Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus Friday 18 August, 2017 Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus “In order to distract from their own chaos and incompetence, the Turnbull Government needs to always have a Bill on hand to attack working people and their unions. The attacks become more extreme and bizarre as each new poll…
ACTU Media Release: Wages are going backwards. The rules at work are broken Thursday 17 August, 2017 Australian workers’ wages are not keeping up with the cost of living and over a million working people are underemployed, figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveal. The cost of living is growing 16 per…
*BREAKING NEWS!* Solar Thermal for Port Augusta Media release from Jay Weatherill, Premier of South Australia, Monday 14 August, 2017 Today, we are taking another massive step forward in delivering our plan for reliable, affordable and clean power for all South Australians. My Government is backing a world-leading renewable energy project – a solar…
Senate inquiry into non-confirming building products 11 August, 2017 On Monday 31 July, 2017, CEPU SA Assistant Secretary Simon Pisoni appeared before the Senate Inquiry into non-conforming building products. The submission focused on the importation of asbestos building products endangering the well-being of members and the wider community. Click here to read the transcript of…
Real action on energy prices needed, not hollow talk fest Wednesday 9 August, 2017 Today’s meeting in Canberra with the big energy retailers has descended into farce, with the Energy Minister lamenting as “ridiculous” the market rules for which he has been responsible for two full years. The rules are broken for the people that…
7-Eleven wage theft scandal continues: $19,000 more stolen from workers Tuesday 25 July, 2017 In the latest development in the 7-Eleven wage theft scandal, a former franchisee has been found to have underpaid eight workers $19,937, including one worker who was underpaid a staggering $14,000 over two years. Wage theft has become a business model…
SA Power Networks under Hadgkiss’ Building Code On the 15th of February this year, Michaelia Cash gave express assurances to the Australian Senate that Essential Services would be exempted from the ABCC’s Building Code. These assurances have now been broken. To remind our political representatives of this CEPU National Secretary Allen Hicks recently sent the…
1SAPN Update 1, 7 July 2017 1SAPN, 1Deal Members, I wanted to let you all know how the first week of the campaign against the ABCC Building Code has progressed and what the next few weeks of the campaign looks like. As many of you already know, this campaign is a result of the Australian…
CEPU SA lobby SA Government for licensing of Labour Hire Industry The CEPU SA, led by State Secretary John Adley, have been lobbying Jay Weatherill’s State Government for some time regarding the licensing of the Labour Hire Industry and we have received some great news, as contained in the attached letter from the Deputy Premier…
Union legal challenge to Turnbull Gov building code progresses to Federal Court hearing MEDIA RELEASE Friday, 30 June 2017 Union legal challenge to Turnbull Gov building code progresses to Federal Court hearing. The Federal Court today confirmed that the first legal challenge to the Turnbull Government’s controversial building industry code would proceed to a hearing.…