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If superannuation was paid on pay day, it would be a lot easier for you to spot missing super.
The other day I was perusing OECD’s dataset on the gender pay gap. The bar representing Australia was disconcertingly far to the right end of the graph; Australia had one of the widest disparities between women’s and men’s earnings in the OECD, at over 14 per cent. Today as I idly find the same graph,…
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2023/02/14/were-winning-for-women/
Step by step, union members are dismantling the barriers between working women and equal pay.
This year, workers across the country used their collective power to make unprecedented strides in the quest for a safer and more just world for women – at work and at home.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/12/16/an-awe-inspiring-2022-for-working-women/
It’s been a whirlwind of a month. We’ve rounded up some of the big stories affecting workers across the country and the world.
Multi-employer bargaining contributes to gender equality by raising wages in female-dominated industries.
It’s hard to believe we face a gender pay gap in Australia that still sees men take home an average of $263.90 more than women per week. But thanks to generations of women working together, that gap has shrunk.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/11/18/how-far-have-we-come-with-equal-pay-for-women/
A fairer approach and simpler right to flexible work arrangements in our workplace laws that recognise the importance for all of us of balancing work and care.
Women today are told that they can and should seamlessly maintain a perfect balance of work and family life. But our current paid parental leave framework tells us that motherhood is a thankless job in many ways.
countries around the world that rank better than Australia in 2022. Forty-two. What does this say about our quality of working life here?
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.
The Wages and Ages: Mapping the Gender Pay Gap by Age data report shows that men out earn women across every generation.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/07/01/gender-pay-gap-remains-a-national-shame/
Employers didn’t offer up super contributions with unprompted goodwill – the right to superannuation was entirely union member driven and won. Today the whole nation benefits. That is the power of collective action.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it’s not his job to take action on wages, but he has the power to act and ensure workers can get wage rises and enjoy a decent standard of living.
Employer policies or contracts that prevent workers from discussing their pay with their workmates means that challenges to the gender gap are silenced in many Australian workplaces.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/04/13/why-pay-secrecy-clauses-are-sexist/
Women to the front! It was today in 1969 that legendary unionist Zelda D’Aprano chained herself to the Commonwealth building to protest for equal pay for women. You’ll probably recognise this iconic image of Zelda chained to the government building. It’s in history books across Australian high schools, profiled in museums across the nation and…
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/10/21/zelda-daprano-equal-pay-protest/
This week, the Senate debated a partial, incomplete and cherry-picked list of recommendations which were drawn from the Sex Discrimination Commission’s Respect@Work report, published over a year ago.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/03/respect-at-work/
Amidst the tumult of the COVID19 crisis, Australian families were given a glimpse of what a transformation to their lives – universal and affordable early childhood education – could bring.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/02/early-education-and-childcare/
Like most women, speaker and journalist Meggie Palmer felt frustrated when confronted with gender pay gap data. But within the disheartening stats, she also saw possibility.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/05/closing-the-gender-pay-gap-theres-an-app-for-that/
In the March edition of your Member Benefits Update find out about what’s happening in your state for International Women’s Day, learn about the gender gap in Superannuation, there are our FREE footy tipping competitions for union members to join, you can register for the 2018 Mother’s Day Classic and save a tonne with great ‘union member only’ deals on home insurance and new cars.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2018/03/09/member-benefits-update-march-2018/
How will the gender pay gap affect me in retirement?
You’ve probably heard of the gender pay gap.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2018/03/05/the-gender-superannuation-gap/
In the March edition of your Member Benefits Update find out about what’s happening in your state for International Women’s Day, you can join our FREE footy tipping competitions for union members, join the fight to keep penalty rates, register for the 2017 Mother’s Day Classic and grab some bargains with your special union member discount on a range of different products and services! Plus there’s another couple of fantastic DVDs to win.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2017/03/02/member-benefits-update-march-2017/
By Ged Kearney, President of the ACTU
Today is Equal Pay Day.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2016/09/08/government-must-act-on-gender-pay-gap/
On this day in 1856, Melbourne's Stonemasons fought for – and won – the 8-hour workday as a nationwide industry standard.
Unfair rostering disadvantages workers in insecure work: unions are calling for for roster justice.
