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The ASU has won three ACTU Awards this year, all in relation to the SACS industry Equal Pay campaign. These are Best Communications Strategy (joint... -
Get Equal Pay Ready: Use Your Equal Pay Key Here Every SACS worker in NSW will need to be reclassified under the SCHADS Award. The Equal Pay Key... -
In an all too familiar corporate strategy, Qantas has chosen the day they announce a half yearly profit of $202m to also announce 500 job cuts... -
The ASU and RTBU have slammed the NSW Premier’s announcement to slash the jobs of hundreds of Transit Officers as a move that would lead to a... -
Today ASU members have made history! FWA have just issued their decision on our Equal Pay case; and they have said YES! Please watch this short, 1... -
During the 2011 State Election Nick Greiner’s name wasn’t on the ballot paper but the announcement of job cuts in RailCorp show that he’s now... -
Early this year the ASU was told by the incoming Liberal Government that they were going to go ahead with the privatisation of Sydney Ferries. This...
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Vic child protection workers get pay rise
Another pay victory for women! Victorian child protection, community youth justice and welfare workers get 11% pay increase.
Unions give NSW premier an 'F'
Unionist vote on Premier O’Farrell’s performance – and score him an F
A precarious life
Casual Employment – bosses love it while workers are exploited
Sydney Water ditches 335 workers in six months
ASU State Secretary Sally McManus has highlighted the O’Farrell government’s privatisation by stealth of Sydney Water. Sydney Water is outsourcing jobs as fast as it can and this is threatening the infrastructure that gives Sydney clean water and beaches.
New Zealand’s low wages prompts export of jobs from Australia
New Zealand’s low wages prompts export of jobs from Australia
Heinz Australia, Woolworths and Imperial Tobacco have all announced they will be cutting jobs in Australian and moving them to New Zealand.
NZ unions have their say:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/103663/cheaper-labour-should-not-be-drawcard-ctu
Union calls on members to ditch big banks
The ANZ, like the other major banks, is making record profits and shedding staff.
Hockey targets the disadvantaged and vulnerable
Joe Hockey has condemned Australia’s welfare system, hard fought for by workers over 100 years, saying under an Abbott government public education, health, income support, retirement benefits, unemployment benefits would all be up for grabs.
Victorian government not paying
Community workers protest at government’s reneging on promise to fund Equal pay.
Unions launch campaign against O’Farrell’s attack on workers compensation
Unions NSW will this morning lead a delegation of injured workers to State Parliament
Hundreds of jobs lost as RailCorp split in two
The NSW secretary of the Australian Services Union, Sally McManus, said she feared privatisation would be in place after the next election.
