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Helping others is Penny’s passion in life
11 April 2014
PENNY Carr is co-ordinator of the Tenants' Union of Queensland, and was named Delegate of the Year at the ACTU National Union Awards in Melbourne last month. She has been a member of The Services Union since 1993 and has been actively engaged in campaigning for the industrial and working…
Working Life is a news source for all workers, bringing you a range of stories. Read it, print it, share it! The latest edition includes the following: Public backs raising the minimum wage; Finance sector's gender pay gap is a continuing scandal; More 457 visa abuses as Government loosens rules; Public servants told-…
The ASU is pleased the Federal Government has heeded concerns from the union movement, superannuation funds, seniors groups, consumer group Choice and financial advisors themselves, amongst many others, about their plans to change Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) consumer protection laws. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced yesterday that he will…
Last night at the union movement's annual ACTU Awards, ASU delegate from our Queensland (Services & Northern Administrative) Branch, Penny Carr, won the ACTU Delegate of the Year Award. The ASU congratulates Penny for her award that recognises her sterling contribution to workers' advancement. We also extend congratulations to all…
Laws to remove consumer protections in financial services being introduced to parliament by the Federal Government today would see working people get ripped off by big banks, unions said today. >> Sign the petition to Tony Abbott ACTU President Ged Kearney said the Abbott Government's move to water down the…
Vale Kath Nelson
17 March 2014
After a battle with leukaemia, ASU leader Kath Nelson passed away last Friday. Kath was both the ASU National Vice President as well as the Secretary of our Queensland (Services and Northern Administrative) Branch (also known as The Services Union). Her innovative leadership and vibrant spirit will be sorely missed,…
Working Life is a news source for all workers, bringing you a range of stories. Read it, print it, share it! The latest edition includes the following: Where are the jobs, Prime Minister?; How fair is unfair dismissal; New laws to help workers take a stand against bullying; Welcome to…
After numerous catastrophic financial collapses and controversies, the previous Federal Government passed new laws to regulate the financial advice industry, known as the Future of Financial Advice (or FoFA) laws. However, the current Abbott Government wants to dramatically water down those reforms with new regulations, even as they have received…
Unions call on G20 Finance Ministers to take urgent action on jobs
20 February 2014
As G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bankers prepare to meet in Sydney, the "Labour 20" warned against complacency by policy makers that risks leading to higher not lower unemployment. Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC said that the time has come for Finance Ministers to recognise that their policies…
Government must urgently front up with jobs plan
18 February 2014
With mounting job losses and the highest unemployment rate in over a decade, the Abbott Government needs to abandon its empty rhetoric and tell Australians where the new jobs are going to come from. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said news today that Aloca will close its Point Henry aluminium smelter…