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Recent Media Releases
ACTU Executive calls on employers to do more as Covid cases surpass peak
July 20, 2022
Today’s meeting of the ACTU Executive has heard from health and social care unions about the unsustainable pressure being placed on our healthcare system by the current Covid wave and has passed a resolution calling on employers to honour their obligation to ensure all workplaces are safe for workers.
RBA: Businesses raising prices, not wages, contributing to inflation
July 19, 2022
Minutes from the last Reserve Bank of Australia board meeting of 5 July, released today, show that it is businesses passing on price increases from the “non labour inputs” that is a key contributor to inflation, and not wage growth.
Record profits driving cost of living crisis
July 18, 2022
Australian companies banking record profits rather than using them to shield consumers from cost increases is the leading driver of inflation, according to new research released today by The Australia Institute.
Albanese backs workers by restoring Covid sick leave
July 16, 2022
Prime Minister Albanese has made the right and very welcome decision to protect workers by restoring the $750 Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment.
Low unemployment not delivering wage growth or keeping workers safe
July 14, 2022
Unemployment has fallen steeply from 3.9 to 3.5 per cent, but with a broken bargaining system workers are unlikely to see any translation to wage growth, with real term pay cuts likely to continue through this year and into next.
No pay restraint for CEOs
July 13, 2022
Chief Executive bonuses hit a new record high last year, averaging $2.31 million, in the latest sign that the economic recovery from Covid is not being spread across the Australian economy.
Jobs and Skills Summit must find way forward for workers
July 11, 2022
The ACTU welcomes the Albanese Government’s announcement of the Jobs and Skills Summit on the 1st and 2nd of September. This summit is an opportunity to find solutions to the systemic problems that have been holding Australian workers and the Australian economy back for years.
Nation-wide rallies call on Carpet Court to back workers
July 11, 2022
Union members will be holding a series of rallies today at Carpet Court locations around the country, calling on the retailer to stand up for workers who are facing deep cuts to pay and redundancy provisions from major supplier Tuftmaster Carpets.
More than 1000 airline engineers denied pay increase after 4-year wage freeze
July 7, 2022
More than 1000 engineers maintaining planes for Qantas, Jetstar and Network Aviation are fighting to end a four-year wage freeze imposed by some of Australia’s best paid executives during the pandemic.
Wage increase comes into effect on the first full pay period after today, for one in four workers
July 1, 2022
At the conclusion of the first full pay period after today, almost 3 million award-reliant and minimum wage workers in Australia will receive a well deserved pay increase.
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