The terms of reference made public today in the media are a complete repudiation of the Abbott Government’s pre-election promise to workers that wholesale changes were not on the agenda, the ACTU said today. “The terms of reference revealed today put the whole workplace system on trial – pay and conditions, rights at work, collective […]
Abbott has given the green light to send tens of thousands of Australian jobs overseas with his decision to amend critical sections of the Qantas Sales Act. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said Qantas workers and their families would be waking up this morning devastated by the news that Prime Minister Tony Abbott has rendered not […]
Tony Abbott has a clear choice to make when Cabinet meets to discuss the future of Qantas tomorrow – save Qantas workers or open the gates to sack even more of them. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said Qantas workers are already unsure if their jobs are safe following Alan Joyce’s decision to sack 5000 workers […]
The Abbott Government’s assault on workers continues today with shocking reports that it intends to make it easier for employers to bypass local workers and Australian industries. The reports outline the Coalition’s intention to make it easier for employers to hire 457 visa workers and for major projects to import what they need from China […]
General Secretary of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), Brett Holmes, today urged all Australians who value our principle of universal health care to join nurses and midwives in defending Medicare as we know it. “Australians treasure their Medicare cards. They are an invaluable safety net which guarantees that they and their families will […]
Australian unions are demanding that the Abbott Government drop any attempt to introduce individual contracts that will cut take-home pay. ACTU President Ged Kearney said the Abbott Government has given employers the green light to cut people’s pay under the guise of greater ‘flexibility’. “This is a blatant attempt to cut pay and conditions through individual […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has offered Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton a solution to mounting pressures on the nation’s health budget: a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT). An FTT is a tiny tax of about 0.05% on banks and other financial institutions, levied on speculative investment transactions, high frequency traders and short term […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has vowed to fight any attempts by the Abbott Government to abolish penalty rates and other workplace awards for nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing. Acting ANMF Federal Secretary, Yvonne Chaperon, warned that stripping away workplace awards would only compound Australia’s critical shortage of nurses, with Australia needing […]
As G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bankers prepare to meet in Sydney, the Labour 20 warned against complacency by policy makers that risks leading to higher not lower unemployment. Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC, said that the time has come for Finance Ministers to recognise that their policies are not leading to the […]
With the wage Price Index released today showing wages growth well below average in every single industry, it’s time for the Abbott Government to come clean about the non-existent ‘wages-blowout’. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said, “The truth is that we are seeing the slowest wages growth on record and it’s time for the Abbott Government […]
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