Read current and past media statements from the ACTU.
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August 15, 2016
The ACTU, including Secretary Dave Oliver and Indigenous Officer Kara Keys, has joined with affiliate unions and local Indigenous people in Darwin this morning to draw attention to the ongoing fight for wage justice for Indigenous Australians.
August 5, 2016
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is alarmed that the Federal Government intends to stop working people organising in their workplaces and accessing their unions.
August 4, 2016
The following statement can be attributed to ACTU President Ged Kearney:
Treasurer Scott Morrison has once again revealed the Coalition’s hand; that the Turnbull Government is embarrassingly out of touch with working people.
August 4, 2016
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton is today releasing a report – five months after he received it – that shows the Federal Government is dangerously negligent when it comes to controlling asbestos importation in Australia.
August 3, 2016
The ACTU Executive will be held in Darwin as a demonstration of the union movement’s longstanding and ongoing support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk Off.
July 29, 2016
Modern slavery is growing in Australia and going undetected and unpunished, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) warns ahead of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons tomorrow, Saturday 30 July.
July 28, 2016
The Australian Union movement welcomes today’s announcement of a Royal Commission into juvenile detention in the Northern Territory. However, having considered the proposed terms of reference, it is clear that more must be done in order to ensure that this is not another redundant report that fails to bring about lasting change.
July 26, 2016
The ACTU joins Senator Nick Xenophon in calling for the federal government to enforce the ban on asbestos importation – in place since 2003 – by ensuring that companies and individuals who breach the ban face serious consequences, up to and including jail time.
June 30, 2016
Australian union members are continuing their campaign to protect Australia’s universal healthcare system by handing out one million replica Medicare cards to voters in major metropolitan areas and marginal electorates across the country.
June 30, 2016
With an election supposedly predicated on industrial relations issues of the Australian Building and Construction Commission and the Registered Organisations Bill, the Turnbull Government has been suspiciously silent on exactly what they are planning for Australia’s 12 million plus workers.
