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TCFUA Media Statement 31.05.13 (345 KB)
Is There Blood on Your T-Shirt? Questions from Bangladesh's Tragedy30-Apr-2013
By Michele O'Neil, TCFUA Secretary Just last week I was in Singapore at a meeting of unionists organising textile, clothing and footwear workers around the world. Safety in Bangladesh was high on our agenda and raised in nearly..Make Garment Factories In Bangladesh Safe30-Apr-2013
Nearly 5,000 workers protested in Dhaka on 26 April expressing outrage at the death to hundreds and injury to thousands of garment workers in the Rana Plaza building collapse. You can join the protest online here. Jo..
Outworker Newsletter Summer 2012/13 (Vietnamese) (1610 KB)
Outworker Newsletter Summer 2012/13 (English) (1595 KB)
Inala outworkers protest outside Parliament over LNP changes to clothing code of practice05-Dec-2012
Inala resident and clothing outworker Thoa Tran and supporters today protested outside Queensland Parliament asking why Campbell Newman and the LNP wanted to make their work and lives harder. Already, Thoa and the thousan..Some Workers More Redundant Than Others 05-Dec-2012
The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) will take its case to Canberra todaycalling on the federal Government to reverse last week’s decision to slash $7 mill from a targeted program for retrenched ..GOVERNMENT SLASHES HELP FOR REDUNDANT TCF WORKERS22-Oct-2012
The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) has strongly condemned the Federal Government for slashing $7 million available for redundant workers in the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry to secure alternativ..Attention all Health and Safety Representatives18-Sep-2012
As one of the core worker representatives in Australian workplaces, it is important that the union movement ensure the support and assistance is best targeted. Therefore, ACTU is conducting a survey of workers’ health and sa..Horror in Pakistan after 300 workers die14-Sep-2012
Over 300 workers were killed in devastating factory fires on 11 September 2012 at a garment factory in Karachi and a shoe factory in Lahore, Pakistan. Expressing outrage over the negligence of government authorities, IndustriAL..Myth Busting 21-Jun-2012
TCF OUTWORKERS WIN NEW RIGHTS There are many myths circulating about changes to the law regarding workers in the textile, clothing and footwear industry that need to be busted. Let’s be clear. The new outworker laws are..Abuses still exist in Olympic supply chains21-Jun-2012
Workers making Olympic sportswear for London 2012 for top brands and high street names including adidas and Next are being paid poverty wages, forced to work excessive overtime and threatened with instant dismissal if they complain..TCF OUTWORKERS WIN NEW RIGHTS 23-Mar-2012
The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) today celebrated a new law which will provide important and long overdue national protections for outworkers and sweatshop workers in the TCF industry. The Fair Work Ame..Life Before and After the Factory Gates Shut08-Mar-2012
Cottontales: Bonds in Cessnock 1947-2009 is an exhibition of stories, photographs, and film of 80 workers retrenched from Pacific Brands’ Bonds in December 2009 as well as previous generations of workers who had worked at Bon..SENATE COMMITTEE HEARS DIRECTLY FROM CLOTHING OUTWORKERS 02-Feb-2012
The Senate Education Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee sitting in Melbourne today, as part of its Inquiry into the Fair Work Amendment (Textile Clothing and Footwear Industry) Bill 2011, has heard directly fr..TCFUA Rule Change04-Nov-2011
Notice under Regulation 126(b) Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Regulations 2009 Pursuant to Reg 126(b) the TCFUA provides notice that it has lodged with Fair Work Australia a Rules Alteration to the Registered Rules of the T..
TCFUA Jobs Forum Proposal (279 KB)
Climate Change is Union Business (912 KB)
Paid Parental Leave Scheme (2506 KB)
Twenty-three Workers Die in Bangaldesh Factory Fire17-Dec-2010
Bangladesh’s deadly garment industry has claimed the lives of 23 workers and has left over 100 injured, many seriously, in a factory fire. The blaze occurred at the That’s It Sports Wear Ltd, which is part of the H..Vietnam: Labour Rights Advocates Jailed10-Dec-2010
Three Vietnamese labour rights advocates face 5-15 years imprisonment for helping organise a strike by 10,000 workers at the My Phong shoe factory in January 2010. Doan Huy Chuong, Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung and Do Thi Minh Hanh..Cue Myer Window Display19-Aug-2010
Myer Window showcase Cue as ethical Australian manufacturer who is working together with the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union ..TCFUA Media Release - Defence Procurement10-Feb-2010
The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) today welcomed the Federal Government’s commitment not to source camouflage material used in soldiers’ uniforms from China. The TCFUA is urging the governmen..TCF Innovation Council20-Nov-2009
Michele O’Neil, TCFUA National Secretary and Barry Tubner, NSW/SA/TAS Branch Secretary have been appointed to the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industries Innovation Council. Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Indust..The TCFUA Training Advocacy and Support Project20-Nov-2009
Help for retrenched Pacific Brands workers In February 2009, both the TCFUA and the general public were shocked when Pacific Brands announced that 1,850 people will lose their jobs across seven Pacific Brands sites in New South Wal..NSW, SA & TAS News
NSW/SA/TAS Autumn 2012 (9716 KB)
NSW SA TAS Summer 2010 (4386 KB)
NSW, SA, TAS TCFUA Summer 2009
Victoria/Queensland News
VIC/QLD Journal Autumn 2013 (5735 KB)
VIC/QLD Journal Summer 2012/2013 (6514 KB)
VIC/QLD Journal Autumn 2012 (3237 KB)
Vic/Qld Summer Journal 2011/2012 (2425 KB)
Vic Journal Autumn 2011 (2874 KB)
Vic TCFUA Journal Summer 2010 (1881 KB)
