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  • Extremely concerned at the large number of arrests and the ...
    Sharan Burrow letter condemning arrests in Zimbabwe

    4 December 2008 His Excellency Mr. Robert G. Mugabe President Causeway Harare Zimbabwe Fax: + 263.4.70.38.58 RE: More than 48 ZCTU arrests Dear Mr. President, On behalf of the Australian ...

    ACTU - 1 month ago
  • Found it hard to round up members -- though that'll ...
    C, bee and demarcation

    Memo to Sharan Burrow. For the past few decades the ACTU has found it hard to round up members -- though that'll change with mass sackings.

    The Australian - opinion - 1 month, 1 week ago
  • Warned the Federal Government that paid maternity leave is not ...
    Paid maternity leave 'not negotiable'

    THE ACTU has warned the Federal Government that paid maternity leave is not negotiable and must be delivered in next year's Budget.

    NEWS.com.au National Breaking News - 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  • Welcomed the move as giving workers added protection, while her ...
    Employers take Government concessions on arbitration in their stride

    Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard appears to have successfully walked the IR tightrope with her announcement this afternoon that her substantive bill will extend limited arbitration into three new areas. ...

    Workplace Express - 1 month, 3 weeks ago
  • Still pressing the Government on a number of reforms to ...
    ACTU wants Labor to do more on collective bargaining; Lessons from the UK

    The ACTU is still pressing the Government on a number of reforms to facilitate the spread of collective bargaining, senior industrial officer Cath Bowtell said yesterday.

    Workplace Express - 1 month, 4 weeks ago
1 day, 2 hours ago The ACTU warns the economy will suffer if wages slide backwards
The Acting Prime Minister is warning unions to put job security before wage claims. But the ACTU says the global financial crisis is no excuse for taking wage rises off ...
PM - 5:19 p.m. Thursday 8th January 2009
Gillard vows to protect Australian jobs
ACTU calls for more stimulus, govt asks unions to take jobs over wage rises. 8 Jan 2009 11:04 AM
Business Spectator politics & IR - 10:04 a.m. Thursday 8th January 2009
Burrow dismisses Gillard's wage restraint call
Australian Council of Trades Union president (ACTU) Sharan Burrow has dismissed a Federal Government call for wage restraint and is standing by a 33 per cent pay claim for some ...
Yahoo!7 Finance News - 7:49 a.m. Thursday 8th January 2009
Burrow dismisses Gillard's wage restraint call
Sharan Burrow has dismissed a Federal Government call for pay rise restraint.
ABC News federal politics - 7:20 a.m. Thursday 8th January 2009
Acting PM urges union wage restraint in tough economic times
The acting Prime Minister is urging the CFMEU to be responsible in its enterprise bargaining negotiations with aluminium giant Alcoa. The union is demanding a pay rise of up to ...
AM - 7:12 a.m. Thursday 8th January 2009
2 days ago Book review: Who really won the 2007 election?
Christine Jackman, “Inside Kevin 07″, Melbourne University Press, 2008. Kathie Muir, “Worth Fighting For: Inside the your rights at work campaign”, UNSW Press, 2008. There were two campaigns against the ...
Trevor Cook - Corporate Engagement - 6:34 p.m. Wednesday 7th January 2009
3 days ago Job-shedding not the answer: ACTU
Peak union body urges employers to hold their nerve. 6 Jan 2009 8:30 PM
Business Spectator politics & IR - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 6th January 2009
1 week ago Happy new year: day two
Light holiday reading: • “Carlton’s lone classical liberal”, Andrew Norton, weighs in on Liberal hyperbole over third party political campaigns. New Mayo MP Jamie Briggs reckons these to be a ...
The Poll Bludger - 12:48 p.m. Friday 2nd January 2009
3 weeks ago International Migrants Day
“The international trade union movement is keeping a close watch on the responses to the economic and financial crisis to ensure that they are not at the expense of the ...
ACTU - 10 a.m. Friday 19th December 2008
3 weeks, 1 day ago Unions and business could be banned from making donations to political parties under electoral funding reforms (audio)
For a union response to the plans Marius Benson speaks to the ACTU Secretary, Jeff Lawrence
ABC NewsRadio politics - 6:15 a.m. Thursday 18th December 2008
4 weeks ago Infrastructure package draws support from many quarters
The Prime Minister's package has been welcomed almost universally. The Premier of New South Wales, Nathan Rees, says Kevin Rudd is serious about protecting the economy, while the ACTU believe ...
PM - 5:18 p.m. Friday 12th December 2008
ACTU keeps eye on Qantas merger
ACTU keeps eye on Qantas merger... 12 Dec 2008 07:52 AM
Business Spectator transport & logistics - 6:52 a.m. Friday 12th December 2008
4 weeks ago ACTU keeps eye on Qantas merger
QANTAS unions have joined forces under the ACTU as they prepare to closely scrutinise a potential merger between Qantas and British Airways.
The Australian Aviation News - 11 p.m. Thursday 11th December 2008
1 month ago Unions continue Telstra Siebel attack
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) today used the release of a report containing complaint statistics and a staff survey to accuse Telstra of turning a blind eye to ...
zdnet Headlines - 1:14 p.m. Wednesday 10th December 2008

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