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Australia has a bright climate future and unions are ready to make it happen

Australia has a bright climate future and unions are ready to make it happen

Published: 23/08/2022
Category: Industrial Relations

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.

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Australian Unions have your back at work


Foodbank and the working poor

Published: 21/08/2022

The promise of the Australian Dream is that you should be able to work one decent, secure job and earn enough pay to put a roof over your head, support your family and thrive.

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Workers are paying the price for corporate greed

Workers are paying the price for corporate greed

Published: 19/08/2022
Category: Working life

Australia is undeniably home to a class of an elite: a small number of multi-millionaires and billionaires who hoard profits earned off the backs of workers and keep it for themselves. Workers have generated great levels of productivity that allow the Australian economy to flourish and yet it is the multi-millionaire CEOs who refuse to fairly share the profits. 

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Wage growth is the lowest since 2011 but not for CEOs

Wage growth is the lowest since 2011 but not for CEOs

Published: 18/08/2022
Category: Workers rights

Perhaps the only thing slower than watching grass grow is watching the rate of wage increases in Australia.

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Workers’ wages and training need a massive boost

Workers’ wages and training need a massive boost

Published: 17/08/2022
Category: Industrial Relations

A new report from the Australian Council of Trade Unions calls for the reinvigoration of Australia’s TAFE by guaranteeing a minimum of 70 percent public funding, as well repairing almost a decade of damage to our apprenticeship system.

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Australian Unions have your back at work


Four tips for taking a mental health day

Four tips for taking a mental health day

Published: 16/08/2022
Category: Work Health and Safety

Really, we shouldn’t have to think twice about taking a sick day when we want to look after our mental health. But if you have any doubts or simply just want to make the most of your day off, here are four tips that will come in handy. 

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