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Live News Feed: Current StoriesWhat parents want from long day care - 13 May 2008The first comprehensive national survey of what parents want from long day care (LDC) is released today. The survey found 90% of children use LDC between 7 and 11 hours per day, a length of time parents say they need to support their workforce participation. Budget and childcare: the real story - 13 May 2008 The increased childcare tax rebate will grab the headlines but the substance in the Budget on childcare relates to the funding of an integrated care and education program worth nearly $1 billion dollars, the LHMU the childcare union said tonight. Racing stewards back at work - 10 April 2008 AWU harness racing stewards return to work today, satisfied with the outcome of an Industrial Relations conciliation hearing late yesterday. Vic Harness racing strike will cost - 08 April 2008 Harness racing in Victoria is expected to come to a standstill indefinitely from tomorrow (Wednesday) when the state’s 13 official stewards take lawful strike action, the AWU said today. Waterfront dispute 10th anniversary - 04 April 2008 Today Stevedores on the Fremantle docks will stop work for two hours and march through the streets to mark the tenth anniversary of the iconic Patrick waterfront dispute. Transport plan crucial for jobs - 04 April 2008 Victoria’s ability to provide sustainable, skilled jobs for working people would be threatened if the State Government did not act on recommendations to build two new tunnels under Melbourne, the Australian Workers’ Union said today. Health and safety review welcome - 04 April 2008 Unions have welcomed today’s announcement by the federal Labor Government of a national review of workplace health and safety laws. Sculpture remembers wharfie dispute - 04 April 2008 Melbourne wharfies mark ten years since iconic waterfront dispute $47mill Ansett super unclaimed - 04 April 2008 Almost seven years since the collapse of Ansett it appears that almost $47million worth of superannuation remains unclaimed by around 1,959 former Ansett employees whose super was transferred to AUSfund after Ansett Airlines collapsed in September 2001. Hunter region 2020 and unions - 04 April 2008 The Hunter Region 2020 conference this weekend will be told unions expect the Rudd Labor Government to support intitiatives which invest in new technology and promote smart manufacturing for our region. Harness racing in Vic to be crippled - 02 April 2008 Harness racing in Victoria will be severely disrupted from Friday when stewards take industrial action. Banks push debt on working families - 02 April 2008 Banks are ‘pushing debt’ onto working families: unions call for cuts to lending targets. Virgin needs high standards - 01 April 2008 Richard Branson should demonstrate his commitment to the growth of the Australian aviation industry by announcing the heavy maintenance of his aircraft, using Sydney as an international hub, will be done in this country. Unions welcome start of AWA bans - 28 March 2008 Unions welcome the ban on new Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) that takes effect today (12 midnight Friday 28 March) but plan to continue the campaign to scrap Work Choices in its entirety. Rural workers will cheer end of AWAs - 19 March 2008 Low-paid workers in the rural sector will be cheering today when Parliament finally ends the most hated symbol of the WorkChoices era – the individual contract Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA). Clyde Cameron - a great AWU man - 17 March 2008 A long-serving Federal Labor MP and AWU official, Clyde Cameron, has died aged 95. Mr Cameron played an important role in the history of the Australian Workers' Union. Union poll gives Super nod to Rudd - 14 March 2008 A national poll completed for the Australian Workers’ Union has shown that Australians would give Prime Minister Rudd and Treasurer Wayne Swan the green light to deliver their election tax cuts into their retirement savings – instead of in cash. Commonwealth unions to meet - 13 March 2008 With the 53-member Commonwealth this week celebrating “Commonwealth Week”, the ITUC is supporting the Commonwealth Trade Union Group (CTUG)* in its call for the organisation of mainly English-speaking countries to take action in support of workers’ rights, equal pay for women, and climate change. Unions condemn Mid East massacre - 11 March 2008 The ITUC has condemned the killing of at least eight religious students in Jerusalem, and the wounding of several others, by an assassin on 6 March. Militant group Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack. Hotel workers launch rescue package - 11 March 2008 Research by the LHMU, the hotel workers’ union, reveals a crisis in luxury hotels with devastating staff turnover levels, record injury rates, dangerous workloads, bullying by management and Australia’s biggest number of low paid workers. End rural worker wage freeze! - 10 March 2008 AWU members in the rural sector want an end to the wage freeze imposed on them by the Howard Government created Fair Pay Commission. Calling all Kiwi unionists - 06 March 2008 At the end of this year New Zealand will have a general election. New Zealand unions have asked the Australian union movement to support their campaign to get eligible New Zealand voters, based in Australia, enrolled to vote. Work laws must respect Oz values - 06 March 2008 Australia’s work laws should respect our democratic values, and ensure working people are allowed to have a voice in their workplace. Climate Change and insurance workers - 05 March 2008 Last week IAG and Suncorp - Australia’s two largest general insurance companies -blamed lower than expected annual profits on extreme weather events. CFMEU calls for apprentice quotas - 05 March 2008 Building companies that win government construction contracts, including the low-cost housing program announced yesterday, should be required to meet a formal apprentice quota, the CFMEU said today. |
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