Don't Go Back To WorkChoices Tony Abbott was a key Minister in the former Liberal Government that introduced WorkChoices. Now, he wants to bring back WorkChoices. He just won’t call it that. At a recent meeting with business executives, Mr Abbott said he will remove protection from unfair dismissal for workers in small businesses and bring back individual contracts. He has also said he will cut the minimum pay for young workers and change penalty rates — just like WorkChoices.

Equal Pay Campaign Today, women, who do the same job as men, must be paid the same. But still women’s roles are under-valued or they miss out on the best jobs. Unions aim for everyone to be treated equally at work and closing the gender pay gap and providing more opportunities for working women are major priorities.

New Liberal plan will hurt more than 2 million casuals More than two million Australian workers would face major pay cuts and lose their job security under a new Liberal plan to scrap the requirement to pay casuals for minimum hours of work.

New protections and minimum standards will be better for all Australian workers New minimum employment standards that came into effect on New Year’s Day will be good for all Australian workers and represent a major step forward from WorkChoices, say unions. Welcoming the changes, the ACTU says the 10 National Employment Standards deliver on a core part of the "Your Rights at Work" union and community campaign against WorkChoices. Read more about the new protections

Don't Risk 2nd Rate Safety Big business is backing changes to national workplace health and safety laws that would put workers at risk of injury or illness because it wants to cut costs and red tape. Unions say it is unacceptable for the changes to lead to increased profits at the expense of workers’ safety. Australian unions have launched a major new campaign called 'Don't Risk Second Rate Safety' to prevent any reduction in rights and protections for workers.

Equal rights for construction workers Unions are continuing the campaign in support of equal rights for construction workers and against special industrial laws that help big construction companies and property developers.