Working Life

The Australian Unions Supporter Program

July 29, 2020

In July 2020, Australian Unions launched a new program to enable workers who are not eligible for union membership to support and engage with the union movement.

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In Conversation: Young Workers

July 22, 2020

Michele O’Neil interviewed young workers and how they were affected by COVID-19.

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Michele O’Neil on Insiders

July 19, 2020

Watch Michele O’Neil’s full interview on Insiders where she discusses our National Economic Reconstruction Plan.

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Pandemic reunites a not-so-odd couple

June 17, 2020

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Four Zoom Virtual Backgrounds for Unionists to Download

May 6, 2020

With Zoom becoming the go to platform for work and social gatherings the Australian Unions team has created some union inspired virtual Zoom backgrounds.

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The Prime Minister is right: there is a moral aspect to economics, just not in the way he thinks

September 19, 2016

By Ged Kearney, ACTU President
Malcolm Turnbull’s recent description of budget management as a ‘moral challenge’ suggests that he is aware of the complex, real world stakes at play.

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#CensusFail – the CPSU perspective

August 25, 2016

The 2016 Census was a slow motion train crash.

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