myth that Australia’s 2.2 million casual workers…
Chicken Little, Henny Penny And Labor’s Casuals Policy
August 2, 2004
Despite the squarking to the contrary by the Federal Government and business groups, the sky…
ACTU Super Newsletter – July / Aug 2004
July 30, 2004
In this months ACTU Super Newsletter: Union Super Power conference Syd/Melb September 2004; Union members…
Asbestos victims denied justice by $2 billion compensation shortfall
July 28, 2004
A $2 billion shortfall in the fund set up by James Hardie to compensate victims…
National Advocacy Educator/Trainer
July 27, 2004
Trade Union Training Australia (TUTA), the training arm of the ACTU, is seeking a national…
Unions Not Convinced By Free Trade Agreement
July 27, 2004
Unions are not convinced that the Free Trade Agreement with the United States is in…