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Recent Media Releases

Nursing hotline operator using Work Choices to deny workers rights: new IR laws needed now

September 15, 2008

Unions have called for the Federal Parliament to scrap what remains of Work Choices after…

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Workers to sue their boss for denying them rights to genuine collective bargaining

September 8, 2008

Workers at a major Victorian truck parts making plant are suing their employer for refusing…

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Unions seek protection for truckies, cleaners, security guards, tradesmen

September 5, 2008

People employed under independent contracting arrangements need to have the same protections as the rest…

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Australian leadership remains crucial to global climate change solution

September 5, 2008

The latest recommendation by Professor Ross Garnaut for a softer start to a carbon trading…

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Give Telstra workers the democratic right to negotiate a collective agreement, say unions

August 28, 2008

Telstra workers should be given the choice to have their unions negotiate a collective agreement…

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Equal Pay Day 2008: Australian women still treated as cheap labour

August 27, 2008

“Almost 40 years have passed since it became unlawful to pay women less than their…

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Increased TAFE funding welcome, but higher fees will dampen demand for training, say unions

August 26, 2008

Unions have today welcomed the announcement of increased funding for the Victorian vocational education and…

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Roy Morgan sackings highlight weakness of current unfair dismissal protection

August 22, 2008

The sudden sackings of almost 60 young workers by market researcher Roy Morgan has turned…

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IR Ministers need to deliver new laws that restore workers’ collective bargaining rights

August 22, 2008

The Rudd Labor Government must move quickly to scrap the rest of Work Choices and…

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Employers are taking advantage of restrictions on union entry to cut rights at work

July 29, 2008

Unions have called for workers’ rights to meet with union officials to be strengthened following…

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