December 2, 2012

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ACTU National Union Directory

The ACTU National Union Directory is the only national database of ACTU affiliated unions and officials. Use the “Find Someone” field to find an individual official or “Find a Union” for contact details of affiliated Unions. You can also browse lists of contacts in unions, media, government and industrial relations using the menu above. 

 

April 24, 2013

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Become an advertiser with the ACTU Directory

Become a valued advertiser in the ACTU National Union Directory 2014.

Join Transfield Services, Qantas, AustralianSuper and many others in benefiting from exposure in the one major union publication produced each year, the ACTU National Union Directory.

The print directory is published in December and 6,000 copies are distributed to union branches (including industrial relations experts, OHS representatives and delegates) as well as IR practitioners, local state and federal ministers, libraries and major corporations.

Don’t get lost in the digital deluge – secure your place in the Directory – a physical presence which is on desks and used by union officers every day.

Benefits

Exposure to decision makers in all Australian unions
Communicate to unionised personnel
Enhance relationships
Early bird rates available for bookings made prior to 30 June 2013.

Email kathryn@edunity.com.au to receive a copy of the media kit.

Download a sample section

Superannuation (PDF 2.2 MB)
Industrial relations (PDF 658 Kb)
Media and technology (PDF 953 Kb)
Member services (PDF 2.8 MB)
Education, Legal and OHS (PDF 2.8 MB)

Contact Kathryn McGrath on free call 1800 620 362 or email kathryn@edunity.com.au if you would like more information.

April 23, 2013

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100% pay if you are over 18 – join the campaign

Workers deserve to be paid based on their contribution to their workplace, not the year they were born.

Junior rates in Australia mean that qualified, experienced 18+ year olds are getting paid only a percentage of the adult rate purely based on their age.

When you turn 18 you’re viewed as a responsible adult in the eye of the law – it just makes sense that you should have the same standing when you’re at work.

Young workers deserve to be paid properly for their contribution.

Join the campaign now at 100percentpay.com.au

April 5, 2013

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ACTU Worksite for Schools is doing a roadshow to schools in May 2013.

In conjunction with Melbourne theatre company Red Stitch, ACTU Worksite is bringing real workplace situations to life in a fast paced drama and panel discussion about work, rights, and how to deal with tricky situations in a first job.

Aimed at students in senior years about to start work, Work! It’s an experience deals with workplace bullying, cash in hand work, unpaid trials and harassment.

Outreach to young people as they embark on their first jobs is essential to ensuring that young people are prepared with the knowledge and confidence they need to speak up if something is not right at work.

This exciting project will provide a live, interactive event about workers rights to over 2,500 Melbourne students.

Find out how your union can get involved by calling Greg Day at Edunity on (03) 9534 2833.

Visit www.edunity.com.au/work

March 4, 2013

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2013 Directory printed and ready

The new 2013 ACTU National Union Directory is printed and ready to roll. Phew! A 12-month job finished and we’re proud of this year’s result. With a focus on the important issue of secure work, the new Directory should have arrived at affiliate offices. If you’re interested in getting advertising rates for the 2014 edition, please ring Kathryn on 1800 620 362 or email kathryn@edunity.com.au

February 19, 2013

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Asbestos Awareness Week

Australia had the highest per capita use of asbestos in the world from the 1950s until the 1980s. About every third domestic dwelling built between 1945 and 1987 (when manufacture of asbestos products in Australia ceased following union campaigning) is thought to contain asbestos.

We are all familiar with the cover-up about the health risks of asbestos and the fight for justice for victims, recently portrayed in the ABC telemovie Devil’s Dust.

Today, about 600 asbestos-related deaths are officially reported each year, and two new mesothelioma cases are diagnosed each day.

The asbestos death rate is expected to peak by 2020, when 18,000 people will have died from inhaling asbestos fibres.

The compensation bill is expected to top $7 billion in today’s money.

Australian unions are campaigning to have all asbestos removed from the built environment by 2030 – a massive task that has begun following the establishment of an Office for Asbestos Safety by the Federal Government this year. Read more

January 29, 2013

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Keep in touch with Unions Australia on Facebook

Like Unions Australia on Facebook to keep up to date with the latest news on workers rights and how to join a union. You can also call Unions Australia on 1300 486 466.

facebook.com/unionsaustralia

November 7, 2012

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Stop the traffik

Stop the traffik

The ACTU is a member of the Slave Free Guarantee, a coalition of NGO’s, retailers and community organisations.

The current campaign Stop the Traffik is in direct response to the growing global movement against human trafficking.

For example, did you know that nearly half of the cocoa supplied internationally is sourced from western Africa namely Côte d’Ivoire, where children are often forced to work long hours on state owned plantations? Or that the third largest exporter of cotton Uzbekistan, force school children as young as nine, harvest cotton with their bare hands?

For more information and to get involved please go to the online petition here.

Please sign and distribute the online petition to your networks. Names and details will be presented to members of the Senate calling for identification and reporting requirements for all imported goods.

November 2, 2012

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Secure Jobs campaign gathers support

Secure jobs, better future

Join the campaign for secure jobs with the Secure Jobs, Better Future campaign. Around 40% of workers are engaged in insecure work arrangements such as casual work, fixed term work, contracting or labour hire. They deserve the same rights as permanent workers. Join the campaign here.

September 5, 2012

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Save the Aussie Weekend

Save the Aussie Weekend
Help preserve penalty rates for Australian workers.

Footy, barbies and cricket on the beach. Dinner out, taking the kids to sport or a good old-fashioned sleep-in.

However you spend them, our Aussie weekends are sacred. For more than 60 years, our treasured moments with family and friends have been protected by penalty rates. If you work on a weekend, you’re compensated – it’s as simple, as fair and as Australian as that.

But now, our sacred Aussie weekend is under threat. Major employers are fighting hard to reduce or remove weekend penalty rates. And if they succeed, your boss will line up to do the same.

Join in and help Save the Aussie weekend.