UnionsACT strongly supports the existing restrictions on billboard advertising. This restriction preserves public spaces from commercial advertising (a pernicious form of privatisation), protects jobs in the tourism industry, promotes social inclusion, maintains the aesthetics of our ‘Bush Capital’ and has other economic benefits. You can download the full submission here.
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Workers will rally tomorrow, Tuesday 20 June, in Canberra to oppose the Turnbull Government’s War on Workers. Millions of working people across Australia, and tens of thousands in Canberra, have been directly impacted by the Federal Liberal Government’s hostile, anti-worker agenda. These include: Hostile public service bargaining policy that has frozen wages and cut conditions
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Unions are asking Canberrans to mark International Cleaners Day by saying “thank you” to their workplace cleaner. International Cleaners Day is held on 15 June each year. It is a day to recognise and demonstrate appreciation for the hard, often unrecognised, work that cleaners do each day. Whether it is in an office, a hospital,
Download the Submission here. UnionsACT is the peak council representing 24 unions and over 33,000 working people, their families and communities. One hundred thousand more have their conditions of employment shaped by the work of our affiliates. More than 15,000 Canberrans support the work we do through our community campaigning. We have a long and
UnionsACT research into the experiences of workers aged between 15 to 25 shows that half of all young workers have worked in unsafe workplaces and 70 percent of all young workers have experienced bullying and harassment. Download the report here. The research found that: Half of young people aged 15 to 25 had been placed
International Workers Memorial Day will be commemorated in Canberra on Friday 28 April at the National Workers Memorial Day at 10:30am. The commemoration is part of national and global ceremonies to recognise the tragedy of workplace accidents and deaths, the vast majority of which are preventable. In Australia, 178 workers were killed in 2016, almost four
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Modelling by the Australian Council of Trade Unions has cost of penalty rates cuts for minimum-wage workers in the ACT as a result of the proposed cuts to penalty rates. ACT workers in the retail, hospitality and fast food industries would have their wages decreased by $527,000 over the Easter Long-Weekend. Australia-wide, this reduction in
UnionsACT is hosting a May Day Dinner on 28 April. May Day celebrates the achievements of working people and organised labour. As with previous years, the May Day Dinner will
See updated media release here. The recently released report by Safe Work Australia shows that the ACT is the least safe jurisdiction in Australia to work, with injury rates in the private sector increasing by 25.5 percent since 2011. Rates of injury in the ACT during the most recent reporting period are at 12.3 serious
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