Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
Isolation supports must continue as long as frontline workers are required to isolate
September 30, 2022
The pandemic has laid bare the significant risk posed to public health by the erosion of paid sick leave entitlements across the workforce caused by the rise of insecure work. The Albanese Government must look to change our workplace laws to reduce the number of workers without paid leave and consider if current leave arrangements for casuals are appropriate.
Urgent action needed on wage growth as inflation continues to climb
September 29, 2022
Inflation remains extremely high, reaching 7 per cent for the year to July and 6.8 per cent for the year to August according to data released by the ABS this morning, as wage growth continues to flatline.
Unions welcome action on Respect@Work
September 27, 2022
The ACTU welcomes the Albanese Government’s Respect@Work Bill introduced into parliament today by the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.
Cost-of-living crisis continues despite low unemployment
September 15, 2022
Unemployment has remained historically low, increasing by 0.1 per cent to 3.5 per cent, according to data released by the ABS today.
Record number of workers forced to pick up second jobs
September 14, 2022
The number of Australians being forced to pick up more than one job to make ends meet increased 4.3 per cent in the June quarter and 8 per cent for the year to June, reaching a new record of 900,000, with workers in healthcare and social assistance hit the hardest, according to data released this morning by the ABS.
Workers must not be asked to isolate without paid pandemic leave
September 14, 2022
The ACTU welcomes the decision of National Cabinet to extend Paid Pandemic Leave
arrangements. It is essential that these arrangements are kept in place as long as working
people are being asked to isolate while infectious.
ACOSS and ACTU agreement
September 7, 2022
ACOSS and the ACTU have reached agreement on a range of issues discussed at last week’s Jobs and Skills Summit, including achieving and maintaining full employment, removing barriers to women’s participation in the workforce, properly supporting unemployed workers and lifting people out of poverty, and fixing our broken bargaining system to make it simple, fair and accessible for all working people.
Workers’ share of GDP plummets to lowest on record
September 7, 2022
Workers now have the lowest share of GDP on record at 44.1 per cent, according to today’s National Accounts data. Urgent action is needed to get workers’ wages moving as they’ve flatlined this decade
Investing in women could generate $111 billion annually
August 30, 2022
$111 billion can be generated every year by cutting gender inequality at work by half according to a new report, Delivering Respect for Women at Work, released today by the ACTU ahead of the Jobs and Skills Summit.
ACTU, Ai Group, ACCI, BCA release common interests on skills & training ahead of jobs summit
August 28, 2022
The ACTU, Ai Group, ACCI and the BCA are launching their ‘Statement on Common Interests on Skills and Training’ ahead of the Jobs Summit today.
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