Media Releases
Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.
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Recent Media Releases
Nominations Open For ACTU Awards
September 3, 2003
It’s that time of year again when unions get to show off their best campaigns,…
Qantas Must Come Clean On Casuals And Job Cuts
August 21, 2003
The ACTU and airline unions today called on Qantas to come clean with employees about…
Richard Marles’ Congress 2003 OHS Presentation
August 21, 2003
Employers must join common cause with us in the union movement in ensuring that unsafe…
Call Centre Workers’ $1000 Windfall Under New Award
August 20, 2003
20,000 contract call centre workers have won a raft of entitlements and conditions under a…
Workers’ Helpline Reaching Out To New Employees
August 20, 2003
A new national Workers’ Helpline will be launched at the ACTU’s 2003 Congress in Melbourne…
John Monks’ Address To The Australian Council Of Trade Unions
August 19, 2003
Trade unionism is at a crossroads – can we go forward or do we reel…
Richard Marles Congress 2003 Working Hours and Work Intensification Presentation
August 19, 2003
We do not have a working time problem in Australia, we have a working time…
Australians Want A Fair Country Back
August 18, 2003
Fairness, tolerance, ‘a fair go’ – these are the values Australia has always aspired to…
75% Support ACTU Medicare Push
August 17, 2003
New polling for the ACTU shows three-quarters of Australian voters support a union policy push…
NTEU Higher Education Rally
August 13, 2003
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU)leaflet on Higher Education Rally to be held on Thursday 21…