Job Security
Secure Your Future With Job Security Campaigns From Australian Unions
Job security is a fundamental right that every worker deserves. At Australian Unions, we are dedicated to defending the security of workers’ jobs, ensuring that all workers have stable employment and fair conditions. Discover valuable insights into the ongoing campaigns that fight against job insecurity, advocate for permanent roles, and push for fair minimum wages conditions for all workers. Join the movement to strengthen your workplace protections and ensure that your job remains secure, no matter what the future holds.
Protecting Workers from Unfair Dismissal and Casualisation
Union members are leading for charge to protect workers from unfair dismissals and the rising trend of casual jobs, where casual workers are denied the benefits of permanent employment. Through collective action, unions are working to secure better job protections, permanent contracts, and fair pay for all workers. Learn how unions are challenging unfair labour practices and pushing for improvement that will guarantee long-term job security for Australian workers.
Strengthen Your Rights And Secure Your Future
Being part of a union means standing together with your colleagues to demand better job security for all workers. By joining your union, you gain a collective voice that advocates for permanent roles, fair treatment, and better working conditions across all industries. Together, we can push for stronger protections, more secure work, and a brighter future for every Australian worker!
Read our articles for more information about Australian Unions’ approach to Job Security.
Working From Home arrangements a chance for workers to re-imagine ‘flexibility’
October 20, 2022
When the pandemic hit and many workers shifted to working from home, a new avenue opened. We had a taste of what flexibility on our own terms could look like.
Secure jobs and a fair share for workers is an economy that works for people
August 10, 2022
Corporate executives and conservative politicians like to pretend that everyday people shouldn’t interfere in economics, but the truth is that our top economic goal as a nation should be to give everyone the chance to get a secure and fairly paid job.
Morrison Government outperforms its own poor predictions at a $2000 cost to workers
April 27, 2022
The release of the 2022 first quarter inflation data has confirmed the worst real pay cut for working people this century.
Casual workers poorer by $350 a week due to insecure work
April 11, 2022
Casual workers in Australia are earning on average $350 less each week than their permanent full time or part time counterparts, according to a report released by the ACTU.
Your union will always be there for you – even if you change jobs frequently
April 2, 2022
There’s a union for everyone, especially if your work is flexible.
“Aloha from Cobargo!” – Australian workers show their best ‘signs’ of support for secure jobs
March 30, 2022
Workers across the country have come out to display warning signs for the Morrison Government: all 15,000 of them.
Latest figures show Morrison may have set you back hundreds of dollars
March 28, 2022
We have had nine years of wage stagnation under successive Coalition Government, and we are already struggling to keep up with the cost of living.
So when ACTU Secretary Sally McManus posed this question on Twitter on Thursday, the responses were eye-opening.
Morrison Government decisions have left the average worker $800 poorer
March 15, 2022
Wage stagnation is a direct product of the Liberal Government’s economic design. They have embedded casualisation and precarious work into our national labour force.
Spotlight on Job Insecurity: South Eastern NSW
November 30, 2021
Workers with insecure jobs have fewer rights, lower pay and limited ability to plan for the future. Read the report into insecure work in FNQ
Spotlight on Secure jobs & Wages: Central Queensland
October 21, 2021
Insecure work is at crisis levels in central Queensland. Nearly 4 in 10 workers (38.7%) are…