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Annual General Meeting 2016

Annual General Meeting 2016

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 12th December from 5:30 – 7:00 pm in the Unions NSW Executive Board Room, Level 3, Trades Hall, 377-383 Sussex Street, Sydney. All members are welcome to attend.

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Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA says YES to marriage equality

Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA says YES to marriage equality

As the global justice organisation of the Australian union movement, we know how important it is to fight for a just and fair society for everyone. This includes fighting for the rights of our LGBTI brothers and sisters who want marriage equality.

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Australians have become complacent about asbestos

Australians have become complacent about asbestos

The Roman Empire used it for household goods, its name is derived from the Greek word for indestructible and evidence of it has even been found in ancient China. But despite the many volumes of scientific evidence proving its poisonous nature – and decades of campaigning by the Australian union movement – asbestos is now threatening to have a resurgence in Australia.

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Tackling Global Inequality

Tackling Global Inequality

Inequality is on the rise in so many areas around the world. ACTU President, Ged Kearney, tackles some of the big questions on inequality in this speech delivered in Perth on Saturday 15 October at the Unions WA International Committee Conference.

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Myanmar’s Salween River is NOT FOR SALE

Myanmar’s Salween River is NOT FOR SALE

With the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef weighing heavily on the minds of many Australians, you could be forgiven for not having noticed the threat looming over Myanmar’s Salween River – another of the world’s great environmental treasures.

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Ramping Up The Fight On Asbestos

Ramping Up The Fight On Asbestos

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA’s Executive Officer Kate Lee knows all too well why asbestos continues to be discovered on Australian building sites so many years after bans on the material were put in place. This month she updates us on how APHEDA is tackling this insidious...

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Crackdown on Students in PNG

Crackdown on Students in PNG

University students in Papua New Guinea, who organised widespread protests calling on Prime Minister O’Neill to stand aside and face corruption charges, have again become the target of a ruthless crackdown – this time by their university.

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