ACTU resources
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak council which represents the union movement at a national level. Most unions, including the ANF, are affiliated to the ACTU.
The ACTU addresses issues which affect all union members and coordinates the activities and campaigns of unions nationwide.
In 2010 Ged Kearney was endorsed as President of the ACTU. She is the first nurse to hold a full-time leadership position at the peak council. Previously she was Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation.
As well as the national body, the ACTU has state branches such as the Queensland Council of Unions and Provincial Councils.
Visit the ACTU website at www.actu.asn.au
ACTU resources
Where are we on climate change?
The recent announcement by the federal government of plans to set a carbon price has provoked a storm of public debate. There has been a lot of misinformation – particularly from high emitters, big business, and their political representatives – but not much considered opinion.
Most Australians support more wealth equality
New research showing Australians strongly favour a more equal distribution of wealth bolsters the case for a $28 a week wage rise for the nation’s lowest paid workers – including QNU members who are currently on award wages.
