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Recent Media Releases
Unions win FWC support for 10 days paid FDV Leave, despite opposition from Morrison Government
May 16, 2022
After years of tireless effort from unions and community activists, today the Fair Work Commission has made an in-principle decision that 2.66 million workers covered by modern awards should have access to 10 days paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave.
Morrison Super raid – an attack on workers’ savings and no answer to the housing crisis
May 15, 2022
Scott Morrison’s shameless attack on Australia’s superannuation system is an attack on the retirement savings of working people, and an attempt to shift blame for the housing affordability crisis.
Morrison offers personal rebrand to workers who have waited a decade for a pay rise
May 13, 2022
The Prime Minister has launched his latest re-brand, telling journalists that he has made mistakes and will change if re-elected.
Morrison, paid more than $550k, continues to oppose $1 per hour increase for workers
May 12, 2022
The Prime Minister has continued to oppose the roughly $1 per hour increase through the Annual Wage Review that is needed to ensure that low-paid workers do not see more real wage cuts. The average Australian worker lost $800 in real terms last year and is projected to lose another $2,000 in the first half of 2022 alone.
New survey shows women extremely dissatisfied with Morrison on key election issues
May 11, 2022
Women – already deeply dissatisfied with Scott Morrison’s performance as Prime Minister – want more action from the Federal Government to address rising costs of living, persistent low wage growth and unaffordable housing, according to new survey data released by the ACTU today.
Morrison, in Annual Wage Review sub, makes clear argument against pay rise for workers
May 11, 2022
The Prime Minister has claimed that it’s not appropriate for the Federal Government to argue for or against an increase in the Annual Wage Review.
Unions increase annual wage claim in response to cost of living increase
May 8, 2022
The ACTU has revised its Annual Wage Review claim from 5 per cent to 5.5 per cent to ensure that the quarter of the workforce who rely on pay increases provided by the Review do not go backwards in the midst of the Morrison Government’s accelerating cost of living crisis.
RBA projects real wage cuts until end of 2023
May 6, 2022
Working people will continue to see the value of their wages go backwards until the end of 2023, according to inflation and wage projections released this morning by the Reserve Bank.
Rate rise hits workers battling Morrison’s cost of living crisis
May 3, 2022
Today’s rise in interest rates will deepen the cost of living crisis facing Australian workers caused by a Prime Minister who has refused to act to end the real wage cuts that Australian workers are enduring.
Decade of Coalition Government costs workers $10,000
May 2, 2022
With workers facing a cost-of-living crisis, the ACTU has revealed that the average Australian worker would have earned $10,000 more since the Coalition came to power in 2013 if wages had kept up with productivity gains. On today’s wages, that would be another $74 per week.
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