Stop offshoring our future
On 16 May 2012 at ACTU Congress, the Australian Services Union (ASU) and the Finance Sector Union (FSU) made a presentation on the state of the white collar sector which throws a spotlight on the crisis facing not just workers in the sector but the Australian economy in general.
AHM AGREEMENT: MEMBERS SAY NO! LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANT
Members will by now know that the proposed New Enterprise Agreement has been voted down with a NO vote.
AHM UPDATE: NEW ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT
STOP PRESS: MEMBERS VOTE NO TO AGREEMENT! READ MORE
Members will have received the final version of the proposed new Enterprise Agreement 2012 for their consideration ahead of a formal vote in coming days.
VALE BETTY SPEARS (1926-2012)
Betty Spears was a hero of the labour movement who made life better for working people and especially women through her relentless advocacy for equal pay, Opposition Leader John Robertson said.
Socialist dedicated to union struggle for workers' rights - Della Elliott, 1917-2011
Della joined the NSW branch of the Federated Clerks' Union in March 1936, Della was elected to its central council in 1940, and became an organiser in 1942. The following year she became assistant secretary, the first woman in the union's history to hold high office. Press reports of the time described her as "an officer of outstanding capabilities". She held the position until resigning in 1948, a casualty of internecine union politics.








