Speeches & Opinions: 2013
Address by ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver to the 2013 ACTU Superannuation Trustees Forum
Media Release - December 9, 2013
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver opened the 2013 Superannuation Trustees Forum by discussing the challenges for superannuation under the new Coalition Government.
Ged Kearney speech to ‘White Cane Chain’ rally, Melbourne, 15 September 2013
Media Release - September 15, 2013
ACTU President Ged Kearney addressed the ‘White Cane Chain’ rally against job cuts at Vision Australia Enterprises in Melbourne on 15 September 2013.
Ged Kearney address to the National Press Club, 7 August 2013
Media Release - August 7, 2013
In a major televised address to the National Press Club in Canberra on 7 August 2013, ACTU President Ged Kearney outlined what is at stake for Australian workers in the 2013 federal election.
Dave Oliver: Bashing workers is no solution
Media Release - July 25, 2013
To have a truly productive and prosperous society, we need workers with satisfying and secure jobs, good wages, training and a stake in the success of their workplace.
Tim Lyons Paper to the 21st Labour Law Conference, Workplace Research Centre & Law School, Sydney University, 22 July 2013
Media Release - July 22, 2013
In a paper delivered to the 21st Labour Law Conference hosted by Sydney University’s Workplace Research Centre & Law School, ACTU Assistant Secretary Tim Lyons discussed the purpose of industrial regulation, and its connection with productivity.
Dave Oliver: A race to the bottom on wages and conditions is a dead-end strategy for the auto industry
Media Release - June 24, 2013
In the search for cost savings and efficiencies, unions will seek to engage with auto industry employers to achieve greater productivity through the high road of high performance and high trust workplaces, not the low road of cutting wages and conditions, or creating a more insecure workforce, writes ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver.
Dave Oliver address to CEDA ‘State of the Nation’ conference, 24 June 2013
Media Release - June 24, 2013
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia ‘State of the Nation – Australia Adjusting’ conference on 24 June 2013.
Ged Kearney address to ‘The Accord 30 Years On’ symposium, 31 May 2013
Media Release - May 31, 2013
In a speech on the 30th anniversary of the Prices and Incomes Accord, ACTU President Ged Kearney reflected on the legacy of the Accord for the union movement today, and called for a new tripartite approach to economic challenges at an industry level in the spirit of the Accord.
Dave Oliver address to the Australian Industry Group, 6 May 2013
Media Release - May 6, 2013
In an address to the Australian Industry Group’s PIR Conference on 6 May, 2013, Dave Oliver discussed industry policy, industrial relations policy, and the relationship between unions and the Ai Group.
Tim Lyons address to the ALP National Policy Forum, 4 May 2013
Media Release - May 4, 2013
In an address to the ALP National Policy Forum, ACTU Assistant Secretary Tim Lyons sets out a Labor/labour vistion for the economy and government that is about raising and protecting living standards.
