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Regional workers first to have say on ‘dangerous’ changes to workplace law
Regional Queensland workers are preparing their case against the Morrison Government’s proposed workplace law changes when the legislation comes before a Senate inquiry in Townsville on February 8. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Michael Clifford said the dangerous new ...
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Research project examines future of “working from home”
In March this year COVID meant that many Queenslanders started working from home. Restrictions are now easing and a partial or complete return to work has occurred for many. Should the option to work from home be extended generally and, ...
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Deliberate wage theft can now end in jail time for dodgy bosses
Deliberate wage theft will now be a criminal offence in Queensland after laws passed through State Parliament today. Queensland Council of Unions Assistant General Secretary Jacqueline King welcomed the new laws, saying making wage theft a crime would send a ...
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Young workers don’t need a hug – they need secure jobs
ABC Chair Ita Buttrose has drawn fire today for her overnight attack on young workers saying they lack resilience and “need hugging”. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Michael Clifford said that young workers have been at the pointy end ...
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Retail and pharmacy workers have their pay cut while Morrison sleeps easy
Thousands of Queensland workers in retail and pharmacy outlets start the financial year staring at another pay cut for working weekends. Low-paid retail and pharmacy workers on awards – estimated to number around 90,000 in Queensland - will again have ...
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State government introduces legislation to defer wage rises
The State Government introduced legislation yesterday to defer public sector workers’ wage rises for the 2020-2021 financial year. This follows the Premier’s announcement on April 2 that everything is “on hold” in relation to public sector pay rises and public ...
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Prosecutor urged to appeal against suspended sentences for guilty directors
Queensland Unions have called on the Work Health and Safety prosecutor to appeal the suspended prison sentences imposed yesterday on two company directors found guilty of industrial manslaughter. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Michael Clifford said the suspension of ...
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Organising with health and safety
The QCU and Safe Work College are introducing a new 1 day Connected Delivery Course ‘Using Work Health and Safety to Organise Qld Workplaces’, a course for union organisers. Every workplace has WHS issues, from psychological risks, manual handling, to ...
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Federal government underspend blunder should open Jobkeeper to more casuals
The federal government’s $60 billion underspend on JobKeeper funding now means it has no excuse to continue excluding casual workers, university staff, employees in the arts and entertainment, and temporary visa workers. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Michael Clifford ...
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Unions blast federal government’s moves to overturn casual paid leave win
Queensland Unions have today slammed the federal government’s enthusiasm to spend taxpayer dollars on a legal appeal that would strip away rights from casual workers. The Federal Court yesterday ruled to protect the rights of working people who are labelled ...
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Unions call for compulsory Mental Health Code of Practice
Queensland Unions are calling for an enforceable mental health code of practice for all Queensland workplaces as communities confront challenges from the psychosocial hazards at work compounded by the psychological impact of coronavirus and bushfires. This year’s Workers’ Memorial Day ...
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Government cracks down on agents pressuring jobless tenants over super
Queensland Unions have applauded state government moves to prohibit real estate agents from pressuring jobless tenants to access super to pay rental arrears. The Palaszczuk government announcement made today supports earlier calls from Queensland Unions for real estate agents to ...
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Jobless tenants pressured to use super for rent, risking disastrous outcomes
Disturbing evidence has emerged of real estate agents pressuring jobless tenants to access their retirement savings before considering rental reductions due to COVID-19. Queensland Unions received a copy of a mass email this week clearly outlining an agency’s insistence that ...
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Joint statement from QCU & CCIQ supporting wage subsidy guarantee
The two largest peak bodies representing working people and business in Queensland have joined forces to seek urgent additional support for working people and businesses across the state and have written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The Chamber of Commerce ...
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Unions welcome focus on redeploying workers into critical industries
Queensland Unions have welcomed the State Government’s focus on redirecting jobless workers into areas impacted by labour shortages due to the impact of COVID-19. The Palaszczuk government has today announced that $500M of a total $2.5B coronavirus response package will ...
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Petition calls for paid special leave in wake of COVID-19 job losses
Next week federal Parliament returns and Queensland workers will join other Australians who want to put a huge petition in front of Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The petition wants Parliament to pass laws that give all workers – especially casuals ...
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Workers put community health and safety first in cancelling Labour Day events
Queensland Unions have put community health and safety foremost in today’s decision to cancel 2020 Labour Day marches due to concerns about coronavirus. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Michael Clifford said the union movement was taking responsible and measured ...
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Morrison abandons casual and contract workers
Casual workers and those in insecure jobs have been left cruelly exposed by Scott Morrison’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, says Australia's peak union body. Despite the undeniable financial crisis many Australian workers are confronting, LNP Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...
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QCU calls for intervention to reduce the superannuation gender gap
The continuing gender pay gap is dramatically reducing the quality of life for older single women and directly contributing to increasing homelessness for women aged over 55. Queensland Council of Unions Assistant General Secretary Jacqueline King said International Women’s Day ...
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Unions welcome laws to bring wage theft into state’s Criminal Code
Queensland Unions have welcomed today’s state government announcement of legislation making deliberate wage theft a criminal offence, vindicating an intense union campaign to stamp out worker exploitation. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Michael Clifford said making wage theft a ...
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Workers must be at centre of Coronavirus response
Queensland Unions say workers must be at the centrepiece of any national Coronavirus response action, including assistance for employees without paid leave. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Michael Clifford said workers in casual employment had no paid sick leave ...
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Solidarity with all those affected by our bushfire crisis
Australians affected by the bushfire crisis ongoing since mid 2019 are finding these days among the most challenging of their lives.
The scope and impact of these fires are unprecedented, and their effects will be felt many years into the ...
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The scope and impact of these fires are unprecedented, and their effects will be felt many years into the ...
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Workers urged to check wages over Christmas break
Queensland Unions have urged workers this Christmas break to check they are receiving their correct wages and entitlements as Australia’s wage theft crisis grows. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Michael Clifford says more and more workers were speaking out ...
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Wage growth forecast exposes Morrison government’s smoke screen
Today’s revelations about slowing wage growth have exposed the Morrison government’s blatant attack on workers and unions to take the heat off its woeful record on wages. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Michael Clifford said the mid-year economic forecast ...
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QCU heads into 2020 with new leadership team and renewed focus
Queensland Unions have a new leadership team heading into 2020 with a renewed focus on fighting for secure jobs and decent wages for Queensland workers. Former assistant general secretary Michael Clifford was elected unopposed to the General Secretary position. Kate ...
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Unions welcome 3 per cent boost in state wage case decision
Queensland Unions have welcomed a state wage case decision for a three per cent pay rise reflecting widespread calls to lift wages to boost Australia’s flagging economy. The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission has ruled that all rates of pay in ...
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Queensland Unions gravely concerned at protest laws
Queensland Unions are gravely concerned about increasing police search powers in response to climate change protests, saying it opens the door to future amendments which would see protest rights or civil liberties further diminished. Queensland Council of Unions Acting General ...
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Public sector pay sweetener is a bitter reminder of LNP’s poor record on wage growth
Queensland Unions say the one-off bonus payment to sweeten state public sector wage deals is a bitter reminder of the federal LNP government’s atrocious record on wages growth. Queensland Council of Unions Acting General Secretary Michael Clifford said the $1250 ...
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Anti-union laws favour law-breaking businesses over workers’ rights
The Morrison LNP government’s current legislative attack on unions will open the door for rogue employers to act without fear of punishment, unions say. A Senate inquiry hearing today in Brisbane into the federal Coalition’s Ensuring Integrity legislation will hear ...
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Health and safety survey shows national action should follow Qld lead
A national survey on workplace health and safety released today shows widespread worker support for national legislation similar to Queensland’s industrial manslaughter laws.
The national survey of more than 26,000 working people responded to questions about their experiences of work health ...
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The national survey of more than 26,000 working people responded to questions about their experiences of work health ...
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QCU welcomes new Industrial Relations Commission appointments
The Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) welcomes today’s announcement by Minister for Education and Industrial Relations Hon Grace Grace of four new appointments to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC). In particular, QCU Senior Vice President and State Secretary of ...
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PM Morrison scores $11,000 pay rise while workers cop penalty rates cut
Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday scored an $11,000 pay rise while some of Queensland’s lowest paid workers copped a further cut to their yearly income. That’s the ongoing impact of the LNP government’s support for cuts to penalty rates for ...
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Vale Ron Monaghan, former QCU General Secretary
Queensland workers are mourning the loss of former Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ron Monaghan, a brave fighter for workers’ rights who died yesterday after a battle with cancer. Mr Monaghan, 65, had a distinguished career in the demanding ...
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80,000 Queenslanders take part in Labour Day activities
An estimated 80,000 workers and supporters gathered at Labour Day events over the weekend calling to change the rules for secure jobs, fair pay rises and restoration of penalty rates. There were around 20 events held across Queensland for the ...
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International Workers’ Memorial Day 2019
By Ros McLennan, General Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions International Workers’ Memorial Day (Sunday 28 April 2019) is a time to remember workers who have died, become ill or injured because of work and a chance to renew focus on ...
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Meet Neil Rogers – Change the Rules Activist
Neil Rogers is a long-time Change the Rules activist in Forde - a federal seat based to the south of Brisbane including locations like Beenleigh, Eagleby and parts of Logan. Retired now, Neil splits his time volunteering for a wide ...
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Unions back recommendation to jail dodgy employers for wage theft
Queensland Unions have backed an in-principle recommendation to jail dodgy employers who deliberately or recklessly underpay workers. The recommendation was one of 17 contained in the State Government’s response to a Parliamentary committee inquiry into wage theft released today. Queensland ...
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Workers at Qld Children’s Hospital Rally for Fair Pay
A rally by Queensland unions was held at midday outside the Queensland Children’s Hospital in South Brisbane in support of United Voice workers fighting against wage theft.
Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said the stand taken ...
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Morrison government caught short on “permanent casual” case
Queensland Unions say the Morrison government cannot be trusted to change industrial relations to the benefit of workers. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan joined condemnation of the plan being floated today by federal Jobs and Industrial Relations ...
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Twenty thousand Brisbane workers rally to Change the Rules
Tens of thousands of workers turned out today in Brisbane in a show of community support to change the rules to address growing inequality in Australia. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said Queensland workers were concerned that ...
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Wage theft inquiry report calls for criminalisation
Queensland Unions have welcomed today’s Parliamentary inquiry report which recommends criminalising wage theft and changing laws to make it easier for workers to reclaim stolen wages. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said the scourge of wage theft ...
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Ad campaign in Queensland building to national rallies to Change the Rules
The peak body for working people has launched a month-long advertising campaign calling on Queenslanders to join national action for change. Television and radio ads started yesterday in Queensland electorates, with regional rallies in October culminating in a major Brisbane ...
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Are we all prepared to pay the price for proper wages? (SMH)
"In a fragmented industry largely unencumbered by regulators or unions, there appears to be little fear of being caught out doing the wrong thing." ...
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Young women more likely to be exploited at work than men: report (Canberra Times)
Unions ACT have launched a report on the experiences of young women in the workplace, which finds young women were more likely than their male counterparts to be casual or underpaid at work. More than 200 young people were surveyed, ...
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Shocking stories of wage theft support QCU’s criminalisation call
Criminalising wage theft and creating an industrial division of the Magistrates Court are two of several measures recommended in the QCU’s submission to the Queensland Parliament’s inquiry into wage theft. Public hearings for the Inquiry begin today and the Queensland ...
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Unions say Longman voters reject Turnbull’s flawed plan
Queensland Unions say today’s byelection win to Labor’s Susan Lamb in Longman shows the LNP has lost the referendum on which priorities are important to Australians. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said Longman voters showed they wanted ...
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Unions say fund Longman schools and hospitals before giving billions to banks
Unions will continue their focus on funding for schools and hospitals not billions for big business and the banks as the Longman by-election enters its final days. Workers and their families have been a central part of the combined union ...
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Young Workers Hub launches in Queensland to educate and support young workers
The Queensland Council of Unions has today launched an education, support and campaigning organisation for young workers. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said it was important to connect young people who may be having similar experiences at ...
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Unions welcome Shorten announcement on labour hire
Unions have welcomed the announcement that if elected a Shorten Labor Government would introduce legislation to regulate labour hire. “For too long we have seen the business model being used where labour hire forces down labour costs at the workers’ ...
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Dodgy labour hire operators on notice from 15 June
Workers and unions have another weapon in the battle against underpayment and exploitation from tomorrow (15 June) when labour hire provider licences become mandatory in Queensland. From 15 June 2018, all labour hire providers in Queensland must be licensed or ...
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2018-19 State Budget is mixed bag for secure jobs in regions
Queensland Unions have welcomed the 2018-19 State Budget for its continued focus on frontline services but say any public infrastructure funding must provide long-term benefits for regional communities. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan applauded record spending on ...
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Minimum wage boost is a step towards major goal of Change the Rules
Today’s announcement of a 3.5 per cent increase or $24.32 per week to the minimum wage will still leave some full-time workers struggling to put food on the table. A major goal of the union movement’s Change the Rules campaign ...
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Wage theft inquiry vote shows where LNP stands on worker rights
Queensland Unions expect the recently announced parliamentary wage theft inquiry will be swamped by underpaid and ripped-off workers. State Parliament last night passed a motion for an inquiry into wage theft, with all LNP members voting against. It will report ...
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Why do unions march on Labour Day? (Brisbane Times)
Why march on Labour Day? What is the point? Why take to the streets with thousands of other Queenslanders and demand to change the rules? It’s about returning the “fair go” to Australia. Profits for big business are going up and ...
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Unions seek tougher workplace safety laws on Workers’ Memorial Day
Unions will use Workers’ Memorial Day to renew calls to scrap the Australian Building and Construction Commission and replace it with national legislation based on Queensland’s health and safety laws. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said workplace ...
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Profits should never come before lives
This opinion piece appeared in the Brisbane Times on Thursday, 26 April under the heading "Too many workers are killed on the job in Australia" ... By Ros McLennan, General Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions A fundamental right we all ...
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Change The Rules moves into next phase
Queensland unions will use the state’s Labour Day celebrations to push ahead with a national campaign to change the rules and give working Australians more secure jobs and fair pay rises. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said ...
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Changing the Rules for a better life for working women
Changing the rules around work for women continues to be a major focus for Queensland unions. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan says International Women’s Day today (8 March) is an opportunity to highlight how the work-life collision ...
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The Eureka flag ban proves the system is broken
This article has been published on the New Daily website - you can view it here: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2018/02/20/eureka-flag-ban/ --- It’s a poor return on investment when the brightest idea your well-paid construction watchdog executives can produce to improve workplace safety is a ...
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Questions already over new LNP leader’s economic credentials
Queensland Unions have questioned the economic credentials of new LNP leader Deb Frecklington after her recent comments about jobless rates during the Bjelke-Petersen government years. Queensland Council of Unions Assistant General Secretary Michael Clifford said Frecklington falls for the same ...
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Queensland voters opt for stability and certainty over chaos
Queenslanders have shown their support for a government that has created jobs, restored frontline services and retained public assets over an unstable and chaotic LNP/One Nation Coalition government with a cut, sack and sell agenda, says Queensland Council of Unions ...
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Queensland Unions urge voters to “Put One Nation Last”
Queensland Unions’ field campaign is in full swing, in the final sprint to the state election on 25 November. Dedicated target seat coordinators are on the ground, working with a strong network of union members and community supporters, as the ...
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Queensland’s choice: jobs & public assets, or cut, sack & sell
Unions say this state election is a choice between a government creating jobs, restoring frontline services and business confidence without selling off public assets - or a recycled LNP leader with an agenda to cut, sack and sell. Queensland Council ...
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Renewable energy needs to inspire its workers with a future
Queensland unions say investment in renewables should occur but must also guarantee good, secure jobs if it is to provide long-lasting benefits to the state. Queensland Council of Unions Assistant General Secretary Michael Clifford today told a major summit that ...
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Unions applaud passing of new law of industrial manslaughter
Queensland unions say the new offence of industrial manslaughter passed today through Parliament will be a deterrent to make sure that companies don’t cut corners and put profits ahead of people. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said ...
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Federal Court decision sparks wage cut fears for Queensland workers
Hundreds of thousands of Queensland workers are fearful they’re next for a wage cut after today’s Federal Court decision not to overturn the Fair Work Commission’s to cut weekend and public holiday penalty rates. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary ...
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Nicholls ‘Buy Local’ will crash tackle regional wages and conditions
Tim Nicholls and the LNP’s attempt to match Labor’s Buy Queensland policy will replay the disastrous unemployment scoreboard from the days of the Campbell Newman government. Queensland Council of Unions Assistant Secretary Michael Clifford said the Nicholls’ gameplan to give ...
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Queensland now first state with labour hire laws to clean up industry
Queensland is now the first Australian state with mandatory licensing for labour hire operators after union-backed laws passed State Parliament today. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said regulating the labour hire industry was necessary to stamp out ...
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Unions vow to stand up (again) to keep baby Asha safe
Queensland unions say the federal Turnbull LNP government’s latest attack on asylum seekers is a desperate tactic to distract from its self-inflicted wounds. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said the union movement stood against the Turnbull government ...
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Australia is a nation of working carers, new study finds
Queensland Unions are joining an Australia-wide campaign to improve the lives of employees juggling work with caring and parenting responsibilities. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) today released survey results showing 85 per cent of working Australians also have ...
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Unions support new offence of industrial manslaughter
Queensland unions have welcomed the state government’s move to create the new offence of industrial manslaughter to deter negligent employers who operate unsafe workplaces. The new offence is one of 58 recommendations from a wide-ranging review into workplace deaths, to ...
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Unions urge members to check roll and tick yes in marriage poll
Queensland Unions are urging members to check their enrolment and to vote ‘yes’ in the upcoming marriage equality postal survey. Rolls close on 24 August and unions want to make sure that all those who want to have their say ...
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Queensland Unions will fight election campaign on secure jobs
Queensland unions will fight on the battleground of secure jobs after statewide workers’ forums endorsed this election campaign focus at a final Congress meeting in Brisbane today. Union members, delegates and leaders identified job creation and insecure employment in regional ...
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Unions slam Aurizon decision to abandon regional Qld workers
Queensland unions have slammed rail operator Aurizon for abandoning regional Queensland workers after its announcement of 300 job losses at facilities throughout central and northern Queensland ...
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Queensland unions welcome move to safer workplaces
Queensland unions have welcomed a state government proposal to introduce an offence of “negligence causing death” as part of a wide-ranging review into workplace deaths. See the government statement here. QCU General Secretary Ros McLennan said it would act as ...
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Queensland unions welcome move to safer workplaces
Queensland unions have welcomed a state government proposal to introduce an offence of “negligence causing death” as part of a wide-ranging review into workplace deaths ...
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Penalty rate cuts to hurt thousands of families in regional Queensland
Workers in regional Queensland will lose almost $150 million a year in disposable income a year due the Turnbull Government’s decision to support cutting penalty rates – according to new analysis by the McKell Institute released today ...
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On Labour Day, Unions welcome laws to clean up labour hire industry
Queensland unions have welcomed the announcement on Labour Day of state government plans to license labour hire firms. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan says regulating the labour hire industry is necessary to stamp out those rogue operators ...
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Thousands turn out for #EnoughisEnough rally to protect penalty rates, safety
Thousands of workers and community members turned out at today’s national rally against the federal Coalition’s continuing attacks on workers. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said there was widespread anger over cuts to penalty rates and increasing ...
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‘I rely on weekends to pay my bills’: How taking away Sunday penalty rates will hurt workers (SMH)
Queensland Council of Unions general secretary Ros McLennan said the FWC decision was a "game changer" for industrial relations in Australia. "The independent umpire makes decisions based on the rules they are given," she said. "These rules are contained in ...
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Decision means pay cut for low paid workers
The Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) decision to radically cut Sunday and public holiday pay will hurt more than 400,000 Queensland workers ...
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The apology you make when you … really want to sell public assets
The only thing voters learnt from Tim Nicholls’ apology today is that his sales pitch to sell public assets will be slicker, especially in regional Queensland, if he’s given another chance in government. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros ...
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Dirty Senate deal on building code to hit safety, jobs and training
The LNP’s backdoor deal today with Senate crossbenchers on a national building code will reduce safety, increase casual and insecure employment and mean fewer Queensland workers on local construction sites. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said the ...
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Queensland workers need a pay rise, not a pay cut
Queensland Unions have welcomed the Labor Party’s firm commitment to protecting the wages of millions of workers who sacrifice their weekends for the benefit of our economy. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan today said employer groups have ...
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Toowoomba event honours Emma Miller, legend for working women
One hundred years after her death in Toowoomba, labour legend Emma Miller and her hat-pin are still making news in the Garden City. On Friday 20 January local union members will join with other prominent state and national labour movement ...
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Andrew Laming deserves an “F” for his remarks about teachers
Andrew Laming, the federal member for Bowman, was very quick to retreat after he posted this clanger on his Facebook page: Are teachers back at work this week, or are they 'lesson planning' from home? Let me know exactly. Following ...
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Turnbull protecting penalty rates would be a ‘Christmas miracle’
A promise to protect current penalty rates would be the most useful guarantee the Turnbull LNP government could give to Australian workers this Christmas ...
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Murdoch University’s disgraceful move
Western Australia's Murdoch University has applied to the Fair Work Commission to terminate the Enterprise Agreement with its staff so that it has the ability to return its workers to Award minimums in an unprecedented move more like the actions ...
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Unions make another push to expand DV leave before COAG
Unions today used a roundtable event to renew calls to expand minimum domestic violence leave provisions as Australia approaches the season when violent incidents increase. Today’s event wraps up 16 days of focused workplace activities to address the community scourge ...
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CUB dispute over!
Queensland union members can feel proud of their role in supporting justice and fairness for the reinstated #CUB55 brewery workers, today invited back to work after 180 days off the job ...
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Aged Care Workers and Supporters ask for Blue Care to Be Fair
Hundreds of workers from Blue Care/Wesley Mission Brisbane - and their supporters – stage a rally in the centre of Brisbane today to demand respect for their work and the end to the squeeze on their wages, time and work/life ...
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Workers and their unions instrumental in improved state IR laws
Queensland’s workers and union members have been instrumental in the new laws passed overnight cleaning up the industrial relations chaos left by the Newman LNP government ...
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Joyce reveals his ignorance on regional meatworking jobs
A government that prefers to use and abuse an itinerant workforce of temporary work visa holders rather than create conditions for sustainable, decent, well-paying jobs for workers in regional Australia ...
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Senators must know why workplace safety is first priority for unions and members
Australians remain sceptical about federal government motivations to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission despite the Coalition’s almost daily calls in Parliament and the media ...
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Frequently Asked Questions about the ABCC
The Australian Building and Construction Commission (the ABCC) was a watchdog over the construction industry set up by the Howard government in 2005. It monitored the sector and enforced civil workplace laws such as restrictions on unlawful industrial action and ...
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Federal government must take action to stop the exploitation of foreign workers
The systemic, endemic and rife exploitation of foreign workers in Australia is continuing unabated, despite combined efforts by journalists and unions to shine a light on the nefarious practices of some businesses and labour-hire companies ...
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Unions push for nation to follow Qld company’s domestic violence stance
Queensland unions congratulate and highlight a major Queensland company’s efforts in a national campaign to enshrine minimum family and domestic leave entitlements into national employment standards ...
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10-day Caltex Strike a success for NUW members
Caltex members, who had taken indefinite industrial action at the company’s lubricants facility in Lytton, Queensland, have won a deal that will see changes to their salary including a reduction in hours worked, annual wage increases and increased penalties ...
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PPL changes hit vulnerable young families
The federal Coalition can expect a major community campaign for putting tax cuts for millionaires and corporations ahead of paid parental leave for young families, Queensland unions say ...
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State government should follow SA lead on labour hire licensing
Queensland unions want the State Government to follow South Australia’s lead and introduce licensing of labour hire firms ...
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Rally highlights need for inquiry into corporate attack on wages and conditions
Concerns over a concerted corporate strategy to erode workers’ wages and conditions sparked yesterday’s thousand-strong community march to Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) headquarters in Fortitude Valley ...
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It’s Time For Equal Pay for Early Educators
Early childhood educators are some of the lowest paid professionals in Australia. Why? Because 95% of us are women. So with Equal Pay Day just around the corner, we recorded the above message, calling on Malcolm Turnbull to fix this by ...
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IR silence will drive voters to put the LNP last
Malcolm Turnbull’s silence on Productivity Commission recommendations to cut penalty rates and introduce enterprise contracts will drive more Queenslanders to put the LNP last in tomorrow’s federal election. Queensland unions say the federal Coalition – despite calling the election on ...
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Apprentice numbers plummet under LNP
The Abbott/Turnbull Government has ripped funding out of apprenticeship programs, skills training and TAFE – more than $1 billion from apprenticeships alone since taking office. The resulting catastrophic drop in the number of apprentices learning their trade stands as a ...
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