Public Service International (PSI) Asia Pacific Region report on a range of activities of Public Sector unions across our region, including the fight against privatisation, for decent jobs, and for better conditions for all public sector workers.
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is outsourcing contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to multinational corporations with aggressive tax minimisation strategies, a new report reveals. The report authored by Public Services International (PSI) and the Centre for International Corporate Tax Responsibility and Research (CICTAR) exposes contracts by the Australian Tax Office to private corporations with links to tax havens.
An investigation by The New Daily has revealed child protective services across the country are battling to attract new talent and combat staff attrition in crucial positions.
The Federal Executive is pleased to present the Operating and Financial Report for 2018 which sets out the principal activities of our Federal Union during the year.
CPSU has joined more than 300 civil society groups and trade unions – including global organizations such as Public Services International, Friends of the Earth International, and ActionAid – to urge governments participating in United Nations meetings in Vienna this week to completely overhaul the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system contained within many international trade and investment agreements.
Our South Australian colleagues have launched a campaign to save their Services. Share your story and support the campaign against service cuts and privatisation in SA. A strong and well-resourced public sector builds our State's capacity and ensures all South Australians have equitable access to the services they need to thrive. We call on the South Australian Government to invest in our public sector so high qua
Federal Labor's Trade spokesperson Jason Clare has introduced a private members’ bill on trade that signals a seismic shift in ALP trade policy. His bill sets out a new course for trade in our country after years of damaging deals by the Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison government, which put big business profits ahead of working people. The ALP’s future trade policy will ensure that employers must hire locally before bringing in temporary workers. It will ban clauses that let foreign companies sue Australian governments in secret and unfair courts. And it will safeguard vital p
For 10 years unions across the world have been fighting to place decent work at the centre of government policies, to bring back economic growth that puts people first – people over profit.
At the recent Prison Officers Association of Australasia conference in Auckland the POAA Executive decided to make a donation to a Tasmanian organisation called ‘Speak Up – Stay ChatTY’. Stay ChatTY promotes positive mental health and prevent suicide by normalising conversations about mental health and encouraging people to seek help when they need it. They are a not-for-profit. Our delegate from Tassie to POAA Jason Buckley and CPSU Federal President Tom Lynch presented a cheque to Mitch McPherson today.
Workplace delegates from all unions gathered in Melbourne as part of our national Change the Rules Campaign to endorse a massive rally 'Australia Needs a Pay Rise' on Tuesday 23rd October.
Sally McManus tells the delegates gathered about the workers she’s met around the country who’ve had cop a wage freeze while corporate profits are going through the roof. The rules are broken. Australia needs a pay rise.
