The ASU recently lodged a submission to the Senate Inquiry into the economic security of women in retirement. Our findings, following a major survey of our members and supporters, leave no doubt that major policy changes are required to prevent large numbers of women and their families from experiencing the…

Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) met face to face with the firm's negotiators for the first time on 7th & 8th December 2015 in Melbourne. This was our fourth meeting and it was great to have the whole team together in the room. On the first day of negotiations…

This year, International Human Rights Day falls in a time of serious threats to social cohesion, environmental sustainability and democracy. Only weeks after a series of dreadful acts of terrorism, and while the UN Conference on Climate is ongoing, PSI reaffirms its commitment to the defence of human rights, core…

Various organisations are reporting live from COP21 in Paris which comes to a conclusion this Friday. There are also a couple of live actions we are promoting: a social media storm tomorrow against fracking and an ongoing Twitter campaign using #JustTransition to show negotiators that we are watching and concerned…

Public Services International joins the call made by the United Nations to break the corruption chain. Corruption is a complex social, political and economic phenomenon that affects all countries. Corruption undermines democratic institutions, slows economic development and contributes to governmental instability. Click here to read this on the PSI website…

As nations negotiate an international accord at the Paris UN Climate Summit (aka COP21) against global warming, their trade negotiators were simultaneously meeting in Geneva to secretly forge a new free trade agreement that could expand the use of fossil fuels and cause further climate change. Click here to read…

Unions welcome the Government's acknowledgement that Australia needs to focus on strategic investment in education, innovation and technologies as drivers of economic growth, following yesterday's innovation announcement. Australia must take the high-road and support quality, high skilled jobs and industries and not the low-road of cuts to jobs, wages and…

In 2014 the ASU National Conference debated a number of issues around the misuse of 457 Visas and difficulties faced by 457 Visa holders in Australia. The ASU view was to monitor the use of 457 Visas in our areas of coverage and seek to increase scrutiny by authorities. Our…

Your ASU reps have now received Maurice Blackburn's log of claims ready for discussion at our next bargaining meeting with them on 7 and 8 December 2015 (download the full bulletin below to see the log of claims). We are yet to hear the detail of what exactly is proposed…

On Thursday 2 December 2015 your ASU representatives met with Mission Providence management to kick off negotiations for the new Mission Providence enterprise agreement. Management tabled their claims in the form of a whole new proposed agreement. We will need to do detailed analysis to identify all of the changes,…