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Recent Media Releases
Polling shows workers will punish votes for IR bill
March 15, 2021
Voters who backed Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and Centre Alliance at the last election are set to abandon the parties if they support the Morrison Government’s IR Omnibus Bill, according to polling conducted for the ACTU.
JobKeeper replacement for aviation industry will not protect jobs
March 11, 2021
An initiative to replace the JobKeeper wage subsidy announced by the Morrison Government for the aviation industry today, with no strings attached to protect jobs, will go straight to employers.
ACTU calls on the Australian Government to support developing countries’ access to vital COVID-19 vaccines
March 10, 2021
More than 85 developing nations will not have widespread access to COVID-19 vaccines until 2023, because of intellectual property laws that prevent the production of cheaper versions of new medicines – a ‘catastrophic moral failure’ according to the World Health Organisation.
International Women’s Day 2021 a reality check on progress.
March 8, 2021
ACTU report shows women face increasing insecurity, pay gap and the
fight for safe workplaces.
GDP increases, but 2 million under or unemployed and 1.3 million still reliant on JobKeeper
March 3, 2021
GDP continues to recover according to data released this morning by the ABS, but millions of workers are still dealing with the fallout of the pandemic recession – just over 2 million are either unemployed or looking for more hours, and around 1.3 million are still reliant on JobKeeper.
ACTU stands with NT gas plant workers fighting for fair pay
March 3, 2021
Maintenance workers at the Ichthys Gas Plant near Darwin have taken industrial action after their employer Trace Broad Spectrum refused to come to the table on key issues like paid leave, breaks and allowances.
Aged Care Royal Commission report released, makes 148 recommendations to improve sector
March 1, 2021
The two-year-long Royal Commission into aged care has released its report, which includes almost 150 recommendations to improve the ailing sector.
Small business and unions join together for Award improvements to help recovery
March 1, 2021
Australia’s leading small business association and the peak trade union body are supporting an agreement between the SDA and Master Grocers Australia that will make changes to the Retail Award which covers about 1.2million workers.
Proposed rorting of superannuation will reduce housing affordability and decimate retirement savings
February 26, 2021
The campaign by a group of liberal backbenchers to force workers to use their superannuation to fund
house deposits would be a disaster for working people, according to a report Published this morning by
Industry Super Australia.
Record low wage growth threatens economic recovery
February 24, 2021
1.4 per cent rise in wages revealed by the ABS today show that the eight years of record low
wage growth which have been endured by Australian workers show no sign of ending.
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