Over 100 years of helping
	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.

	Retail Union negotiates an end to youth wages at IKEA
	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.

	Increase in redundancy pay won for paint workers
	June 02, 2009
	Victorian paint workers employed by a multinational company are celebrating increases to redundancy pay.

	ABS data shows unions growing and members get paid more
	April 17, 2009
	ABS data shows unions growing and members get paid more.

	12% pay rise for dairy workers
	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.

	Pay rise for 125,000 Queensland public sector workers
	January 15, 2009
	Working together with their unions, Queensland public sector employees have gained inflation-busting pay rises from the State Government.

	Voluntary weekend work a family-friendly victory for bank workers
	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.

	‘Sign up Tasmania’ winners
	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!

	Building workers in NSW win pay rise
	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.

	Tasmanian workers win historic pay deal
	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...