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Media Release:
Independents break new ground in Australian politics with both stability and opportunity for change
The independents have broken new ground in Australian politics, says the ACTU.
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Media Release:
Equal Pay Day 2010: unacceptable that Australian women are earning 18% less than men
The unacceptable pay gap between Australian women and men widened in the last financial year with full-time working women earning 18% less than men, say unions.
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Media Release:
Workplace rights key to election – Australian public again send message about industrial relations
The ACTU today said that Australian people have sent a clear message during this election that their rights at work matter, and they will not support parties that are committed to policies which undermine workers’ pay, conditions and rights.
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Media Release:
Farcical Liberal industrial relations “policy” treats working Australians with contempt
Tony Abbott has again showed today that he cannot be trusted by working Australians by refusing to release a detailed industrial relations policy before people vote, say unions.
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Media Release:
ACTU chiefs search far and wide for missing Liberal IR spokesman and his policy
The President and Secretary of the ACTU have clocked up thousands of kilometres scouring the country for the missing Liberal industrial relations spokesman Eric Abetz, and have now issued a reward to anyone who finds him before polling day.
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Media Release:
Workers to rally in western Sydney in final election protest against Liberals’ job cuts and IR policies
Hundreds of workers will rally in western Sydney today (Friday) in a final protest against the Liberals’ plans for thousands of job cuts and a return to WorkChoices by the back door.
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ACTU President's Message to Voters 2010
Ged Kearney, ACTU President, delivers an important message to voters for the 2010 election.
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Media Release:
More than half-a-million Queensland workers could be hit hard by Liberals’ workplace plans: unions
Unions are conducting an urgent series of workplace meetings across the State this week to remind Queenslanders about the risk of a return to WorkChoices and job cuts under the Coalition.
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Media Release:
Liberals’ silence on IR is deafening: just what has Tony Abbott promised big business?
The big business and employer wish list for changes that would reduce rights at work lifts the lid on what Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party have planned if they win the 2010 election.
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WorkChoices Never Again - Ged Kearney Campaign Video 2
ACTU President, Ged Kearney, talks about her time spent speaking with workers across Australia about their concerns about the Liberals' plans to bring back the worst elements of WorkChoices.
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Media Release:
High stakes election for workers with up to $150,000 extra in retirement at risk & return of WorkChoices
In a last ditch attempt to inform voters of the dangers of a return to WorkChoices and a massive cut to their retirement incomes after the election, unions will hold an urgent series of meetings with workers across western Sydney starting today.
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ACTU President talks with Deakin NTEU President
ACTU President, Ged Kearney, talks with Deakin NTEU President about issues affecting workers in higher education.
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ACTU President speaks to Geelong workers
ACTU president, Ged Kearney, spent a day in Geelong speaking with sacked workers who are protesting the loss of their entitlements.
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Walk a Day in My Shoes: Tony Mooney, Labor candidate for Herbert
To help ensure that our priorities for this election are seriously considered by the next government, we're working on two accountability measures. One of them is our "Walk a Day in My Shoes" program.
We get an MP or a candidate to spend a day with a worker to learn about the issues in the workplace and to understand the role of unions in achieving better outcomes for workers.
In this video Tony Mooney, Labor candidate for Herbert, walks a day in the shoes of Tiffany Kerle, a meat worker.
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Media Release:
Average workers to pay more while millionaires get $15,000 tax cut: new Liberal tax policy reveals the ‘real’ Tony Abbott
A new Liberal tax policy reported today would deliver a massive tax cut for millionaires while average workers would pay more.