May 16, 2024
Peter Dutton has outlined the future for working people under a Coalition Government – more insecure work, reversing improvements in workplace laws that are delivering wage increases, and leaving workers poorer in retirement.
May 16, 2024
Unions welcome the passage of new safety legislation by the Parliament to improve safety standards for offshore oil and gas workers.
May 16, 2024
The ACTU is calling on Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to rule out any changes to industrial relations laws in his budget reply speech tonight.
May 15, 2024
The ACTU welcomes today’s Wage Price Index data by the ABS which showed that real wages have grown by as much in the past year as under nearly a decade of Coalition Government.
May 14, 2024
The Labor Government’s 2024 Budget is a good budget for working people, with wages forecast to rise, commitments to pay increases in the care economy, cost-of-living support on top of the July 1 tax cuts, and a historic commitment to the jobs we need, including manufacturing jobs in Australia, the ACTU said tonight.
May 13, 2024
The ACTU has today welcomed the Federal Government’s support for wage rises for workers in aged care and early childhood education, as well as funding for superannuation for workers on paid parental leave.
May 13, 2024
Working Australians will be looking for cost-of-living relief and continued support for wage growth in the 2024 budget, the ACTU said today.
May 6, 2024
The ACTU welcomes today’s announcement by the Albanese government to introduce a Commonwealth Prac Payment to provide financial support for nursing, teaching, midwifery, and social work students undertaking mandatory workplace placements necessary for university and vocational education and training qualifications.
May 2, 2024
Today, the Australian union movement marks the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Equal Pay Case, a historic milestone in the campaign for gender equality.
April 29, 2024
Workers in key feminised industries should get at least a 9% pay rise in the Annual Wage Review, according to the ACTU’s reply submissions filed today with the Fair Work Commission.
