Big business CEOs and their lawyers, none of whom would be paid less than $1 million a year are pushing for penalty rates and the right to disconnect to be abolished because “standard hours are less ...

ACTU President, Michele O’Neil has slammed Nippon Paper’s Opal management, demanding an immediate end to the lockout of over 300 production workers from its Morwell Paper Mill in the Latrobe Valley.

The ACTU has criticised billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart for behaving like an oligarch for trying to buy influence over the Coalition’s industrial relations policy.

Australian Unions have attacked big business employer group demands for an overhaul of the Albanese Government’s Secure Jobs Better Pay reforms as a plan to weaken wages growth.

Australian Unions have welcomed the findings of an independent review of the Albanese Government’s landmark Secure Jobs Better Pay reforms finding the new laws have been a success in increasing wages.

Read current and past media statements from the ACTU. You can also keep track of ACTU media releases by following the official ACTU feed on Twitter at @unionsaustralia. Australian Unions have attacked ...

Australian Unions have welcomed today’s announcement of Mining and Energy Union General President, Tony Maher as the new Chair of Safe Work Australia.

The ACTU today warns that a pre-election wish list by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) will restore the wage cutting schemes used by companies like BHP and Qantas to reduce ...

The ACTU commends the outgoing Assistant Treasurer on a career dedicated to improving the working and retirement lives of Australians.