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Banks should help struggling families hold onto their homes: unions
6 February 2008

Banks have a moral responsibility to help struggling families hold onto their homes say unions.
 

Reserve Bank should wait & see before working families are hit by interest rate rise say unions
4 February 2008

Unions today warned that low and middle income working families cannot afford another rise in interest rates and are calling on the Reserve Bank to hold rates at current levels until the full impact of the global financial situation is clearer.

Unions welcome Australia 2020 Summit
Australia’s unions have welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Australia 2020 Summit and look forward to participating.
 

Working families cannot afford another interest rate rise
4 February 2008

Unions today warned that low and middle income working families cannot afford another rise in interest rates and called on the Reserve Bank to hold rates at current levels until the full impact of the global financial situation is clearer.

Put half the promised tax cuts into super, union urges Government
31 January 2008

One of the country's biggest unions has offered a deal under which workers would give up half of Labor's promised income tax cuts in return for higher government contributions to their superannuation.

 Workplace fatalities make nation focus on OH&S a priority
31 January 2008 

Urgent action is needed to prevent workplace deaths, the ACTU said today. A report from the Australian Safety Compensation Council reported today shows 162 people died in workplaces in the year July 2006 to June 2007, an in crease from 157 the previous year.

Workplace rights lost under Liberals’ WorkChoices laws must be restored say unions
31 January 2008

Union leaders will meet in Canberra over the next three days at an ACTU conference to discuss how to scrap the Liberals’ Work Choices IR laws and restore the rights of workers.

Paid maternity leave works for women, families and employers
30 January 2008

Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has today welcomed the government’s reference for a Productivity Commission inquiry into the introduction of a taxpayer-funded paid maternity leave scheme.

Volunteers needed to help Make Life Fair Everywhere

Do you have some spare time? 

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is the overseas aid agency of the ACTU.

We are a small organisation that relies on the generous support of volunteers. We need assistance with events, including conferences and fundraising and data entry.

Our office is based in Sydney but help is required with events in other states.

Contact Antoinette Abboud aabboud@unionaidabroad.org.au or 02 9264 9343 to be part of our volunteer team.