Trade Union

Singapore Airlines wants power to stand workers down without pay in Australia in the event of an escalation of the Covid19 crisis

March 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

At a time of high anxiety in Australia about the prevalence of insecure work and financial pressure that has been exacerbated by the Covid19 Singapore Airlines is using the [...]

ACTU: Morrison has no mandate for regressive IR agenda – Morrison on notice

May 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Australia’s trade union peak body has put the re-elected prime minister on notice saying Government’s narrow re-election means it has no mandate for a regressive IR [...]

ACTU: ‘Mathematically impossible’ for tax cuts to replace real wage growth

April 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

The ACTU, the peak body for trade unions in Australia has said that regular, real wage rises would provide a financial boost for struggling workers ‘dozens of times’ [...]

ACTU: Latest Retail Figures Prove Australia Needs A Pay Rise

February 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

ACTU Secretary Sally McManus has said today that the latest retail figures prove Australia needs a pay payrise. “Working people are not get getting the fair pay rises [...]

Qld Education Unions Fight For Teachers Being Taken Advantage Of By Qld Unis

August 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Education Unions, the Queensland Teachers Union and the Independent Education Union in Queensland are standing up for teachers supervising student teachers on teaching [...]

Unions have a history of merging – that’s why the new ‘super union’ makes sense

March 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

Peter Holland, Monash University and Marjorie Jerrard, Monash University Australian trade unions have always changed and merged to reflect the shifting nature of work and [...]

It’s Time To Change Australia’s Industrial Relations Rules

March 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

Speaking at the National Press Club today ACTU Secretary Sally McManus highlighted that thirty years of trickle-down economics has failed to provide secure jobs or fair pay [...]

Michaelia Cash’s office tips off media about AWU raid

October 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash comments her office tipped off the media in the lead up to the raid on AWU yesterday and that one of her staffers has resigned over it. [...]

Australian Unions To Hold Turnbull Government To Account

July 12, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has said that they will hold the re-elected Turnbull Government to account. Ged Kearney, ACTU President, has said that The narrow [...]

Atlantic City: Over 1,000 Union Members On Strike At Trump Taj Mahal

July 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

Over 1000 union members are on strike at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. The members have been on strike since last week. Members are striking over diminished [...]