Australian Council of Trade Unions

Just about everywhere you look, there are worsening signs that Australia is no longer the lucky country.From record-high rents to skyrocketing mortgages, a cost-of-living crisis to the alarming emergence of a ‘working poor’ population, the…

A farming expert has slammed a sneaky supermarket trick allowing major food giants to pass off normal business practices as “Christmas gifts” amid a dire price gouging crisis rocking the nation.Brendan O’Keeffe’s comments on the shocking…

Remote work is poised to be one of the most prominent industrial relations issues for the next decade as more employers seek to limit the ability to work from home. New research has shown that employers are pushing harder for workers to get…

Thousands of CFMEU workers marched through central Sydney on Thursday morning, calling for a ban on dangerous engineered stone that union leaders have labelled a “death sentence” for thousands of stonemasons. The unionists walked off the…

Social justice advocates have hit back at Ben Fordham over his stoush with unemployed Melburnian Jez Heywood, accusing the 2GB host of “bullying” and “scapegoating” the less fortunate.Fordham last week told the 47-year-old to “get a job”,…

An unemployed Melburnian who complained about the $20-a-week increase to JobSeeker has hit back after experiencing a wave of backlash over his criticism of Australia’s welfare system.Graphic designer Jez Heywood, 47, last week told The…

Australians earning the minimum wage would get a raise in line with inflation if the national workplace umpire follows Labor’s recommendation.The Albanese government has confirmed it will back a wage increase for Australia’s lowest paid…

Millions of Australians could receive a seven per cent wage boost should a bold proposal from the peak union body be adopted. The Australian Council of Trade Unions have urged the Fair Work Commission to lift the minimum hourly rate for…

Australia’s top union boss has slammed the Reserve Bank as being out of touch with the rest of the country and driving low income earners into financial ruin. It comes after the RBA brought up the cash rate by 25 basis points on Tuesday,…

Labor Senator Tony Sheldon has accused Qantas of “mongrel corporate gorillaship” and suggested airline boss Alan Joyce is a greedy ape who is not prepared to “share his bananas”.The former union boss has unloaded on the flying kangaroo’s…