ACTU

New Campaign Campaigns

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  We Won’t Wait

  In Australia a woman dies every week because of family and domestic violence. Some women were killed at work. Many of these women were employed. Most did not have access to paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave. Family and domestic violence is the leading cause of death, disability and illness among women aged 15-44 years, greater than cancer or heart disease. And yet access to paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave is limited. Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave means a woman can access support services so she can leave. It means she can attend court, doctor's appointments, meet with real estate agents, change her children's school, all without the fear of losing her job. Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave will save lives. The estimated cost of introducing a minimum 10 days’ paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave in the National Employment Standards is just five cents per day per worker. The estimated cost of family and domestic violence to the economy is $12.6 billion per year. When 800,000 women in work have experienced sexual or family violence access to 10 days’ paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave will make a real difference. The Federal Government must act.

  702 of 800 Signatures

  Created by Australian Unions
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  Stop Turnbull’s PaTH to Poverty

  PaTH is a con designed to rip off young people and put more money in the pockets of employers. The day after cutting retail workers’ penalty rates pay under the lie that it will create jobs, the Turnbull Government is driving young people into $4 an hour arrangements with big companies that will avoid paying penalty rates altogether and ensuring they remain in entrenched poverty. Young working people are already up against it; - We have double-digit youth unemployment figures across the country. - Apprenticeships have dried up and now come with university style government loan debts. - The cost of studying at university and TAFE is exorbitant. - Young people working on weekends and public holidays face penalty rate cuts. - Most young people have never even known a paid sick day Turnbull’s PaTH program will do nothing for young people beyond churning them through short-term, dead-end placement. It will take away full wage paying positions, denying Australians of decent work, and will entrench the current situation of soaring profits and stagnating wages. Young people are being driven into programs that will not guarantee a job. Only 15 per cent of PaTH internships have resulted in real jobs. Under PaTH, business is benefiting at the expense of workers. The rules need to change to stop the exploitation of young people.

  7,678 of 8,000 Signatures

  Created by Chris Bates
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  Weekend workers don't deserve a pay cut - protect our penalty rates

  As a hospitality worker, I work when most people are enjoying time off with family and friends. My weekend penalty rates make up for this. And they put food on my table and a roof over my head. Retail, fast food and hospitality workers are already some of the lowest paid people in Australia. We cannot afford this cut to our wages. Tell the Prime Minister, Australian workers deserve a pay rise, not a pay cut. He needs to act now to protect our pay.

  70,094 of 75,000 Signatures

  Created by Erin, weekend worker
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  Time Together. Time to Grow - Support Paid Parental Leave

  When a baby is born, this usually means one parent earning an income, one parent caring full-time. But for families who need two incomes, this can be tough. And for the first few weeks while mother and baby recover from birth, both parents really need to be at home. While employers want more and more from employees, there hasn’t been enough done to make sure family still comes first. Babies do best when they are cared for by a parent, full-time for their first six months. And when parents are back at work, they need affordable early education and care. Making sure every new family can give a child this start in life is something employers and the government need to provide, together. A full-time wage for the first six months of a child’s life, and affordable early education and care when both parents are back at work is the best way to create a bright future for all of our kids. Raising the next generation as best as we can is everyone’s responsibility.

  6,166 of 7,000 Signatures

  Created by Australian Unions
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  Support Family Violence Leave for all workers

  Right now in Australia, employers are shirking their duty of care to employees experiencing family violence. Despite community pressure, many employers are still denying people experiencing family violence the time they need to attend doctors’ appointments and court dates. That’s why union members are asking the Fair Work Commission and Governments to give people subjected to family violence a minimum of ten paid days away from work. It is the responsibility of our whole community to end family violence, and to support people experiencing violence right now. Employers say that this is a 'private issue' rather than something we must tackle as a society. They even argue that we should have to trade off other work rights to get it! They are refusing to step up and help to end this crisis. Survivors have suffered for too long behind closed doors. We all have a part to play in ending violence: it’s time that employers played theirs. Tell employers everyone has the right to feel safe at work, and everyone should have the right to paid days away from work if they are subjected to family violence.

  4,191 of 5,000 Signatures

  Created by Australian Council of Trade Unions