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Explore Australian Unions’ Campaigns on Driving Change for Workers
Unions are built on the power of collective action, and our campaigns reflect the strength and solidarity of workers. Learn how union members are advocating for better wages, stronger workplace protections, fair job security, and safer working environments. These campaigns are at the forefront of shaping policies that improve the lives of workers and their families. Ensuring fair treatment and opportunities for all.
Empowering Workers Through Collective Action
Union campaigns are driven by the voices of workers who unite to demand change. From raising the minimum wage to winning paid parental leave and unfair dismissal, these efforts are all about creating a fairer working enovirment. Learn how union members have won significant victories and how ongoing campaigns continue to push for better conditions across industries.
Join The Movement For Positive Change
By becoming a member of your union, you can contribute to meaningful campaigns that protect workers’ rights and build a stronger, fairer future. Together, we can challenge injustices and ensure that every worker has the security, respect, and opportunities they deserve.
Read our articles below for more information about Australian Union’s Campaigns!
Having trouble getting decent pay? Fixing the bargaining system will change that
August 31, 2022
Keep an eye out of the next few days for the union movement’s positive plan to ensuring millions of workers can get a pay rise.
Australia has a bright climate future and unions are ready to make it happen
August 23, 2022
Australia is the best placed country in the world to be a renewable energy superpower, generating 395,000 jobs and $89 billion in revenue by 2040. We can get there by unions, government, business, and climate organisations working together.
Professor Nareen Young on what it means for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers to speak truth
July 7, 2022
“Because there is such ignorance in the broader Australian community about Indigenous people and our communities and our cultures, it constantly falls on Indigenous people to make up the gaps and fill in the blanks,” Young says.
Union win: 5.2% increase to the minimum wage
June 15, 2022
Today, the Fair Work Commission has announced a 5.2 per cent increase the minimum wage from…
Ready to support a 5.5% wage increase but not sure how? Here’s five things you can say
April 9, 2022
We have been hearing a lot of old disproven excuses from big business and media commentators about why the minimum wage shouldn’t be increased. Here are five things you can say to set the conversation back on track.
Morrison extends racist job program until 2024
April 1, 2022
In a huge backtrack on earlier promises, the Morrison Government has renewed the racially discriminatory Community Development Program until July 2024.
Why ‘Harmony Day’ is another Morrison cop-out
March 21, 2022
Have you ever heard of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination? If not, that’s exactly as the Liberal Government intended.
On National Close the Gap Day, Morrison had nothing to show us
National Close the Gap Day this week marked fourteen years since Close the Gap targets were first announced.
It was a time for Australians everywhere to recommit to the aims of the campaign, because the Morrison Government has continued to fail when it comes to closing the gap.
2021 Throwback: Here’s what unions did in the year that was
January 13, 2022
Here’s a look back on the year that was, with a view toward the future we can create.
Australian workers urgently need JobKeeper 2.0
July 25, 2021
A new JobKeeper is urgently needed for all workers and should not be open to corporate profiteering. Add your support today.