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Unions will use today’s International Workers' Memorial Day to call on the Federal Government to launch a national Asbestos Inquiry.
ACTU President Sharan Burrow said Australia
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The National Skills Policy Collaboration has today released a ten-point plan to meet Australia’s skills challenges head on.
The statement by leading employer and union groups calls for
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The latest ABS jobs data and Government wages figures shows that despite a tight job market there is no wages pressure on inflation and that the coast is clear for a $26 a week pay rise for low paid
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The Labor Government's proposed new National Employment Standards (NES) are an important step towards scrapping Work Choices and restoring workers' rights say unions.
Releasing the ACTU
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With an estimated 6,700 Australian workplace deaths each year and some indications that the number has been rising, the review is an important first step in improving workplace health and safety
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Unions call on the banks and other lenders to immediately cut the loan and credit sales targets that are imposed on bank workers and to review lending practices in the banking and finance industry.
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Unions today call on the Reserve Bank not to lift interest rates at its meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) following a new poll showing three out of four working families are struggling to keep their heads
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Reports today that senior Liberals, including those responsible for introducing Work Choices, are ‘mounting a behind-the-scenes push to get extra pay for being a shadow Minister’ are a
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Equal pay and stronger rights for women will be the focus of discussions at today’s International Women’s Day – Working Women’s Summit held by the ACTU.
Work/Family
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The latest National Accounts figures showing Australia’s productivity has declined by 0.3% over the December Quarter to just 0.5% over the past year is a major concern.
They are
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