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Tony Abbott was a key Minister in the former Liberal Government that introduced WorkChoices. Now, he wants to bring back Work Choices. He just won’t call it that. He said he will remove protection from unfair dismissal for workers in small businesses and bring back individual contracts. He also said he will cut the minimum pay for young workers and change penalty rates — just like Work Choices.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Corangamite. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Deakin. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Dobell. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Eden-Monaro. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Gilmore. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Hughes. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Lindsay. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Macarthur. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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Today’s Liberal leader Tony Abbott was a key Minister in the former Liberal Government that introduced WorkChoices.
At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Macquarie. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Page. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Paterson. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Robertson. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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The Canadian government is poised to increase exportation of Asbestos. Asbestos is one of the biggest single causes of occupational death in Australia. Unions have campaigned for many years to eliminate asbestos from Australian workplaces.
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Passage of paid parental leave scheme is an historic achievement for Australia’s working mums
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The hit movie Avatar is about an intergalactic mining giant that ravages distant planets.
On Earth, in Boron and Bougainville, it's a frighteningly similar scenario.
Tell Rio to end the lockout in Boron and compensate the people of Bougainville.
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New minimum employment standards that came into effect on New Year’s Day will be good for all Australian workers and represent a major step forward from WorkChoices, say unions. Welcoming the changes, the ACTU says the 10 National Employment Standards deliver on a core part of the "Your Rights at Work" union and community campaign against WorkChoices. Read more about the new protections.
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Unions welcome the historic introduction a universal, government-funded paid maternity leave scheme covering the majority of Australian women and their families.
“The campaign to win this essential piece of social infrastructure has taken 30 long years,” ACTU President Sharan Burrow said today.
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New IR laws are a major step forward for Australian workers. The laws will provide working families with stronger rights and protection in the economic downturn says the ACTU.
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Collective workplace action has achieved many important social and industrial benefits – from the eight hour day, and penalty rates to paid parental leave, and superannuation.
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Unions started ringing the alarm bells after the Australian election in October 2004 when it became clear the re-elected Coalition Government was determined to bring in the most anti-worker industrial relations laws in history.
But Australia’s union movement sprinted out of the blocks first, uniting behind the Your Rights at Work – Worth Fighting For campaign and running a hard-hitting information campaign about the proposed new laws.
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At this year's election the "Your Rights at Work" team will be campaigning in a range of communities across Australia.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Bass. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Bowman. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Cowan. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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Today’s Liberal leader Tony Abbott was a key Minister in the former Liberal Government that introduced WorkChoices.
At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Dickson. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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Today’s Liberal leader Tony Abbott was a key Minister in the former Liberal Government that introduced WorkChoices.
At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Herbert. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Hinkler. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Kingston. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of La Trobe. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of McEwen. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Ryan. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Stirling. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Sturt. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Swan. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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At this election, the Your Rights at Work campaign will be targeting the federal electorate of Wright. Get details for this campaign on this page.
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