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Over 100 years of helping
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| October 22, 2009 |
| Unions work hard to make sure that employers and governments treat workers fairly. We’ve helped deliver the 8 hour working day. Weekends. Four weeks of paid annual leave. Safer workplaces. Compensation for injuries. Fair pay. Maternity leave. Superannuation. And much more. |
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Retail Union negotiates an end to youth wages at IKEA
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| July 24, 2009 |
| Workers at international homewares giant IKEA will benefit from a new union-negotiated collective agreement which grants big pay rises, abolishes junior wage rates and offers staff 26 weeks paid maternity leave. |
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Increase in redundancy pay won for paint workers
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| June 02, 2009 |
| Victorian paint workers employed by a multinational company are celebrating increases to redundancy pay. |
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ABS data shows unions growing and members get paid more
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| April 17, 2009 |
| ABS data shows unions growing and members get paid more. |
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12% pay rise for dairy workers
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| March 04, 2009 |
| Union members in Victoria’s dairy industry can look forward to healthy pay rises and improved shift arrangements thanks to a new three-year deal struck by the National Union of Workers. |
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Pay rise for 125,000 Queensland public sector workers
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| January 15, 2009 |
| Working together with their unions, Queensland public sector employees have gained inflation-busting pay rises from the State Government. |
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Voluntary weekend work a family-friendly victory for bank workers
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| January 12, 2009 |
| Bank workers in NSW can no longer be forced to work weekend shifts after a campaign by the Finance Sector Union to promote family-friendly work practices.
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‘Sign up Tasmania’ winners
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| January 05, 2009 |
| Recently, we asked Tasmanian workers to help spread the word about unions and the benefits of union membership, and put them in the running to win $1000! |
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Building workers in NSW win pay rise
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| December 23, 2008 |
| Building workers in NSW have won a good pay rise as well as improved income security in the event they are injured at work or affected by the economic downturn through a new Collective Agreement negotiated by their union the CFMEU.
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Tasmanian workers win historic pay deal
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| September 25, 2008 |
| A union-led pay claim for around 11,000 Tasmanian workers has achieved pay rises of up to 50% and shows the benefit of union representation and collective bargaining. After a two year campaign, unions have reached agreement for a three year deal for 11,000 workers who are the "heart and soul" of delivering the State's public services... |