The following statement was made on 12 September 2018 by UnionsACT Secretary, Alex White, to the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism’s Inquiry into Government Procurement (Secure Local Jobs) Amendment Bill 2018. UnionsACT is the peak council for the ACT’s union movement, representing 24 unions and over 33,000 union members. Many tens of thousands […]
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Alex White: Workers Memorial Day 2015
Speaking notes from Workers Memorial Day, 28 April 2015, for Alex White, Secretary of UnionsACT. Thank you all for being here, at the National Workers Memorial, a monument constructed to honour the working Australians who have died as a result of work-related injuries or sickness. I would like to acknowledge first that we gather today […]