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Govt must instruct RBA to prioritise full and secure employment

11/08/2022

Full and secure employment should be the top macro-economic tool of the federal government according to Australian Unions in a new paper released yesterday ahead of the Jobs summit in early September.

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Workers will overwhelm health system unless pandemic payment restored

07/07/2022

The Federal government is under increasing pressure to restore the Pandemic Leave Disaster payment. Unions have been strongly advocating for the payment’s reintroduction with the Federal Government.

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Disaster payment cuts will hit frontline workers hardest

04/07/2022

The decision by the Albanese Government to axe the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment will mean a return to the earliest and most costly mistakes of the pandemic, with frontline healthcare workers and thousands of others forced to make impossible choices between obeying isolation rules and paying their bills.

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Pay rise today for more than 3 million Australian workers

01/07/2022

Today South Australian Workers will get a pay rise fought for by the union movement at the Fair Work Commission’s Annual Wage Review.

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SA Unions maintains call for urgent wage action as business confidence soars

11/05/2022

As business confidence in SA soars and worker productivity growth reaches 10.3% over the last decade, unions stand firm on their claim for 5.5% increase to the minimum wage.

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Decade of Coalition Government costs workers $10,000

05/05/2022

With workers facing a cost of living crisis, the Australian Unions have revealed that the average Australian worker would have earned $10,000 more since the Coalition came to power in 2013 if wages had kept up with productivity gains. On today’s wages, that would be another $74 per week.

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Casual workers $350 worse off every week: new report

10/04/2022

Casual workers in Australia are earning on average $350 less each week than their permanent full time or part time counterparts, according to a report released by Australian Unions today. 

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International (Working) Women’s Day 2022

08/03/2022

SA Unions celebrate International Working Women’s Day in 2022.

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Morrison missing for working women

02/03/2022

A report released by the ACTU today – “Morrison Missing – A Record of his Failure for Working Women” reveals how the Morrison Government has comprehensively failed to support working women.

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Australian Unions call for 5% increase in Annual Wage Review

01/03/2022

Australian Unions have today announced they will argue for a 5% increase to minimum wages in the Annual Wage Review. This would lift the minimum hourly rate to $21.35 and the minimum annual rate by $2008.76 to take it to $42,183.96.

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