Workers rights

4 reasons to join your union today

4 reasons to join your union today

Date Published: 04/05/2021
Category: Workers rights

We can’t think of a better way to celebrate May the Fourth than joining the next best thing to the Rebel Alliance – your union.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/05/04/4-reasons-to-join-your-union-today/

Happy birthday ACTU – 94 years strong

Happy birthday ACTU – 94 years strong

Date Published: 03/05/2021
Category: Workers rights

The ACTU is celebrating 94 years as the peak body representing Australian unions, their members and families.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/05/03/happy-birthday-actu-94-years-strong/

Safe Work 4 Women: enough talk – it’s time for action

Safe Work 4 Women: enough talk – it’s time for action

Date Published: 14/04/2021
Category: Health and safety Workers rights Working women

Australian Unions has joined together with a diverse group of organisations representing women’s rights to demand the Morrison Government deliver real safety at work for women.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/14/safe-work-4-women/

The end of JobKeeper…. and those left behind

The end of JobKeeper…. and those left behind

Date Published: 02/04/2021
Category: Opinion Workers rights Working life

This time last year, Australian Unions fought for, and won, JobKeeper. This week, the Morrison Government has taken it away, with no plans for a replacement, writes Chloe Ward.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/02/the-end-of-jobkeeper-and-those-left-behind/

As the floods recede, workers are being sold down the river

As the floods recede, workers are being sold down the river

Date Published: 26/03/2021
Category: Opinion Workers rights Working life

This week’s floods in New South Wales are a warning of things to come—and of what we must do to support workers through the challenges of climate change, writes Chloe Ward.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/26/as-the-floods-recede-workers-are-being-sold-down-the-river/

A win for workers—and another betrayal by the Morrison Government

A win for workers—and another betrayal by the Morrison Government

Date Published: 19/03/2021
Category: Industrial Relations Job security Opinion Workers rights Working life

The Morrison Government’s IR Bill passed the Senate yesterday, stripped of all but one of its major provisions. This was a win for unions, workers, and the community who campaigned against the changes, writes Chloe Ward.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/19/a-win-for-workers-and-another-betrayal-by-the-morrison-government/

Update: Government entrenches job insecurity with workplace law “Omnibus Bill”

Update: Government entrenches job insecurity with workplace law “Omnibus Bill”

Date Published: 18/03/2021
Category: Industrial Relations Workers rights

Working people in unions have successfully stopped many of the worst aspects of the Morrison Government’s anti-worker “Omnibus Bill” from becoming law.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/18/gutless-government-punishes-casual-workers-after-humiliating-defeat/

Meet the workers facing the worst of the Morrison Government’s IR Bill

Meet the workers facing the worst of the Morrison Government’s IR Bill

Date Published: 12/03/2021
Category: Opinion Workers rights Working life

You’ve heard a lot from me about the dangers of the Morrison Government’s IR Omnibus Bill. That’s because it’s important. It will entrench casualisation, undermine wages and conditions, and stall Australia’s recovery from the Covid-19 recession.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/12/meet-the-workers-facing-the-worst-of-the-morrison-governments-ir-bill/

Meet Sherree: one cut from poverty

Meet Sherree: one cut from poverty

Date Published: 10/03/2021
Category: Covid-19 Industrial Relations Job security Workers rights Working life

One shift can make all the difference for aged care worker Sherree Clarke. But in the midst of a pandemic, she actually saw fewer of them.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/10/meet-sherree-one-cut-from-poverty/

It’s time to get real about the issues working women face every day

It’s time to get real about the issues working women face every day

Date Published: 09/03/2021
Category: Human Rights Workers rights

To mark International Women’s Day 2021, Australian Unions have released a report into women’s progress and gender equality in Australia and wow, do we need to do better.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/09/lets-get-real-about-the-issues-working-women-face-every-day/

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JobKeeper 2.0 ­­– why a wage subsidy is essential to saving jobs

JobKeeper 2.0 ­­– why a wage subsidy is essential to saving jobs

Date Published: 27/07/2021
Category: Economic recovery JobKeeper

Australian Unions are calling for an immediate reinstatement of an updated JobKeeper program to support workers at risk of losing their jobs.

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Teachers are going above and beyond and paying the price

Teachers are going above and beyond and paying the price

Date Published: 27/07/2021
Category: On The Job

Teachers are paying a high price their committment to their jobs as unsustainable workloads overwhelm the profession, writes Francis Leach

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