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Press Releases

This is a list of recent press releases from all branches.

For older press releases you can check the press release archive on the side. The numbers beside the years show the number of press releases in each year. Click on the number beside the year to see the releases for that year.

To see releases from a particular branch, click on its link below.

For further information, please contact our Media Officer, Di Lloyd, on (03) 9287 1777.
ACTU Media Release – Fair Pay Commission gets it wrong, wages for most low-paid workers fall in real terms Nat 26 Feb 2008
ACTU Media Release - Banks must exhaust all options before closing the door on working families Nat 22 Feb 2008
Workers’ entitlement protection insurance should be compulsory NSW 20 Feb 2008
ACTU Media Release - Liberals still hurting workers by holding up scrapping of WorkChoices Nat 20 Feb 2008
ACTU Media Release – Hockey shows Liberals are still dishonest and out-of-touch with working families on WorkChoices Nat 18 Feb 2008
NUW finds ray of hope for redundant National Parts workers Nat 14 Feb 2008
NUW calls for greater protection of worker entitlements as car parts distributor closes it doors Nat 12 Feb 2008
A leopard that can’t change its spots: Bad boss Esselte about to dump workers NSW 11 Feb 2008
ACTU Media Release - Thousands more workers to be hurt by WorkChoices while Liberals stand by AWAs Nat 07 Feb 2008
ACTU Media Release - Interest rate hike puts more working families under financial pressure: unions Nat 06 Feb 2008
ACTU Media Release - Reserve Bank should wait and see before working families are hit by interest rate rise say unions Nat 04 Feb 2008
ACTU Media Release - Unions vow to take on companies that continue to exploit workers Nat 01 Feb 2008
ACTU Media Release - Workplace fatalities make national focus on OH&S a priority Nat 31 Jan 2008
ACTU Media Release – Employers must stop forcing staff onto AWAs ahead of laws to scrap WorkChoices Nat 09 Jan 2008
ACTU Media Release - Big business should follow Liberals lead & admit WorkChoices is dead, stop using AWAs Nat 20 Dec 2007
ACTU Media Release - Liberals must accept responsibility for ‘WorkChoices’ disaster: new figures on AWAs Nat 11 Dec 2007
Sanitarium workplace contract push hard to swallow NSW 07 Dec 2007
ACTU Media Release - ACTU calls on Howard Govt to release plan for another wave of IR changes Nat 20 Nov 2007
NUW calls on Howard Government to finalise Empire Rubber GEERS money as delay stops ALL workers from being paid Vic 20 Nov 2007
ACTU Media Release - FOI hearing reveals 'smoking gun': PM's secret plan for another wave of IR changes Nat 20 Nov 2007

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