Take action today to support over 300 Cambodian workers sacked for their participation in strikes for fair wages. The workers downed their tools in September last year to support trade unions in ongoing minimum-wage negotiations. They were dismissed from their factories as a consequence.  

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FairWear is a campaign made up of community organizations, churches, unions, students and activists.

FairWear addresses and works to eliminate the gross exploitation of homeworkers (outworkers) in the Australian clothing industry, recognizing that this is just as much of an issue at home as abroad. The FairWear campaign actively encourages Australians to think critically about where the clothes we wear are produced and under what conditions.

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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.

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We need a plan that supports jobs, innovation, skills and export development: a plan that is smart, ethical in its treatment of workers and environmentally sustainable; a plan that genuinely assists workers and their communities.

The new national paid maternity leave scheme is a big win for Australian women and their families. After 30 years of campaigning women will now have support to keep their jobs and financial security when they have a baby. The 18 week scheme, announced in the May Federal Budget, will start from 2011 and is an important social reform giving assist families to adjust to a major life event – the birth of a baby.

Measures to allow mothers time to bond with their babies without financial stress forcing them back to work too early benefits the entire community and would not have been achieved without the tireless efforts of union and community activists.

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Show your support for TWU Workers in their fight against Qantas by visiting the below websites and calling on Alan Joyce, Qantas CEO, to keep Qantas Australian!!

Qantas Families Deserve Better

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The TCFUA and its members who were sacked from the Blossom Road Knitwear factory in Thomastown would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to all who were active in the campaign to win the workers their entitlements. We are very pleased to announce that the TCFUA members from Blossom Road have now been paid all their entitlements in full including outstanding Superannuation.

It has been a tough and solid 4 months of shop protests, emails, phone calls, tweets and ongoing negotiations with the former owner of Blossom Road and the label Scanlan&Theodore. But our collective persistence has proven successful.

We would particularly like to thank VTHC and all the unions who supported us, Geelong Trades Hall Choir for writing the song which became the Blossom Road anthem and all of you who came and assisted in turning up, handing out flyers, educating passers-by, singing and joining in the protests.

Things you should know about Work Injury & Illness. Report your injury or illness as soon as possible. You must notify your employer...

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The TCFUA has a campaign to clean up tea rooms across the industry. Be part of the union campaign to make sure that all companies are making tea rooms clean and safe so workers can take their rest breaks away from their work area, in a clean and hazard free Tea/lunch room...