Unions call for a $26 wage rise to help our lowest paid catch up to average earnings Unions will seek a $26 a week pay rise for Australia’s lowest paid workers in 2012, whose wages have fallen well behind average income earners over the past decade and are not keeping pace with the cost of [...]
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The strike
National union congress talks Right To Strike Saturday, May 19, 2012 By Paul Benedek, Sydney About 100 unionists packed the Unions NSW Atrium on May 14 to discuss the right to strike campaign, at a fringe event of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Congress that began the same day. Titled “Advance Australia Fair? [...]
Give a pluck
At the ACTU Congress,Paul Richardson Assistant National Secretary of the NUW reported on the campaign to unionise some 3,000 workers in the chicken industry – mostly migrant-the sucesses e.g. the strike and two week community picket at Baida -see reports early on this blog, ending precarious contracts, enforcing OHS laws – you will remember the [...]
ACTU on the economy
ACTU Congress Jobs & the Economy Australian unions have been central to the advancement of progressive economic and social policy in the past. Unions have fought for, and secured, vital elements of the social wage, like pensions, superannuation, Medicare, and income for the unemployed. Australian unions have always had a vision for a fair and [...]
Support BHP workers
BHP dispute This ACTU Congress declares its full support for the 4,000 mineworkers who have been attempting to negotiate a new Enterprise Agreement at BHP’s seven Central Queensland coal mines for over 18-months now. We note that the while the CFMEU, AMWU and the ETU have been negotiating in good faith BHP has refused to [...]
ACTU on wages
The Wages and Employment Conditions Policy adopted at this Congress reflects our promise to working Australia that unions are committed to lifting real wages for all workers. This promise is underpinned by the fundamental commitment of Australian Unions to improving the position of the lowest paid while continuing to provide career paths to all workers [...]
ACTU Congress: day 2
This morning the ACTU released the report of the Inquiry into insecure work headed by former Deputy PM Brian Howe. It is called “Lives on Hold Unlocking the Potential of Australia’s Workforce”. This 85 page report is well worth reading and studying, but more importantly campaigning with unions for the implementation of its recommendations too [...]
ACTU Congress day one: a.
Readers will have seen earlier posts on the ACTU Youth policy conference the day before Congress that adopted the youth policies and my contribution to the VTHC fringe event on the right to strike, strikes and workers’ control. On today’s ACTU opening, with about 1,000 delegates from every industry and occupation in Australia the ACTU [...]
ACTU Youth Congress
I am attending the ACTU Congress this week as an observer and doing some reports for radio 3CR. Before the ACTU Congress on this Monday is the Youth conference. In the draft policy: “Unions have a responsibility to represent, grow and organise the next generation of workers and union members. Unions need to actively focus [...]
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