Tag: Australian Council of Trade Unions

Key industries such as mining, meat processing and manufacturing deliberately replacing permanent jobs with insecure ones, say unions.

ACTU says young Australians and those in insecure work are bearing the brunt and not getting sufficient Government support.

Union body says a critical mass of vaccinated people is the only way to protect workers’ jobs and keep health workers safe.

Having to work multiple insecure jobs leaves more than half of Australians believing this generation will be worse off than their parents.

ACTU calls for more full-time employment and a reduction in jobs that are considered ‘unreliable’ and discourage consumer spending.

Australian and New Zealand unions are seeking an end to economic and trade co-operation with Myanmar while the military junta is in power.

ACTU says the scheme incentivises employers to sack older full-time workers and does nothing to address the problem of job insecurity.

Exxonmobil’s oil refinery at Altona in Melbourne is to close with the loss of around 350 jobs. BP’s refinery in WA closes this year.

ACTU says ordinary Australians can’s help the economic recovery at the same time that Government is cutting JobKeeper and JobSeeker programs.