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Activists say "sign the petition" - 14 August 2007
Workers, Activists and the ACTU are fighting for better health and safety, compensation and rehabilitation. ...
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National Study Finds WorkChoices Bad for Women - 14 August 2007
A recently released study has found that the IR Laws introduced by the Howard Government have had a detrimental affect on low paid working women. ...
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WorkChoices creates fear - 10 August 2007
A RMIT University Report finds that WorkChoices creates fear of summary dismissal or a cut in wages and conditions for Victorian Workers. ...
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Gov't can't hide truth about IR laws - 08 August 2007
A new scandal to hit the Howard Government’s IR ads today shows that it cannot hide the truth about its unfair IR laws – the fact is the laws leave young workers vulnerable to being exploited, says the ACTU. ...
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Government's own advice says low paid will suffer under new work laws - 19 December 2005
Secret advice to the Federal Treasurer Peter Costello confirms that changes to work laws will reduce the wage rises low-paid workers receive. ...
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HSU committed to long term campaign over work laws - 08 December 2005
The HSU has vowed to protect members from the effects of new work laws which cut job security and make it more difficult to maintain conditions at work. ...
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Families will be affected by new work laws - 29 November 2005
New work laws will increase the financial pressure on families and make it harder for many parents to spend time with their children, an ACTU impact statement has found. ...
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Penalties, meal breaks and public holidays up for grabs - 18 October 2005
New work laws will not include protections for key conditions that healthworkers rely on such as penalty rates, allowances and meal breaks. ...
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Nothing But Pain for Health Workers Under Howard - 09 October 2005
The Health Services Union said minor changes to the IR package announced by the Howard Government were a token gesture that would not limit the very real harm it will have in the health sector....
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New ads released on cuts to our rights at work - 27 September 2005
A series of new TV advertisements has been released by the ACTU as part of the campaign against planned changes to work laws....
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Pay rise for award workers? - 22 September 2005
Unions are attempting to get a last pay rise for 1.6 million award workers before the Howard Government changes the system. ...
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Pay rises not as rosy as the PM says - 30 August 2005
The Prime Minister's much quoted figure of '14 per cent increase in real wages' since 1996 is deceptive, according to new research commissioned by Unions NSW....
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Government ads heavily criticised in the High Court - 30 August 2005
High Court judges have delivered a stinging attack on the Federal Government's taxpayer-funded ads about its proposed changes to work laws, saying they were like Soviet propaganda. ...
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Extra parental leave granted but will it be available? - 09 August 2005
The Industrial Relations Commission has granted an extra 12 months parental leave than can be taken after the birth of a child. ...
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Changes to work laws could make things worse in health: new report - 02 August 2005
Planned changes to work laws have been branded as a "recipe for conflict and division" in the health sector. ...
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Costello supports axing unfair dismissal laws altogether - 26 July 2005
The Treasurer Peter Costello has indicated protection from unfair dismissal may eventually be removed from all working Australians. ...
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Business survey finds no benefits from chopping unfair dismissal laws - 12 July 2005
A new survey has found that extra jobs will not be created by getting rid of unfair dismissal laws for people in businesses with less than 100 employees. ...
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Anglican leader speaks out over changes to work laws - 11 July 2005
The new leader of Australia's 4 million Anglicans has spoken out against proposed changes to work laws and warned the church will not be silent on the issue. ...
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Journalists forced to cash out holidays - 11 July 2005
Journalists at a Western Australian newspaper are being forced to cash out part of their holidays....
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Howard confirms some will be worse off - 08 July 2005
The Prime Minister John Howard has confirmed some workers will be worse off under his changes to work laws. ...
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Church leaders join the protest over cuts to rights at work - 29 June 2005
Australian churches have joined the union protest campaign against unfair changes to workplace laws saying that family living standards would suffer. ...
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Television ads alert people to the danger ahead - 20 June 2005
The ACTU and unions are using television advertisements to make sure people know exactly how bad the Howard Government's proposed changes to workplace laws are. ...
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Expert tells how workplace changes will affect Australians - 14 June 2005
A leading industrial relations expert has written an article setting out exactly what the impact of the proposed changes to workplace laws will be. ...
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PM to premiers: hand over IR or I'll take action - 03 June 2005
Prime Minister John Howard's says his position on industrial relations is unchanged - either the premiers hand over their systems or he will take them over his own way....
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New Survey Shows 72% Oppose Removal of Protection from Unfair Dismissal - 01 June 2005
A new national survey shows John Howard’s industrial relations proposals are considered a major win for big business at the expense of Australian workers. ...
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Senator could sink national IR revamp - 31 May 2005
Prime Minister John Howard's plan to create a single national industrial relations system has hit an obstacle, with a crucial figure threatening to vote against it....
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FEDERAL LABOR LEADER SPEECH TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -
Let us cut through all the spin and verbal camouflage of all of this. What does it mean? It means that families will be worse off. That is what all of this means....
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Howard Abandon’s Working Australians - 26 May 2005
John Howard today showed just how far he is in big business pockets with the release of his unfair IR package....
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Government Refused to Guarantee Workers Won't be Worse Off - 17 May 2005
Treasurer Peter Costello has today joined Prime Minister Howard and Workplace Relations Minister Andrews and refused to guarantee that no individual Australian employee will be worse off under the Government's proposed industrial relations changes....
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HSU vows to oppose changes to rights at work - 15 April 2005
The HSU will play an active role in the union campaign against the Federal Government's changes to workplace laws which aim to reduce the rights of working Australians. ...
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Wage case must not be the last - 12 April 2005
Unions will be pushing for a $26.60 pay rise for 1.6 million Australian workers covered by awards in the national wage case which begins today. ...
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Even Lib MP doesn’t support reduction of rights at work. - 02 April 2005
Liberal MP Judi Moylan has expressed her concerns about her own government’s proposed changes to workplace laws....
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Scrap changes to right of entry laws - 15 March 2005
The HSU is calling for the scrapping of proposed new laws which would seek to limit union right of entry into workplaces after a Senate inquiry found they were flawed. ...
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Will this be the last wage case? - 18 February 2005
The ACTU today lodged the bid by unions for a $26.60 pay rise for 1.6 million low paid Australians. ...
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Not only union members who oppose right of entry law changes - 17 February 2005
The Federal Government's new legislation restricting union right of entry to workplaces is supported by less than one in three people according to an exclusive Newspoll conducted for the Health Services Union. ...
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