The pay boost will help workers catch up on some of what they’ve lost over the past five years of the inflation fight and keeps real wages moving in the ongoing effort to rebuild living standards.

The Australian Union movement is a movement of peace and respect for all races and nationalities. We oppose war, racism, and oppression. We act in solidarity. The Australian Union movement is ...

The Coalition’s only plan for women is to remove access to affordable childcare by reintroducing the childcare activity test if elected. This will result in parents throughout Australia losing ...

The participation rate of women in the Australian workforce has once again reached record highs of 63.4 per cent, according to today’s ABS Labour Force statistics. The April 2025 figures show ...

In November the ACTU release polling conducted by Essential Research showing 80% of those polled agreed that some changes or significant changes were needed to our workplace laws to get wages moving.

The ACTU welcomes the passage of the Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023 today. This legislation implements key recommendations of the Migrant Workers’ Taskforce after ...

Unions welcome the passage of new safety legislation by the Parliament to improve safety standards for offshore oil and gas workers. Recognised as one of Australia’s most high-risk professions, ...

The ACTU executive today supported the Australian Education Union (AEU) resolution on fully funding public schools. The ACTU Executive is deeply concerned that only 1.3% of public schools are ...

Unions welcome the new right-to-disconnect laws coming into effect today as a cost-of-living win for working people. Today’s new rights will empower workers to refuse unreasonable out-of-hours work ...

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 ...

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