Insecure work campaign and report http://www.securejobs.org.au TCFUA campaign for sucessful legislation for outworkers See http://www.tcfua.org.au United Voice for Earlychildhood Educators in Child care Centres Big Steps campaign http://bigsteps.org.au At the ACTU Congress there are a range of other supportive issues for unions. Not exhaustive, but they include… Strong support for Union Aid Abroad APHEDA and [...]
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 [...]
US union winning struggles in Ohio and Wisconsin
At the ACTU Congress inspiring reports from two US union activists Shari Obrenski Clevand Teachers Union and Eric Barnes from Wisconsin explaining how US unions are sucessful in mobilising hundreds of thousands in Wisconsin and Ohio pushing back the extreme Republican state anti-union and no collective bargaining allowed attacks. Their campaign extended to mobilisation citizens [...]
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 [...]
HSU and rats and rats…
ACTU Congress and HSU. I can assure you that this issue did not dominate Congress despite the media headlines, but had to be addressed. Dave Oliver said unions “cannot tolerate the sorts of things revealed in the Fair Work report into the HSU and that kind of behaviour is not acceptable in our movement”. Unions [...]
Battling corporate Chevron
Chevron Campaign The 2012 ACTU Congress recognises the work of the Maritime Union of Australia and the Construction unions on the Chevron campaign and fully endorses a National and International campaign against Chevron. The ACTU recognises that multi-national companies like Chevron and its contractors are exploiting loopholes in Australia’s Migration Act – loopholes which mean [...]
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 [...]
Howe: ACTU report Lives on Hold.
Extract from Brian Howe’s speech to the ACTU launching his 84 page “Lives on Hold” report: “Australia must pursue universality in labour law. Doing this effectively requires: Expanded definitions of employers and employees; Reforms to better capture indirect employment arrangements like labour hire and dependent contracting; A firmer definition of casual work; and Expanded National [...]
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 [...]
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