General ASU News

Working Life is a news source for all workers, bringing you a range of stories. Read it, print it, share it! The latest edition includes the following: Where are the jobs, Prime Minister?; How fair is unfair dismissal; New laws to help workers take a stand against bullying; Welcome to…

After numerous catastrophic financial collapses and controversies, the previous Federal Government passed new laws to regulate the financial advice industry, known as the Future of Financial Advice (or FoFA) laws. However, the current Abbott Government wants to dramatically water down those reforms with new regulations, even as they have received…

As G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bankers prepare to meet in Sydney, the "Labour 20" warned against complacency by policy makers that risks leading to higher not lower unemployment. Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC said that the time has come for Finance Ministers to recognise that their policies…

With mounting job losses and the highest unemployment rate in over a decade, the Abbott Government needs to abandon its empty rhetoric and tell Australians where the new jobs are going to come from. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said news today that Aloca will close its Point Henry aluminium smelter…

TONY Abbott and his new Coalition government have long planned a Royal Commission into the union movement. This, of course, was not a policy that the Coalition took to the 2013 election. Such a naked attack would have ‘scared the horses’, exposing what the Coalition has been desperate to hide—its…

The ASU's success in negotiating the world's first enterprise agreement clause supporting victims of domestic violence in 2010 has been recognised in a recent academic study as an instance of achieving equality measures through bargaining. The study by Professor Marian Baird of Sydney University considered the circumstances around the ASU's…

The ASU welcomed the announcement late last year of the establishment of a Senate Select Committee to inquire into the Federal Government's National Commission of Audit (NCA). We believe this Senate Committee will provide some independent advice and allow community views to be heard. The ASU has lodged a submission…

Working Life is a news source for all workers, bringing you a range of stories. Read it, print it, share it! The latest edition includes the following: Abbott blamed for Holden's demise; New Senator Bob Day puts families first and workers last; This is our community and we want to…

Australian unions have negotiated a new service for union members: a budgeting tool brought to you for FREE called 'myprosperity' and it's available online now. You can access the free offer to union members via myprosperity.com.au/unions. The site is in Beta mode as new features will continue to be rolled…

Yesterday the High Court handed down a significant decision in favour of free speech and the ability of organisations like unions to campaign for workers' rights and against unjust political actions through campaigns like "Your Rights at Work". This was in response to legislation introduced by the NSW Government in…