THE ACTU says the Federal Government should stop the Ceiling Insulation Stimulus Scheme until major improvements are made to its safety, training and licensing standards.
01/12/2009
THE ACTU has launched its ‘Don’t Risk Second Rate Safety’ campaign, pushing for tougher national health and safety laws.
11/05/2009
ACTU says protest meetings in Sydney and Melbourne yesterday were pushing for stronger workplace health and safety laws to reduce numbers of inured or killed workers.
29/10/2009
THE TUSSLE between unions and businesses regarding the nationalised OHS laws continues, with the ACTU launching new advertisements for its cause.
16/09/2009
THE ACTU says more can be done to raise awareness about the dangers of handling and disposing asbestos products and to protect its exposure to the community.
24/11/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has made a final submission to governments on the draft of the proposed new national workplace health and safety laws.
11/11/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has blasted what it says is Australia’s poor record on workplace death and injury, pushing for a stricter duty of care to be imposed on employers.
21/07/2008
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called for urgent action to prevent workplace deaths.
01/02/2008
THE FEDERAL Government has decided to increase the death benefits for workers covered under the Comcare system from $224,494 to $400,000.
05/05/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry has attempted to debunk the claims of the ACTU in demanding changes to the national OHS laws.
11/09/2009
THE ACTU says the Home Insulation Program should be halted until it can be demonstrated that tighter safety and training standards are in place to properly protect workers.
12/02/2010
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called for the national work safety laws to have tougher penalties, so as to deter potential breaches.
07/11/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions says Australia is falling short of national OHS targets, proof that tougher harmonised laws are needed.
19/08/2009
THE ACTU says thousands of workers turned up at rallies and events in the major cities of Australia to push for stronger national health and safety laws.
02/09/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) says job fears and higher workloads have led to an epidemic of unpaid overtime.
19/11/2009
UNIONS are pushing politicians to accept amendments to the Safe Work Bill to fast-track improvements to workplace health and safety laws.
09/12/2008
THE Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) claims 1.5 million Australians may be exposed to occupational carcinogens.
30/04/2008
THE Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has continued the fight to increase the duty of care imposed on employers in the harmonised national occupational health and safety laws.
08/08/2008
AUSTRALIAN workers have grieved for the lives lost in workplaces on International Workers’ Memorial Day.
28/04/2009
THE SAFE Work Australia Bill 2008 has been amended by the Senate to increase representation and cut the powers of the minister.
20/10/2008