In recent weeks, UnionsACT has been contacted by numerous workers (and employers) asking about their rights while Canberra is blanketed in smoke from the bush fires. The haze and air pollution from the bush fires over December and January is a workplace health and safety matter. Health officials in Australia and internationally confirm that there …
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UnionsACT has become aware that a domain, “canberraliberals.org” has been registered, with a copy of, or redirect to, our Dump Zed website. The domain has been registered anonymously in the US by Savvy Investments LLC. The copied website includes a false authorisation, ascribed to UnionsACT. UnionsACT has no involvement with, or knowledge of, the registration …
It would take the average Canberran 104 years to earn what a CEO gets paid in a single year. Australia’s top chief executives are paid an average of $5.2 million — or 103 times more than the average Canberran. In Canberra, it would take the average worker 59 years to earn what an average 100 top corporate CEO …
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In 2003, UnionsACT received funding for an Occupational Health and Safety Officer. The role of the funding is to promote WHS awareness, particularly in private sector workplaces, to provide advice on WHS legislation and issues, and to encourage WHS training by employees and employers. The funding supported a position that provided highly regarded training for …
UnionsACT acknowledges that it works on the land of the Ngunnawal people, and we pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.
Authorised M Harrison for UnionsACT, 11 London Circuit, Canberra.