Australian Unions will today call for an urgent overhaul of national asbestos health and safety laws to force employers to remove asbestos-containing materials from Australian workplaces, including ...

The ACTU has fought for and won decades of wage increases through the award system and campaigns in the field, safer workplaces, greater equality for women, improvements in working hours, entitlements ...

Australian workers experienced unacceptably high levels of burn-out, stress and over-work, the latest data from the Work Shouldn’t Hurt Survey reveals.

Unions are concerned that APRA and ASIC’s failures to prevent the First Guardian and Shield collapses could cost working people’s superannuation savings through an increase in mandatory levies paid by ...

The trend reflects a growing number of working Australians moving from casual and part-time work into full-time secure employment. The casual share of employment fell to its lowest level in August ...

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is the overseas aid and development agency of the ACTU. Our work aims to build self-reliance through support to educational and training projects for workers and their ...

Read current and past media statements from the ACTU. You can also keep track of ACTU media releases by following the official ACTU feed on Twitter at @unionsaustralia. Australian workers experienced ...

The ACTU is calling for a ‘fair go in the digital age’ following today’s report that one in three Australian workers are at risk of job loss by 2030 from the introduction of AI by big corporate ...

Sally is the 10th Secretary of the ACTU. She was the leader of her union, the ASU in NSW representing community, public sector and private sector workers. She commenced work with the ASU as an ACTU ...

The world faces a climate crisis. Australian workers know that we can be part of the solution, building new low carbon industries and creating decent jobs. But unlike many other countries Australia ...

Throughout our country’s history, Australian Unions have always been at the forefront of the struggle for the fair go. The Australian Council of Trade Unions is the peak body for Australian unions, ...