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Highlights this month
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Urged the Rudd Government to ease restrictions on unions entering ...
Ease right of entry rules: unions
ACTU secretary Jeff Lawrence has urged the Rudd Government to ease restrictions on unions entering workplaces after unionists were allegedly forced to hold a meeting sandwiched between two cars in ...
The Australian - The Nation - 5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Told a conference in Sydney today that he wants to ...
New ACTU leader signals focus on industry-based bargaining campaigns
In his first speech after becoming the ACTU's secretary-elect, Jeff Lawrence has told a conference in Sydney today that he wants to see unions build national and international industry-focused campaigns ...
Workplace Express - 1 year, 7 months ago
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Replace Greg Combet as the new secretary of the ACTU ...
Hospitality union boss named new ACTU secretary
The Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union's Jeff Lawrence will replace Greg Combet as the new secretary of the ACTU later this year.
ABC Political News - 1 year, 7 months ago
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Been elected unopposed to replace Greg Combet as ACTU secretary ...
Lawrence to replace Combet as ACTU secretary
LHMU national secretary Jeff Lawrence has been elected unopposed to replace Greg Combet as ACTU secretary later this year after he was the only candidate for the position when nominations ...
Workplace Express - 1 year, 7 months ago
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Who, but you will be forgiven if you've not heard ...
New ACTU boss -- Jeff who?
The Australian labour movement gets a new head honcho today, but who is he? Jeff Lawrence is who, but you will be forgiven if you've not heard his name before.
Crikey - 1 year, 7 months ago
1 day, 12 hours ago
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
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
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
AM - 7:12 a.m. Thursday 8th January 2009
07:50 - Federal Government warns unions against pushing for big pay rises as the economy weakens (audio)
Marius Benson seeks reaction from the ACTU President Sharan Burrow
ABC NewsRadio politics - 6:50 a.m. Thursday 8th January 2009
ABC NewsRadio politics - 6:50 a.m. Thursday 8th 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
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
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
PM - 5:18 p.m. Friday 12th December 2008
1 month ago
Sharan Burrow letter: appeal to Korea on ITF appeal case
On 10 December the Government of Republic of Korea will decide the appeal case of Captain Jasprit Chawla and Chief Officer Syam Chetan ex-crew of the MT Hebei Spirit. The ...
ACTU - 10 a.m. Tuesday 9th December 2008
ACTU - 10 a.m. Tuesday 9th December 2008
1 month ago
Coalition is being loose with the truth over IR, say unions
The Coalition is trying to hold onto WorkChoices by engaging in a campaign of exaggeration and distortion over industrial relations, say unions. Recent comments by some of the leading advocates ...
ACTU - 10 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
ACTU - 10 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
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 - 10 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
ACTU - 10 a.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
1 month, 1 week ago
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 - 11 p.m. Friday 28th November 2008
The Australian - opinion - 11 p.m. Friday 28th November 2008
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The union movement launches a national television advertsing campaign this week ... targetting Malcolm Turnbull. (audio)
ACTU President Sharan Burrow tells Steve Chase says the ads are designed to pressure the opposition on new federal workplace laws
ABC NewsRadio politics - 7:45 a.m. Monday 24th November 2008
ABC NewsRadio politics - 7:45 a.m. Monday 24th November 2008
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Unions contribute to G20 debate
A crisis summit of the G20 this weekend must begin work on a more inclusive, just and democratic system for the governance of the global economy, say Australian unions. Workers, ...
ACTU - 10 a.m. Friday 14th November 2008
ACTU - 10 a.m. Friday 14th November 2008
2 months, 1 week ago
Sharan Burrow - Speech for Australian Financial Review Workplace Relations Conference - 31 October, 2008
It's a pleasure to be here and I thank the Financial Review for the invitation. Let me acknowledge that we stand on Indigenous land and I thank the elders for ...
ACTU - 10 a.m. Monday 3rd November 2008
ACTU - 10 a.m. Monday 3rd November 2008
Telstra workers let down by an industrial umpire that lacks dispute settling powers
Telstra’s workforce needs a strong industrial umpire with dispute settling powers to break the long-running stalemate over a new collective agreement, unions said today. Despite overwhelming evidence of persistent breaches ...
ACTU - 9:13 a.m. Monday 3rd November 2008
ACTU - 9:13 a.m. Monday 3rd November 2008
