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.

Wages rose 3.4 per cent over the year to March, driven by strong wage increases for workers paid under collective agreements. This is the clearest sign yet that working people’s incomes are finally ...

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 ...

Australian Unions warn comments by a Tasmanian Liberal candidate reveal the full extent of a Dutton-led Government’s broad ambition to cut minimum wage rates for Australian workers. Liberal candidate ...

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 are releasing a new report today outlining how workers would be $8,700 worse off by now, if Peter Dutton had achieved his goal of blocking the Government’s major reforms to get wages ...

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 ...

Australian Unions welcome today’s announcement by the Albanese and Malinauskas governments to protect thousands of jobs at Whyalla Steelworks and safeguard the future of Australian steel manufacturing ...