Australian Unions

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia. It is a national trade union centre of 46 affiliated unions and nine trades and labour councils.

Campaigns

  • Make Rapid Antigen Tests Free and Accessible
    Unions and business urged Scott Morrison to make rapid antigen tests free back in October. He could have chosen to act but he did nothing. The UK and US Governments have already acted to make rapid covid tests free and accessible to their citizens, once again Scott Morrison is leaving Australia behind. Right now, a single test can cost up to $20, if you’re lucky enough to find a chemist that still has them. That’s $100 for a family of five. That might be small change to the Prime Minister, but it’s out of reach for many families. When asked whether he would make rapid antigen tests free for Australians who need them, Mr Morrison suggested it wasn’t the Government’s job to fix the problem anyway. When a journalist specifically put to Mr Morrison that “not everyone can afford Rapid Antigen Tests”, the PM glibly replied, “some people can, some people can’t”. We've seen time and time again that when the going gets tough, Scott Morrison goes missing. We can't afford this inaction right now. It's time for the Federal Government to step up and make rapid antigen tests free and accessible.
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  • Australia needs a Federal Integrity Commission. Now!
    Sports rorts. Special visas for au pairs for a Minister. Media tip-offs of police raised. Watergate. Grassgate. Car-park funding rorts. Expenses rorts. Fast-tracked grants to Foxtel. Special tickets to the Trump White House. Falsified documents. Since 2014, the Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison Government has faced scandal after scandal. The Australian public expect and deserve no less than transparency and accountability from their Government. It is not an unreasonable expectation, yet the Australian people have been let down by Scott Morrison time and time again.
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  • Stop more changes and cuts to Medicare!
    Medical experts have already warned these changes will increase out of pocket costs – this means patients could be left paying hundreds of dollars for some common procedures and up to $10,000 for rarer conditions. The Liberal Government has already cut billions in funding for Medicare and other health programs since 2014. What’s worse is that they froze the Medicare indexation rate, which undermines bulk-billing. And they’ve already bungled the vaccine roll-out, the most important public health program in a generation. Now we need to stop the Liberal Government from wrecking Medicare.
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  • ਸਾਰੇ ਕਾਮਿਆਂ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਪੇਡ ਆਈਸੋਲੇਸ਼ਨ ਲੀਵ
    ਕਾਮੇ (ਵਰਕਰਜ਼) ਸਾਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਮਹਾਂਮਾਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੋੜੀਂਦੀ ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਦੇ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ (ਇਸੇਂਸ਼ਲ) ਕਾਮਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਜੇ ਵੀ ਕੋਵਿਡ ਦੇ ਸੰਪਰਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਉਣ ਦਾ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਖਤਰਾ ਹੈ। ਦੋ ਲੱਖ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਆਮ (ਕੈਸੂਅਲ) ਕਰਮਚਾਰੀਆਂ ਕੋਲ ਸਾਲਾਨਾ ਛੁੱਟੀ ਅਤੇ ਬਿਮਾਰ ਛੁੱਟੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। ਸਵੈ-ਇਕਾਂਤ ਜਾਂ ਕੁਆਰੰਟੀਨ ਕਾਰਨ ਜੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰਨ ਬਾਰੇ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਹੋਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਇਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਅਣਉਚਿਤ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ। ਸਾਡੀ ਮੰਗ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਕਾਮੇ ਨੂੰ ਕਰਜ਼ੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾਣ ਜਾਂ ਆਮਦਨ ਗੁਆਉਣ ਦਾ ਸਾਹਮਣਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਵੇ। ਇਹ ਉਹ ਤਰੀਕਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਾਮੇ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀਪੂਰਵਕ ਵਸ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ ਜਾਂ ਕੁਆਰੰਟੀਨ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ, ਭਾਈਚਾਰਿਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਸਹਿਕਰਮੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ। ਯੋਗਦਾਨ ਦੇਉਣ ਲਈ ਇਸ ਪਟੀਸ਼ਨ ਤੇ ਦਸਤਖਤ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। ---- ਅਸੀਂ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਦੇਖਣ ਦੇ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਦਾ ਆਦਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਾਂ। ਅਸੀਂ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਪਲਬਧ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਾਂ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਾਂ। ----- ਐਸ ਮੈਕਮੈਨਸ, ACTU ਸੈਕਰਟਰੀ, 365 ਕੁਈਨ ਸਟਰੀਟ, ਮੈਲਬੌਰਨ 3000 - ਦੁਆਰਾ ਅਧਿਕਾਰਤ
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  • Australians need secure and reliable jobs
    Insecure work is a serious problem for Australian communities and families. Having a secure job is connected to so many basic things like mental health, food, housing, and being able to plan your life. And when people don’t have stable or secure jobs, they have less money to spend in local businesses which affects the local economy. But the Government can take action to help turn this around. We call on the Morrison Government to make jobs more reliable and secure.
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  • सभी कर्मचारियों के लिए पेड आइसोलेशन लीव
    कार्यकर्ता (वर्कर्स) हमें इस महामारी में जरूरी सहायता दे रहे हैं। बहुत सारे आवश्यक श्रमिकों को अभी भी कोविड के संपर्क में होने का लगातार खतरा है। दो लाख से अधिक आकस्मिक (कैज़ुअल) कर्मचारियों के पास वार्षिक अवकाश (एनुअल लीव) और बीमार छुट्टी नहीं है। यह बहुत अनुचित होगा अगर एकांतवास या कुयरंटीन के कारण किसी को गुजारा करने के बारे में चिंता हो। हम मांग करते हैं कि किसी भी कामगार को कर्ज में जाने या आय खोने का सामना नहीं करना पड़े। यही तरीका है जिस से कार्यकर्ता शांतिपूर्ण मन से एकांतवास या कुयरंटीन कर सके और उनके परिवारों, समुदायों और सहकर्मियों को सुरक्षित रख सके। अपना योगदान देने के लिए इस याचिका पर साइन करें। --- हम हिंदी भाषा में जानकारी देखने के आपके अधिकार का सम्मान करते हैं। हम अधिक जानकारी हिंदी भाषा में उपलब्ध कराने के लिए प्रयास कर रहे हैं। --- एस मैकमैनस, ACTU सचिव, 365 क्वीन स्ट्रीट, मेलबर्न 3000 : द्वारा अधिकृत
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  • Don’t let the Morrison Government Ruin our Retirement
    For years the Liberal Government has been cosy with the banks and their super funds. Scott Morrison voted against a Banking Royal Commission 26 times. But when we finally got one, it showed the truth: bank-owned corporate super funds gouge the life savings of working people to line their executives’ pockets. They charged fees to the dead, duped people into whittling away their life savings, and broke the law thousands of times. Now, the Morrison Government has just passed new super laws that will leave many workers and their families significantly worse off in retirement. The proposals are called Your Future, Your Super. We’re calling it Your Future, Bank Super. Because these laws are designed to funnel as much money as possible to corporate bank-aligned super funds. The laws will: - Pin three million workers to dud funds, potentially for life - Make it harder for workers in high-risk industries to get adequate insurance - Exclude a whole bunch of poor performing corporate products from performance testing, and - Put profits paid out to bank shareholders on the same level as your financial interests. In effect, these laws will be a free-kick to the banks. Let the Morrison Government know that they will not get away with this attack on your retirement.
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  • Coronavirus - A guaranteed wage subsidy to save jobs now!
    Working Australians have been dealt a body blow by the impact of the coronavirus. Millions of workers are facing the very real prospect of losing their job and they need the government to act. Sign our petition and tell the Morrison government it must provide a guaranteed wage subsidy to all working people immediately to save jobs. Other countries' governments have already done this. The UK government is guaranteeing 80% of people's wages. It’s time Scott Morrison gave Australian workers the same assurance that they are not being abandoned. Scott Morrison has announced a wage subsidy for Australian workers, but it excludes 500,000 casuals and over 1 million temporary visa holders. Let the Prime Minister know that it is only by keeping people in jobs that the future of Australian workers, their families and their communities can be secured. If we guarantee wages now we will keep people in jobs and out of welfare. Sign the petition for a guaranteed wage subsidy and let Scott Morrison know Australian workers need a government that puts the well-being of workers first.
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  • Coronavirus: Guarantee Paid Special Leave For All Workers
    As Australians, we stick together with our mates – we don’t leave people behind. But there are 3.3 million Australian workers with no access to paid leave – this represents 32% of all working people. If these workers become ill they will either attend work sick or potentially be subject to self-isolation quarantine at home without means to pay their bills. We can't wait - people are already being forced to go into quarantine and losing income. Many workers are also being forced to use their leave and some are even being stood down without pay. We are demanding that the Morrison Government guarantee two weeks paid special leave for all workers. Sign this petition to demand access to two weeks paid special leave for all workers affected by Coronavirus (COVID-19).
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  • Stop Morrison’s union-busting bill
    Less than a week after being rejected in the Senate Scott Morrison has delivered on his promise to big business and put his union-busting bill through the House of Representatives again. But before it can be law it must go to the senate. The senate rejected union busting only a week before Morrison has rushed the same law back into parliament. These union-busting laws will hurt working people in this country. These laws will make it harder to win pay rises, harder to keep workplaces safe and will make it easier for bad bosses to do the wrong thing. These laws continue a double standard that targets unions with deregistration over minor errors, like filing paperwork late, yet the big banks continue to get away with outrageous, ongoing criminal behaviour. Morrison’s laws are union-busting pure and simple. Morrison has no plan to stop the criminality of the big banks, no plan to end wage theft and has one set of rules for banks and big business and another for working people and unions.
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