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October 26, 2009
Unions call for international action to achieve peace, equitable development and decent work for all to address the push factors affecting this situation and we reaffirm our strong belief that asylum seekers should be treated with respect.
October 22, 2009
The ACTU, AI Group and ACCI has called on Training Ministers in all States and Territories to proceed, as a priority, with the establishment of a national regulator for VET.
October 20, 2009
A new push is needed to achieve gender equality in the workforce with evidence that on most measures, Australian women have gone backwards over the past decade.
October 15, 2009
A chronic problem of underemployment in the Australian economy is putting greater pressure on household incomes and pushing more families towards the poverty line.
October 7, 2009
Decent jobs for all workers should be at the heart of government actions to steer the world economy out of the slump caused by the Global Financial Crisis.
October 6, 2009
Tax rorts and loopholes that are available only to the rich and wealthy are costing ordinary taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year and should be stopped.
October 1, 2009
Most Australians want action on climate change. Twenty years ago Australia was a leader in solar technologies. But we failed to support the industry and our best and brightest went overseas. We don’t want to miss out again.
September 25, 2009
Unions are gravely concerned that changes to national workplace health and safety laws to be released today will favour big business at the expense of workers’ safety.
September 24, 2009
Politicians should do more to limit outrageous executive salaries and bonuses and support low income workers.
September 22, 2009
Greedy, hypocritical and unjustified is the only way to describe the $11m termination pay for outgoing Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon and the $4m paid to outgoing Boral CEO Rod Pearse says ACTU Secretary Jeff Lawrence.
