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The Australian Services Union has written to the Australian Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee to express strong opposition to the inclusion of Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) and urges the inclusion of stronger provisions to protect the rights of workers…

Australian workers and their families are looking to the new Senate to stand up for the fair go, Australian Unions said today. Speaking ahead of the first sitting of the new Senate tomorrow, ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said that the Senate has a critical role in keeping Australia fair. "Australian…

Australian workers and their families will march in rallies around the nation today to call on Tony Abbott to keep Australia fair and dump his vision of a harsher and less equal Australia. >> To find out about the ASU's involvement in the "Bust The Budget" rallies see: ASU at…

1.5 million Australian workers will see an $18.70 boost in their pay packets this week and around 8.4 million workers will see their superannuation contributions increase to 9.5% - all hard fought for by Australian workers and their Unions. "Hardworking Australians deserve decent wages when they're working and security in…

More than six weeks ago, the Abbott/Hockey Federal Budget hit Australians so hard, that the resulting anger continues to shape the public dialogue today. The Coalition Government is continuing to hold firm to their draconian plans for Australia, despite the widespread outcry. Let's show them that we will not forget…

The retirement savings of millions of low paid Australians is under threat from Tony Abbott's harsh cuts. Each year the Government pays a small amount into the superannuation accounts of low paid workers earning less than $37,000 pa. It is called the Low Income Super Contribution (LISC) and while the…

By putting the brakes on a wholesale review of workplace laws, the Abbott Government has acknowledged that the same hardworking Australians that will take a hit from their budget changes to health, welfare and education are the same people whose wages and workplace conditions will be in the firing line…

In what can only now be seen as a sham consultation process, the Federal Government has been encouraged by the Senate Economics Committee to ignore concerns raised by numerous stakeholders and experts in the financial services industry and finance journalism that the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) consumer protection laws…

The campaign to protect penalty rates kicked up a gear today with the release of new ACTU research, 'One out – The Abbott Government and the return of unfair individual contracts' which outlines how the Abbott Government's proposed Industrial Relations legislation robs workers of their penalty rates alongside other workplace…

Access, opportunity and investment are the real issues behind youth unemployment, not apathy, said the ACTU. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver called on the Abbott Government to remove their blinkers and genuinely consider the issues around unemployment as rates for under-25s reach three times the level for those over. "Current rhetoric…