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The Latest Breaking News from Australian Council of Trade Unions

Labor suspends affiliation with construction arm of CFMEU

Anthony Albanese says the government had acted fast in taking ‘strongest possible action’ against alleged corruption

The Guardian - AU

Peak union slams mining profits as workers struggle

Mining profits have jumped nearly 200 per cent in a decade while workers' wages have gone backwards, Australian Council of Trade Unions research shows.

AAP

Shorten attacks Robert’s links to lobbyist – as it happened

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Unions call for energy transition authority to help workers exiting fossil fuel sector

Australian Council of Trade Unions chief, Michele O’Neil, will argue for retraining, redeployment and compensation programs

The Guardian - AU

ACTU says partnerships in transition will be essential

The Australian Council of Trade Unions believes strong partnerships between regional communities and a future National Transition Authority would be essential to achieving a just and effective clean energy transition in places like the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Child care, enterprise bargaining top jobs and skills summit agenda

Here's a quick wrap of developments from the jobs and skills summit that's underway in the nation's capital.

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Albanese government to commit to multi-employer bargaining despite business concerns

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says ‘sufficient common ground’ has been reached at jobs summit although employer groups fear industry-wide strike action

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Labor pledges ‘immediate’ workplace changes at jobs summit – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: unions and business find common ground, house prices plummet, Nationals overlook women

Thursday: Today’s jobs summit opens with broad consensus on three big-ticket policies. Plus: seven pictures of Boris Johnson looking daft

The Guardian - AU

Why unions and small business want industry bargaining from the jobs summit – and big business doesn't

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.

The Conversation

Employment Minister Tony Burke 'really interested' in multi-employer bargaining proposal as jobs summit looms

Employment Minister Tony Burke has expressed strong interest in a proposal put forward by the Australian Council of Trade Unions for multi-employer bargaining, saying he wants to see the idea "fleshed out".

ABC News

Jobs summit must endorse sector-wide pay claims to lift wages, unions say

Sally McManus says industry-level bargaining across workplaces essential to address Australia’s wages crisis

The Guardian - AU

There's one big reason wages are stagnating: the enterprise bargaining system is broken, and in terminal decline

Real wages in Australia have been stagnating for the better part of a decade. Now, with higher inflation, they’re declining. So what can the new Albanese government, having campaigned hard on the previous government’s failures, do about it?

The Conversation

Family and domestic violence paid leave on the political agenda after Fair Work Commission decision

Millions of workers are set to get access to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave after an in-principle decision by the Fair Work Commission. But advocates say not everyone will benefit.

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Election 2022: Anthony Albanese backs 5.1% minimum wage rise to keep pace with inflation

Labor leader says he ‘absolutely’ supports increase, after earlier declining to commit to figure pushed by unions

ABC News

Sydney news: Union says Qantas deal could slash staff wages in half

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) accuses Qantas of trying to "force through" a deal that could slash wages by 50 per cent for staff.

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