vaccination

Aged Care Workers face staff shortages as vaccine mandate

Date Published: 17/09/2021
Category: On The Job

The aged care system faces uncertainty as the deadline for mandatory vaccination of aged care workers expires today, writes Francis Leach.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/17/aged-care-workers-face-staff-shortages/

Vaccination is an act of solidarity

Date Published: 08/09/2021
Category: Work Health and Safety

Australian Unions has launched a national campaign to encourage working people to get vaccinated to support essential workers and those who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/09/08/vaccination-is-an-act-of-solidarity/

ASU vaccination campaign shows the power of unions

Date Published: 27/08/2021
Category: On The Job

The power of unions has been on display as ASU members rally to help diability workers reach vaccination targets, writes Francis Leach

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/08/27/asu-vaccination-campaign/

Reactive economic policy is no safeguard in a public health crisis

Date Published: 16/07/2021
Category: Analysis Working life

Without a JobKeeper wage subsidy, lockdowns will keep exacerbating and further entrenching patterns of inequality, writes Lauren Piko

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/07/16/safeguard-in-a-public-health-crisis/

Meet the workers paying the price for Morrison’s mess

Date Published: 08/07/2021
Category: On The Job

Workers in insecure work continue to pay the price for the Morrison Government’s vaccination mess, writes Francis Leach

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/07/08/meet-the-workers-paying-the-price-for-morrisons-mess/

Vaccinations – your questions answered

Date Published: 01/07/2021
Category: Covid-19

Australian Unions answers key questions you may have about the vaccination program and your workers’ rights

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/07/01/vaccinations-your-questions-answered/

What we now know about Morrison’s failed vaccine rollout

Date Published: 04/06/2021
Category: Analysis Working life

The Morrison Government’s bungled vaccination rollout has put workers and vulnerable people at potentionally deadly risk, writes Chloe Ward.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/06/04/what-we-now-know-about-morrisons-failed-vaccine-rollout/

Let down in lockdown – Scott Morrison abandons Victoria

Date Published: 31/05/2021
Category: On The Job

In a display of incompetance and indifference, the Morrison Government has abandoned workers needing assistance, writes Francis Leach

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/05/31/let-down-in-lockdown-scott-morrison-abandons-victoria/

Frontline workers aren’t getting their vaccinations – what isn’t the Government telling us?

Date Published: 16/04/2021
Category: Work Health and Safety

For a Prime Minister who’s big on announcements, Scott Morrison has been strangely quiet about the vaccine rollout amongst care workers.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/04/16/frontline-workers-arent-getting-their-vaccinations-what-isnt-the-government-telling-us/

Vaccination the only ethical way to move beyond the pandemic

Date Published: 23/03/2021
Category: On The Job

Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Assistant Secretary, Liam O’Brien, says vaccination is the “only ethical way that we move beyond the pandemic.”

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/23/vaccination-the-only-ethical-way-to-move-beyond-the-pandemic/