Women
Standing up for women’s rights at work
Union members are leading the fight for gender equality in the workplace, ensuring that all women receive fair wages, equal opportunities, and workplace protections. This section highlights how collective action is securing paid parental leave, fighting gender pay gaps, and pushing for policies that support women’s job security and career advancement. By standing together, union members are creating safer, fairer workplaces for all women.
Ending workplace discrimination and gender inequality
Women continue to face challenges such as workplace harassment, unequal pay, and job insecurity. Unions are actively working to enforce stronger anti-discrimination laws, increase superannuation for women, and ensure flexible work arrangements that support working mothers and caregivers. These ongoing campaigns give women the power to challenge inequality and demand better conditions at work.
Join the movement for fairer workplaces
Union members are pushing for real change, from stronger workplace protections to better wages for women in low-paid industries. By becoming a union member, you help drive the fight for equal rights at work, ensuring that all women have the same opportunities, pay, and respect in the workplace.
View our articles below for more information about Gender Equality and Women’s Rights in the workplace!
Imposter syndrome at work is the elephant in the room we can’t ignore
October 14, 2022
Imposter syndrome isn’t just a lack of self-confidence or the occasional feeling of being out of your depth. It’s that creeping doubt that leaves you second-guessing your skills, talents, and achievements.
‘Not now, not ever’: How far we’ve come since Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech
October 7, 2022
Ten years ago, former Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in Australian parliament and spoke…
Why young people do dream of labour but not as we know it
September 23, 2022
Whether it be standing up against the denial of ten-minute breaks or embedding climate action into the workplace, young union members are making progress for now and the future.
Compensating early educators critical for Australia’s future
September 12, 2022
The first five years of a child’s life are a critical period in human brain development. More than two decades of research has shown that interactions between educators and children are pivotal for optimal child learning – around language development, behavioural expectations, and emotional relationships. The effects of early childhood education are seen as far as secondary school.
Australia’s care crisis requires an industry overhaul
September 2, 2022
Addressing the cracks in the sector is long overdue. The care compact provides more than job improvement for workers. It is an investment in the dignity and quality of life of the many Australians – young and old – who depend on carers.
Women want to work more, so what is standing in their way?
August 30, 2022
How is it possible that businesses are crying out for more workers and yet 1.8 million people in Australia say they want work?
Women are working 60 days more to earn the same as men
August 29, 2022
countries around the world that rank better than Australia in 2022. Forty-two. What does this say about our quality of working life here?
What a safe workplace looks like for young queer workers
August 26, 2022
If your colleague felt stuck in a workplace that was unwelcoming of their identity, do you think you would be able to recognise it?
‘Quiet quitting’ shows hustle culture for what it really is: sexist and exploitative
August 12, 2022
Step aside Great Resignation, there’s a new work culture trend in town. ‘Quiet quitting’ is sidling into Australian workplaces but, despite its label, the concept has nothing to do with leaving your job.
How we can prevent women and Indigenous workers from retiring into poverty
August 5, 2022
There are hundreds of thousands of stories that show the cruel consequences of the gender and Indigenous superannuation gaps. But there is no reason why we can’t change these entrenched inequalities in our retirement system.