Current ACTU Campaigns - Australian Council of Trade Unions

The ACTU oversees many campaigns, from industrial campaigns based around workplace issues, to broader social campaigns around fairness and justice.

This section of the site is undergoing re-development.

The ACTU's Minimum Wage campaign fights for wage increases for low paid workers. For 100 years the Australian Industrial Relations Commission set the minimum wage for low paid Australian workers. The commission's role in setting the minimum wage was abolished by the Howard Government's 2006 WorkChoice act. The new Fair Pay Commission does not have to consider what is fair, or take into account living standards in the community. Click here for information on past ACTU minimum wage campaigns.

Other resources:

For current submissions see ACTU Publications.
Factsheet on the Fair Pay Commission.

Paid Maternity Leave is long overdue - ACTU policy and campaign information

The ACTU and the union movement believes that paid maternity leave is a fundamental human right that should be provided to all mothers. It will benefit mothers, family, the economy and business.

The ACTU has been campaigning since 1979 to get a government funded paid maternity scheme and we firmly believe that now is the best opportunity to achieve a 14 week scheme that we can build on in the future.

The ACTU is calling for paid maternity leave to become a new national employment standard after the Productivity Commission hands down its findings in February 2009.

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