The pay boost will help workers catch up on some of what they’ve lost over the past five years of the inflation fight and keeps real wages moving in the ongoing effort to rebuild living standards.

PROGRAM The Organising Works program was established in 1994 to provide affiliated unions with a younger more diverse group of organisers to organise and empower workers. Since then, more than 1,000 ...

The participation rate of women in the Australian workforce has once again reached record highs of 63.4 per cent, according to today’s ABS Labour Force statistics. The April 2025 figures show ...

The ACTU welcomes the re-election of the Albanese Labor Government, and we look forward to working with them to ensure working people continue to see real wage growth, increased job security, and safe ...

The Coalition’s long-awaited election costings reveal a $1.2 billion cut to programs aimed at Australia’s working women. The Coalition’s costings lay bare $1.2 billion in funding cuts to programs that ...

New polling released today reveals that Australian men aged 18 to 24 are the demographic most likely to believe that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is acting in the best interests of working men. The ...

The Coalition’s only plan for women is to remove access to affordable childcare by reintroducing the childcare activity test if elected. This will result in parents throughout Australia losing ...

Australian Unions say Peter Dutton’s apparent backflip on forcing workers back to the office five days a week does not mean that access to flexible work would be safe under a future Coalition ...

Australia’s response to Donald Trump’s tariff announcement must prioritise protecting and growing local jobs. Australian Unions welcome the Federal Government’s worker-focused response to the ...

Australian Unions have branded Coalition Leader, Peter Dutton’s Budget reply as abandoning workers’ wage growth and job security. The Opposition Leader didn’t mention the word ‘wages’ once in his ...

Australian Unions warn that the Coalition Leader’s plan to ban work-from-home arrangements in the public sector will reduce women’s job opportunities and drive down productivity. Nearly one million ...