Read speeches and opinion articles by ACTU officers and staff.
Our collection contains speeches delivered at conferences, forums, summits, rallies and events by Executive and senior ACTU staff. It also contains op eds – previously published in mainstream media – by the ACTU President, ACTU Secretary or ACTU Assistant Secretaries.
March 11, 2011
Organisers are the engine rooms of our movement. They are the linkage between our great unions and our members. Nothing happens without organisers and the ACTU is absolutely committed to enhancing the skills and knowledge base of our organisers through conferences such as these.
February 21, 2011
I must admit unions are troubled by where the starting point for our discussions on the possible harmonisation of workers compensation arrangements is positioned, and I’d like to take some time now to flesh out our concerns.
February 16, 2011
The ACTU supports the Government’s plan for a progressive, one-off levy which exempts flood victims and the majority of workers to help cover the $5.6 billion cost of this summer’s devastating floods.
February 16, 2011
It’s time that a greater emphasis and focus of the union movement needs to be on what is happening to Indigenous people and communities now.
February 14, 2011
At this AWU conference we are celebrating 125 years. Reminding us that unions have a long proud history in Australia that is older than the nation itself.
