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Recent Media Releases
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.
Unions win stronger laws that will improve health and safety for offshore oil and gas workers
May 16, 2024
Unions welcome the passage of new safety legislation by the Parliament to improve safety standards for offshore oil and gas workers.
ACTU calls on Dutton to rule out changes to workplace laws that are boosting wage growth
May 16, 2024
The ACTU is calling on Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to rule out any changes to industrial relations laws in his budget reply speech tonight.
Workers’ real wages grow more in past year than under 10 years of the Coalition
May 15, 2024
The ACTU welcomes today’s Wage Price Index data by the ABS which showed that real wages have grown by as much in the past year as under nearly a decade of Coalition Government.
Working people win higher wages and cost-of-living relief in Budget 2024
May 14, 2024
The Labor Government’s 2024 Budget is a good budget for working people, with wages forecast to rise, commitments to pay increases in the care economy, cost-of-living support on top of the July 1 tax cuts, and a historic commitment to the jobs we need, including manufacturing jobs in Australia, the ACTU said tonight.
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