November 2018

This week is asbestos awareness week. Every year 4,000 Australians die of an asbestos-related disease.

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New ABS data published this week shows that union members earn more than non-union members. It pays to be a union member.

We need to #changetherules for working women.

AWU Delegates from the glass industry have met in Melbourne this week. Delegates from across Australia shared learnings, set industry-wide…

It’s the time of year when a lot of us are thinking about taking a well-earned break. Paid annual leave was first won by printing workers…

The Victorian ALP has pledged that if Labour is returned at the November 24 election they will create a new criminal offence of workplace…

The Victorian ALP has pledged to make wage theft a criminal offence for deliberate underpayment.

AWU members at ARC have got a hard-earned win after two weeks on the picket line. They won fair wage increases, delegates involved in…

The Victorian ALP has pledged procurement changes that include maximising the amount of local steel used in infrastructure work, making…

The Victorian ALP has been busy with infrastructure projects from the 70 new schools, 29 level crossings removed and the West Gate Tunnel…

Victoria’s public health system will gain more than 1100 extra nurses and midwives under a re-elected Andrews Government. The additional…

The 25th of November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and marks the beginning of the 16 Day of Activism…

Over the past five years, 3 people have been killed and 1,018 claims for injuries have been logged due to workplace incidents related to…

Employers may think that when their employees are on the road, the law of road use — not health and safety legislation — exclusively…