Domestic violence leave in public sector, now for other workplaces
Queensland unions are campaigning hard to enshrine minimum paid family and domestic leave entitlements into National Employment Standards (NES).
Santa’s union helpers make families happy
Thank you to you, your Unions and staff for your very generous Christmas donations to the annual Vinnies Christmas appeal.
School communities take on role for refugee support
Schools, and everyone who works in them, play a vital role in supporting refugees, people seeking asylum and people from a refugee or asylum seeker background.
Ringing the bell for bus driver safety
Another week, another assault on a bus driver. Enough is enough!
Cut the Cuts: Attack on Kindergarten teachers means an increased super gap for women
C&K (Creche & Kindergarten Association), Queensland’s largest early childhood education provider, claims to be an employer of choice for women. But right now they are locked in a battle with
Hospitality United takes shape
December 5 was a time to give the Hospo workers a night off and let them enjoy a drink for the launch of United Voice's new campaign for Queensland's Hospitality
New wage calculator shows if you are being ripped off.
Now the union movement has an online calculator to find out if bosses are underpaying and ripping off their workers.
Black Lung, the battle we thought we’d won
For decades, the Australian coal mining industry had boasted that it had eradicated the scourge of “black lung”. But that claim has been shattered as more and more instances of
New Industrial Relations laws mean a return to fairness
Queensland’s workers have been instrumental in agitating new laws passed last month cleaning up the industrial relations chaos left by the Newman LNP government and restore fairness to Queensland's industrial
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