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Recent Media Releases
Sydney lockdown and poor vaccine rollout renew calls for JobKeeper 2.0
June 25, 2021
Woollahra, Waverly, Randwick and the city of Sydney have gone into lockdown, renewing union calls for
Jobkeeper 2 to be brought in to cover ongoing lockdowns caused by the Federal Government’s failure to
rollout the vaccine.
Unions call for paid domestic violence leave as domestic sexual assault surges.
June 25, 2021
Family and domestic violence-related sexual assault surged by 13 per cent during 2020 according to figures released yesterday by the ABS.
Government’s Respect@Work reforms fall short
June 24, 2021
After years of campaigning by unions and gender equality advocates, the Federal Government has introduced a Bill to the Senate with a limited set of reforms which fall short of protecting workers from sexual harassment and gendered violence at work. The Bill has been referred to the Senate Employment and Education committee to report by the 6th of August.
Morrison continues attacks on retirement savings
June 17, 2021
The Morrison Government has rammed another ideological attack on the superannuation system through the Parliament, ensuring that millions of working people will be worse off in retirement by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
2.5% increase for minimum wage and award workers, but increases for hard-hit sectors delayed
June 16, 2021
Unions have won a 2.5 per cent pay increase for a quarter of all workers through the Fair Work Commission’s annual minimum wage case, despite hard-line opposition from the Federal Government and big business. However, unions are disappointed that the Commission has decided to delay this increase for hundreds of thousands of workers, including those in retail where many companies have posted record profits.
ACTU calls for transparency on UK-Australia Free Trade Deal
June 16, 2021
The UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement has been negotiated in secret for almost a year and the legal text of the agreement still have not been released, with the only detail about the deal coming from Prime Ministers Morrison and Johnson.
ACTU/TUC joint statement on proposed UK/Aus FTA
June 12, 2021
The UK and Australian Government are set to announce an in-principle agreement at the G7 summit this weekend on the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement that has been negotiated in secret for almost a year.
Federal Government must provide four days paid vaccination leave for aged and disability care
June 11, 2021
The ACTU has written to Prime Minister Morrison to call on his government to provide two days special paid leave per vaccination for all workers in aged care and disability support services, as well as ensuing that all workers are paid for travel to and from getting vaccinated.
Business groups seek to exploit lockdown to block min wage increase
June 8, 2021
Business lobby groups, who today have also demanded the Morrison Government renew attacks on workers’ rights, have made last minute submissions to the Fair Work Commission exploiting the Victorian lockdown to argue against an increase to the minimum wage to over 2.2 million workers from 1 July.
Government must act on incurable silicosis that affects 1 in 5 engineered stone workers
June 7, 2021
The ACTU calls on the Federal Government to urgently act on silicosis as 1 in 5 of those working with engineered stone are diagnosed with the incurable disease.
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