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Canberrans asked to show appreciation for 1000s of office cleaners on International Cleaners Day

Unions are asking Canberrans to mark International Cleaners Day by saying “thank you” to their workplace cleaner. International Cleaners Day is held on 15 June each year. It is a day to recognise and demonstrate appreciation for the hard, often unrecognised, work that cleaners do each day. Whether it is in an office, a hospital,

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Half of all ACT young workers have experienced unsafe workplaces, 70 percent have been harassed

UnionsACT research into the experiences of workers aged between 15 to 25 shows that half of all young workers have worked in unsafe workplaces and 70 percent of all young workers have experienced bullying and harassment. Download the report here. The research found that: Half of young people aged 15 to 25 had been placed

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International Workers Memorial Day: Friday 28 April 2017

International Workers Memorial Day will be commemorated in Canberra on Friday 28 April at the National Workers Memorial Day at 10:30am. The commemoration is part of national and global ceremonies to recognise the tragedy of workplace accidents and deaths, the vast majority of which are preventable. In Australia, 178 workers were killed in 2016, almost four

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ACT workers would lose $527,000 over Easter long-weekend under proposed penalty rates cuts

Modelling by the Australian Council of Trade Unions has cost of penalty rates cuts for minimum-wage workers in the ACT as a result of the proposed cuts to penalty rates. ACT workers in the retail, hospitality and fast food industries would have their wages decreased by $527,000 over the Easter Long-Weekend. Australia-wide, this reduction in

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New figures show ACT is least safe jurisdiction in Australia to work

See updated media release here. The recently released report by Safe Work Australia shows that the ACT is the least safe jurisdiction in Australia to work, with injury rates in the private sector increasing by 25.5 percent since 2011. Rates of injury in the ACT during the most recent reporting period are at 12.3 serious

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